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About That Time
Schoolly D – “Gangster Boogie“
from Gangster Boogie 12″ (Schoolly D, 1984)
Hip Hop DX put up my Q&A with Philadelphian gangster rap originator Schoolly D today. Schoolly is the first interview subject to ever laugh in my face (or in the phone that was in my face) after my first question. Though he assured me afterward that the interview got better as it progressed. You be the judge.
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BENJY
he acts like u just asked what his fav color was lol
Nov 19th, 2009
Werner von Wallenrod
Cool shit; but why no questions about Tairre B? haha
Nov 19th, 2009
p-417
the part about blackness being sold out and then sold back to the black community was some interesting stuff
Nov 19th, 2009
Sordid Puppy
hey…can someone direct me to a tracklist for huntsville international, as posted on this site? nothing i’ve found seems to match up with what i’m actually listening to.
Nov 19th, 2009
baz
That read like an Entertainment Weekly feature. One of the reasons I like Robbie’s interviews over at Unkut is because you can tell he’s a real rap head by the questions he asks. I’m not doubting that you are a real rap head, but questions about corporate hip hop and jumping from minors to majors are played.
Nov 19th, 2009
MF
I thought the interview was cool, but then i’m a big Schoolly/Ferrara fan who’d read anything just to see the subject pay lip service to Spoonie Gee and Isaac Hayes
This and Killers by Ice-T are the real seeds of gangsta-rap.
Nov 19th, 2009
noz
Baz – I don’t conduct interviews to show off my own knowledge, but to gain knowledge from my subjects. I try to let them dictate the direction of the conversation as much as possible and Schoolly made it pretty clear from the jump that he was more interested in presenting his ideas than retelling his story. He brought up the topic of corporate vs independent hip hop and I think he offered a unique perspective on it.
Besides DX probably isn’t the most appropriate venue for DO YOU STILL TALK TO ROBBIE B type questions. If it was an interview for this site I would have handled it differently. There is a great Unkut-style nerd minutiae interview with Schoolly in Brian Coleman’s Rakim Told Me book.
Nov 19th, 2009
DR. NO
the part about blackness being sold out and then sold back to the black community was some interesting stuff
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Agreed. And when he talked about Fergie grabbing her nuts that was golden. Classic Schoolly D incisive humor.
Nov 19th, 2009
elmattic
Great interview–I thought he ran with the questions pretty well. Schoolly runs shit. His tour off of Smoke Some Kill with the live band was unbelievable, but just shows with Code Money were classic too.
Whatever happened to Code Money? Seriously, anybody know? He’s not on the later Schoolly records and that cat could cut.
Nov 20th, 2009
david
more schooly d…less lil b
great interveiw
Nov 22nd, 2009
Hele Fitta
> more schooly d…less lil b
I still maintain that “Go To Dumb” (from “I´m Thraxx”) is the closest thing I´ve heard to vintage Schooly D, in spirit AND in sound, all year.
Nov 22nd, 2009
dj intro
i can listen to this track all day!!!
Nov 24th, 2009
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