First rapper with a flat top in 85, Philly had flat tops or “boxes” in 84 while everybody else was still in Jheris and baby fros

Fucking Epic! The first three Schoolly D records are the blueprint of Gangsta rap

Schoolly D is the man i met him on chestnut street records mailed me some records from his artist down to earth and very humble to be the architect of Gangsta boogie much respect 🫡

I was listening to Schooly D when he first showed on the scene. I remember being blown away by how raw and powerful he was. I used to love smokin a doob and listening to Saturday Night. Being a white boy listening to rap in the early and mid 80's, I knew only a handful of other people who listened to rap. And it was mostly Dougie Fresh, RUN DMC, Whodini etc. I would play Schooly D and people would say "Man, that's crazy music, it's too profane." And I would say that he's just rapping about reality. No fantasy bullshit. He got straight to the point and delivered hard! When NWA got big, all the same people jumped on the ganster rap bandwagon. I would tell them that Schooly was rapping like that when NWA was singing love songs ( World Class Wrecking Crew).

This was my dude ..no lie I meant him in Philly back in the 90s ....he was very down to earth

Schoolly D is a time traveler. Its like he isn't from 1980s. Compared to other rappers at the time, he was different.

he tells the future at the end there! This is the GLAM ROCK era in Hip Hop right now!!!

schoolly d west philly legend psk 52

#SchoollyD is the Real Fresh Prince of Philly ✊🏽👑😎🎤🎶💕🌎💯

I WAS THERE! 48st Mid-Town Manhattan!

rap is turning into what rock turned into in the 80s

Schooly D.Straight up raw with it at Latin Quarter like no other.

At 2:59 Brooklyn cats on left side of stage look like they were waiting for those lights to dim so the terrorize the spot. Thats how Crooklyn roled

Since, I have my own record company, I going to say it🥇👑

Love his Rock 'n Roll example, he couldn't be more right.

Da Original of dis Gangsta rap ish!!

I always repped Schooly.....this was the original gangstah...you had just ice, iceT, PE, early LL, RunDMC first album, and cold crush brothers, MAAN I miss this shit.

I love Schooly's dance!!!!

Those last couple of lines. SMH 34 years later..

I first saw Skooly D, Philly legend, at the Disco Fever in 84 with Cutmaster DC, "Brooklyn's in da House". Yup, looking at my Gucci it's about that time". Plus, very first to introduce gangster rap, facts. Ask Ice T.

im 15 and i love hiphop!!!!!!!! respect to tha legends

he made the 1st gansta rap record

This man was a visionary! He summed it up perfectly at the end

Holy shit! He is a prophet! Listen to what he says at the end of this clip

there is no party like old school party

Brooklyn’s Definitely In The House!!!

Oh Schooly... you have NO idea how right you would prove to be...

The real living legend.

Downtown, Latin Quarter Got inside, drunk some water Stepped on stage, started to talk Said "Yo Yo" what up New York? Smoke Some Kill (1988)

Wowww legendary latin quarters, eric b and rakim beat? Gr from holland

scholly D was the original gangsta rapper!

Man, I needed this 😁🙌🏾💜

I wanted to go to Latin Quarter so badly when I went to NYC on a business trip a few years back.

FIRST TIME I SEE THIS VIDEO WOW THIS IS SCHOOLLY D..NICE VIDEO

Brilliant.

prophetic

Unbelievable piece of video! Thanks for posting. Rap started and ended with this man.

Word the fuck UP! I saw schooly D at the videomusicbox 25th anniversary free show in central park, and among all the old school acts, he was the only one who cursed and said bitch, etc. You could hear the audience not feeling it and kind of booing, but he didn't care. It was kind of funny because he stuck to his words from way back then. "We're not like your other rappers, we say things they're afraid to say"

Glad everyone is saying he predicted what they'd do with rap at the end lmao

Rap has sure changed a lot in the 37 years since this happened!

crazy classic!!!

the original gangsta of hip hop. loved Schoolly's first two albums (esp the 1st). classic video thanks for the upload :)

I'll go back to the 80s in a time machine and bring all modern drugs for them hehehe

This is amazing‼️

👍🏻👍🏻

Wow!!! I remember that night

The Schooly D Dance clean 2 Live Crew

He can see the future. Hes totally right, some of what they call hiphop nowadays aint hiphop or rap, I call it rather hippop (and crap :P). Not saying there al like that. schoolly d is raw... (greets from The Netherlands)

He brought up gangsta rap by his lyrics

Hip Hop right now is like how glam rock was back in the 80's. A joke..

Schoolly D was NWA and 2 live crew combined before NWA and 2 Live Crew put together. Hell, D would make William Roberts (The Fake Rick Ross) roll up in a corner lol.

This is wonderful!!

Yea that was pretty cool he said that.

take me back to da old days

He was gangsta back then gangsta rap started with him though or it blew with him. hip hop culture and Hip Hop nation langue is the best thing that ever happen to the world. Haak Blast Keem008. I got a remix to Lets Dance to The Drummers beat. I will put it on you tube so yo check it.

i remember seeing this in 1986. Schoolly School Rules!

I wonder what he thinks of the "rap" music 30 years later in 2016.

Philly had some real shit.

Excellent..thanks for sharing

Finally! Thanx!

And they did exactly that with rap

Yeah, it's just that Schooly was overlooked for a looong fucking time because he didn't get airplay.

OG certified

The TR-909 MC LIVE!!!

Very interesting about what he said at the end, hoping that rap wouldn't go the same way that rock n' roll had...

schoolly d was the coolest. he's the real $hit. but suckaz today think hip hop started with eminem & lil (whatever)s. EAST COAST!

Fuck I would have wanted to be at that show

haha, hiphop did not turn out how he wanted, all these fashionable hiphop artists, it's a shame. hip hop was so great in the 80s

Ffs, words fail me 👍🏾👌🏾

3:40 real talk!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I remember one time i went to this very club, Latin Quarters. It was one of those Saturday nights in which I went club hopping. I would take the Path train from my home town ( Newark, N.J.) head on out to the scene. Anyways, I am Puerto Rican but I look very very white. So there i am having a good time, I went alone, and asked this gorgeous nubian lady to dance with me she agreed and we were having a nice time. I was having a drink just enjoying myself all of a sudden I see a tall black guy dressed like a B-Boy Kangol hat and Addidas Shell toes, belt buckle with his nickname i assume and Gazelle shades to top it all off. I thought to myself oh shit it's bought to pop off. See I had encounter numerous times throughout this decade black guys getting really pissed off that i would be with a beautiful black girl. But, the guy comes up pulls on a chain that was wrapped around his neck and at the very end of it was a NYPD detectives badge. I damn near choked on my drink. He asked me to follow him so i did. He took me to this small office and said he believed that i was selling drugs. Well needless to say i wasn't and he frisked me gave me the ole' rigmarole and that he'd be watching me, blah, blah, blah. I know it was a long drawn out tale but seeing this old footage reminded me of that encounter.

Unfortunately, rap has gone down the same route as rock n roll. Sorry to disappoint you Schooly.

would love to know that also

Hear what schoolly's sayin @ the end of this vid? - pretty much what happened to Rock has happened to Hip Hop nowadays

Schoolly a legend but all yall oldheads hating on rap now even though we still got people coming from the streets and telling it raw. and nothing raw with glam rock

"Do It, Do It"

I wonder how he feels about rap from 2005 to present day 😐

he can't dance, but he can rap

This had to be b4 jay z

je bedoelt big fun in the city

THIS SHOULD B #1 ON EVERY ARTISTS WATCH LIST, OWN THE RECORD COMPANY OR BECOME A SLAVE, AND HIPHOP & ROCK WERE NOT MEANT 2 B PRETTY. BUT GRIMY!!

onrust?

What was the name of that song? With three little pigs sample.

@ 3:41 Unfortunatley, Rap and Hip Hop has taken the same route rock did, Made it pretty Smh.

Is Schooly D still living?

And now hip hop as we know it is dead 💀

Pro drugs

@NicKingPapiChulo The first to use the N word more often and more casually possibly. But Melle Mell used it in "New York, New York" a few years earlier.....

Huh

@pwr1965 Are you crazy son? I love Schooly D. since 1985 but how in the world would you make that statement about KRS ONE?? You don't know Hip-Hop because it represents a culture of a people. KRS One represents that culture from many different angles that Schooly just wasn't dealing with. Hip Hop needs them both and to separate and try to battle them just shows a lack of understanding. A lot of cats want KRS ONE! Dont get it twisted.

he makes 50 cent look like celine dion

cheesy and plastic kraft singles if u please we need some punks to dirty up the game necro once said, hip hop, its too nice, too pretty, i wanna take a razor...AND SLICE IT

Gangsta's dont dance or dress like that. Especially in the 80's.

town

The original hip hop gangster. Too bad rap sucks now