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Jive Collection Series 3

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to this day, the most accomplished HIP HOP PRODUCER, Composer, Beatmaster, Music craftsman and neck breaker is Schoolly D. Jive records does us a grave disservice by not releasing the full version of 'Saturday Night; The Album' on CD. That said, we're stuck with this Jive Collection. I feel cheated. 'Saturday Night; The Album' is as historically significant to hip hop as BDP's 'Criminal Minded' and no rap music of today compares to the lesson Schooly gives in the art of beatmaking. This 'Saturday Night; The Album' is too BLACK too STRONG. Where's 'Dis Groove Is Bad?"

Rykodisc released what is one of the best, hardest hitting and damn funky hip hop albums ever,why isn't it still available? I bought his "Am I Black Enough For You" set and told a friend to listen up 2 hip hop the way it is meant to be done. He said it sounded more like dub.Either way the man is a master.Rykodisc i beg you please reissue The Adventures of Schoolly D in all it's un-P.C. 80's glory.

One of the most underrated rappers of the 80's and 90's... This collection shows Schooly at his best and rawest. A must for any hiphop lover who knows a bit more than Wu-Tang etc.. Go get it knucklehead.

I am not necessarily writing a review as I am writing to talk about the fact that Schooly D is just not mentioned enough (if at all) when it comes to essential artists that made a huge impact on others.

As I looked over the track listing of this collection, I thought it was definitely better that this compilation exists than nothing at all from Schooly. I just wish they would just flat out re-issue at least 3 of his records. Those being, "The Saturday Night E.P.," "Smoke Some Kill" & "Am I Black Enough For you?." But to wish that, I think would just be asking way too much of these horrible labels that insist on burying great artists such as this. Perhaps it would just be cheaper for them to include all 3 on a 2 disc set. Make a limited edition as well with photos and a truthful write-up of just how influential this man was on people like Public Enemy, B.D.P. & N.W.A.. Give this man some credit at long last for helping to create an entire genre along with guys like KRS-One, Scott La Rock, Ice-T, Evil E. & finally Chuck D, Flavor Flav & Terminator X.

But if they won't give us that special 2 disc set idea or the partial re-issue of some of the finest Schooly D records, then AT LEAST giive us "Smoke Some Kill." I haven't heard that record since 1989! I wonder how quickly it took Jive to discard that one from their catelog? At the time "Smoke Some Kill" came out, to me, there were few other releases out there that really compared to it. It's complete genius and I remember shaking my head as to how brilliant & new that sound was at the time. If you can find this record IN ANY FORMAT, buy it. If you can appreciate old school you won't regret it. It will also let you know right away, another guy (along with D.J. Code Money) who made hip-hop what it is today.

First off, Schoolly was to me what Elvis must have been to my parents. He's like an old best friend who might have gotten drunk a few times and said some things he didn't mean, but ya gotta love him (I'm referring to his occasional wack record). So, sad that my favorite albums of his were unavailable, I shelled out the scratch for this uneven collection. I was immediately dissapointed that "Put Your Filas On" was not the original mix. It's as if someone thought all the goofy vocal effects on the original mix weren't nineties enough. And they included some of his weaker tunes in place of cold house-rockers like "We Get Ill", "Housin' The Joint", and even "Signifyin' Rapper" and "P-ssy Ain't Nothin'". BUT! There's some great stuff on here! "Gucci Time" where he repeats the chorus until it becomes a mantra, over frenetically funky ride cymbals. "Oh man that's what they is..." And of course the song that gave birth to "6 in the Mornin'" by Ice-T and "Boyz-n-tha-Hood" by Eazy-E, the seminal "P.S.K. (What Does It Mean?)". I'd like to add that while many people recognize Schoolly as the pioneer of gangsta rap, few if any realize that he also started the hybrid of rock and rap. Yes, Run-DMC did their thing with Aerosmith, but in 1988 I saw Schoolly on tour warming up for Fishbone with a rock band backing him (for a full set-- not just one song). It wasn't until P.E. teamed up with Anthrax that it really caught on, but, all along there was Schoolly, again a pioneer. He's infamous for making fun of rock'n'roll, so there's plenty of irony to be had there. I recommend this CD to anyone who's interested in the poor forgotten rapper whom everyone you listen to bit their styles from. Pop it in your player, kick back, and "Smoke Some Kill".

Schoolly D was not really a good rapper or social/political commentator, but he has earned respect for being the man who pioneered Gangsta Rap and inspired Ice-T and N.W.A.

The main strength of this collection is "PSK What Does It Mean"- over a stormy noise chaos of ferocious beats, cymbal clashes and scratches, Schoolly D delivers a disturbing account of a day in his life of guns, drugs and prostitutes. With each verse the story becomes more and more sinister.

It dwarfes everything else on the album which is weak by comparison, but the rest of the album shows some good story-telling skills, braggado and sense of humour, particularly on the track "Saturday Night" where Schoolly D describes wild nights out and an even wilder family life.

There is a nice restraint to the violence, misogyny and homophobia on the album which makes it easier to swallow than most albums of the Gangster genre.

The man practically pioneered gansta rap some four years before NWA hit the scene. This is a good compilation with a lot of his classics. However, it misses some great ones like "Freestyle Rapping" and "Do It, Do It." Rap in the 80s was more than just Run DMC, Public Enemy and LL Cool J; and this is some hardcore stuff that's really worth getting, if only for the classics "P.S.K." and "Gucci Time" with their rolling beats (I haven't heard this kind of drum sound in a rap track before or since). "Saturday Night" is also a classic...

<b>Philadelphia's gangsta boogieman SCHOOLLY D,Jive Collection Series Lp is missing "Housing The Joint","Treacherous","Am I Black Enough For You" and "Gucci Again". Without these four joints,this collection is still in there. <i>SCHOOLLY D. is the man!</i>