old skool
See also: oldskool
English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈəʊl(d) skuːl/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈoʊl(d) ˌskul/
Audio (General Australian): (file)
Noun
[edit]- (music, eye dialect, slang) Alternative spelling of old school (“hip-hop or rap music of the late 1970s and 1980s (or more recent music of this style) as contrasted with newer styles of such music”)
Adjective
[edit]old skool (comparative more old skool, superlative most old skool)
- (music, eye dialect, slang) Alternative spelling of old school (“of or relating to hip-hop or rap music of the late 1970s and 1980s (or more recent music of this style) as contrasted with newer styles of such music”)
- 1995 April 14, ed [pseudonym], “Low Down on New Tunes dropping soon”, in rec.music.hip-hop[1] (Usenet):
- Also look out for a PHAT PHAT oldskool style tune on Jemini [the Gifted One]'s album set to drop in the next couple of weeks. It uses the Love Unlimited 'Strange Games and Things' break, and comes on with the old skool rhymes believe …