Am I Black Enough for You? (album)

Am I Black Enough for You? is the fourth album by rapper Schoolly D, released in 1989 via Jive Records/RCA.[3] It was produced by Schoolly D and DJ Code Money.[6] The album did not chart, although three singles were released: "Gangster Boogie", "Pussy Ain't Nothin'", and "Livin' in the Jungle".

Am I Black Enough for You?
Studio album by
Schoolly D
ReleasedJuly 27, 1989
Recorded1989
GenreHardcore hip hop
Political hip hop
Old school hip hop
Length53:41
LabelJive/RCA
ProducerSchoolly D
DJ Code Money
Schoolly D chronology
Smoke Some Kill
(1988)		 Am I Black Enough for You?
(1989)		 How a Black Man Feels
(1991)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Robert ChristgauB[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[4]
Spin Alternative Record Guide7/10[5]

"Am I Black Enough for You?" appears in the 1990 film King of New York.

Critical reception

Trouser Press called Am I Black Enough for You? "a loud and proud album that uses spoken-word bites (political speeches, Star Trek dialogue, Richard Pryor crack-horror routines) to increase the consciousness."[7] The Washington Post wrote that "the raised consciousness and subtler production only make this the rapper's least distinctive effort: There's nothing on this one as abrasively hilarious, or as indubitably Schooly [sic], as the previous platter's 'No More Rock and Roll.'"[8]

Track listing
  1. "Black" – 0:29
  2. "Gangster Boogie" – 4:06
  3. "It's Like Dope" – 3:46
  4. "D. Is For" – 3:47
  5. "Black Is..." – 0:30
  6. "Gucci Again" – 3:42
  7. "Pussy Ain't Nothin'" – 3:04
  8. "Black Attack" – 0:40
  9. "Who's Schoolin' Who?" – 3:17
  10. "Mama Feelgood" – 3:30
    • Includes samples from Lyn Collins "Mama Feelgood" and "Think(About It)"
  11. "Get off Your Ass and Get Involved" – 1:53
    • Includes samples from James Brown's "Get Up Get Into It Get Involved"
  12. "Education of a Black Man" – 2:29
  13. "Black Education" – 1:03
  14. "Livin' in the Jungle" – 3:34
  15. "Black Jesus" – 3:50
  16. "Super Nigger" – 1:53
  17. "Am I Black Enough for You?" – 4:24
    • Includes samples from Billy Paul's "Am I Black Enough for You?" and Maceo & the Macks "Soul Power 74"
  18. "Don't Call Me Nigger" – 3:36
  19. "Black Power" – 1:03
  20. "Godfather of Funk" – 3:05

Later Samples

References
  1. Am I Black Enough for You? at AllMusic
  2. "Robert Christgau: CG: Schoolly-D". www.robertchristgau.com.
  3. Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Volume 7: MUZE. p. 293.CS1 maint: location (link)
  4. The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 621.
  5. Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. 1995. pp. 342–343.
  6. "Spins". SPIN. SPIN Media LLC. November 30, 1989 – via Google Books.
  7. "Schoolly D". Trouser Press. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  8. Jenkins, Mark (September 22, 1989). "CAP CENTRE RAP ATTACK" – via www.washingtonpost.com.



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