Sleeve Notes1985
PSK (bonus Beat)
Schoolly D · 1985Recording
Schoolly D created the bonus beat as part of the original PSK/Gucci Time 12-inch era, with the track functioning as a stripped-down companion to “PSK (What Does It Mean?)”. The record is tied to Schoolly D’s self-produced Philadelphia-era work. The track extended one of early hardcore rap’s most influential records into a DJ-friendly breakbeat cut. It circulated as a utility piece for mixtapes, club play, and sampling culture rather than as a standalone commercial single. “PSK (bonus Beat)” survives as a widely reused hip-hop break, especially in turntablist and mixtape contexts. Its value now lies in how it preserves the rhythmic skeleton of Schoolly D’s seminal sound for later producers and DJs.
ArtistSchoolly D
Year1985
GenreClassic Hip Hop
LabelSchoolly-D Records
ProducersSchoolly D
How curators tag this
Classic Hip Hop100%
Sound check
Same ArtistFig. A
Gangster Boogie
Schoolly D · 1984
Maniac
Schoolly D · 1984
C.I.A.... (Crime In Action)
Schoolly D · 1985
SamplesFig. B
Change the Beat (Female Version)
Beside · 1982 · sampled
The Decoys of Ming the Merciless
Jackson Beck · 1966 · sampled
Year · 1985Fig. C
History
Princess · 1985
Artist · Schoolly DIn the Sleeve Notes
2000s
2003PSK (bonus Beat)You are here
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