Schoolly D
Studio album by Schoolly D
Released	1985, 1990
Recorded	1985
Genre	Hip hop gangsta rap
Length	38:04
Label	Schoolly D Records Rhythm King Records (UK) Jive/RCA Records 1338-J
Producer	Schoolly D DJ Code Money
Schoolly D chronology
Schoolly D (1985) Saturday Night! – The Album (1986)

Schoolly D is the debut album by rapper Schoolly D. The album was released on Schoolly D Records in 1985 and in 1990 on Jive Records, and was produced by Schoolly D and DJ Code Money. It features three singles: "Put Your Filas On", "P.S.K. What Does It Mean?" and "Gucci Time".

The album cover featured drawings of a b-boy set against a yellow background. The speech bubbles used proxies for swear words, such as "sheet" and "flucking".

The latter was sampled in E-40's song "Stilettos & Jeans" featuring Bobby V, taken from his 2010 album Revenue Retrievin': Night Shift.

The album is considered to be the predecessor of gangster rap and a major influence on the first albums of Ice-T and Public Enemy as well as an influence and sample source for Beastie Boys and countless others.^[1][2][3]

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Allmusic	[4]

Simon Reynolds of Melody Maker described the debut in 1986 as "the most extreme hardcore hip-hop record I have ever encountered." and that "It is so far from r'n'b and from funk, so far from ingratiating pleasantness, that the only comparisons I can think of are white ones, groups like the Swans or Killing Joke – precision machine music, a pop abattoir, it can rightly be considered avant-garde."^[5] Reynolds went on to state that the strongest track was "P.S.K. (What Does It Mean)" and that "Put Your Filas On" was "another standout."^[5]

Track listing

Note: the tracks "Maniac" and "Gangster Boogie" are included in the UK cassette release.^[6]

1. "I Don't Like Rock & Roll" (5:56)
2. "Put Your Filas On" (7:16)
3. "Free Style Rapping" (6:52)
4. "P.S.K. What Does It Mean?" (6:32)
5. "Gucci Time" (6:10)
6. "Free Style Cutting" (5:16)