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Am I Black Enough for You?
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by Schoolly D
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on 9-8-2008.
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This review is from: Am I Black Enough for You? (Audio CD)
Schoolly's 4th album seemed to get more exposure than his first 3, and is distinguished by early use of extremely long, largely unaccompanied, samples of well-known material -- not that this hadn't happened at all before, but Schoolly's pushing the envelope here. (His next album "How A Black Man Feels" has pages of legal clearance info on the samples -- perhaps there was trouble.) It's a neat demonstration of the DJ's art, and if long samples don't irritate you (or if you've never heard Hendrix, Richard Pryor & many others before), it's okay. As a rap album, it's just okay. After "Smoke Some Kill" (1988), Schoolly's self-hyped Bad Negro image had become clowny. On this album he wants to be taken a bit more seriously, adding a bit of black power & drugs-f***-you-up-kidz social responsiblity. These insights aren't deep, but they seem like sincere expressions of home truths for the rap-as-CNN youth audience. For me, the white rock n roller, Schoolly was a lot more credible (and effective) insulting white rock n rollers. Rhythmicly the album is catchy but not compelling. Good, but not something I'd trot out to impress the neophite. Hear these first: * The Last Poets first two albums, recently reissued, are an unrelenting and deeply felt expression of sentiments Schoolly touches upon here, and they make Schoolly sound kid-safe by comparison. * Schoolly's self-titled debut album, dearly needing re-issue
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