Old school

In slang, "old school" or "old skool" can refer to anything that is from an earlier era or anything that may be considered "old-fashioned". The term is commonly used to suggest a high regard for something that has been shown to have lasting value or quality.

It may refer to:

Music

  • "Old School" (Hedley song), a 2008 single by Hedley
  • "Old School" (John Conlee song), a 1985 single by American country music artist John Conlee
  • Old School (quartet), the 2011 international gold medalist
  • Ol' Skool, an American new jack swing group
  • Old school hip hop, also known as Old Skool
  • Urban oldies (radio format), also known as Old Skool
  • "Old Skool Love", a 2005 single by Divine Brown
  • Moog old school, an analogue synthesizer produced by Moog
  • "Old School Love", a 2012 song by Megan and Liz
  • "Old School Love", a 2013 song by Lupe Fiasco featuring Ed Sheeran
  • "Old School", a 1995 song by Tupac Shakur
  • "Old School", a song on the album ReliXIV by Overkill
  • "Old School", a 2006 single by Danger Doom
  • Old School, a 2011 box set by Alice Cooper
  • Old school (tattoo)

    Old school (tattoo) refers to a Western or traditional American tattoo style featuring bold black outlines and a limited color palette.

    Artists

    Famous artists are:

  • Norman Keith Collins, also known as Sailor Jerry, (1911–1973) is one of the most well known traditional tattoo artists.
  • Herbert Hoffmann (1919–2010), began tattooing in Germany during the 1930s. Together with fellow artists Karlmann Richter and Albert Cornelissen he was featured in the 2004 film Blue Skin (German: Flammend' Herz).
  • Amund Dietzel (1890–1974), Norwegian-born artist who began his career as a sailor, before settling in the United States. Known as the "Master in Milwaukee".
  • Bert Grimm (1900–1985), a Chicago-, the St Louis-based artist who moved to Long Beach, California to set up a shop at the Nu-Pike. His parlour was said to be the oldest continually running in the continental US and the place for sailors to get inked. Sold the shop to Bob Shaw in 1970.
  • Bob Shaw (1926–1993), American artist who learned tattooing from Bert Grimm in St Louis. Later worked with Grimm and became the president of the National Tattoo Association from 1983-1988.
  • Old School (Hedley song)

    "Old School" is a song by Canadian pop rock group Hedley. It was released in August 2008 as the fourth single from their second album, Famous Last Words/Never Too Late. It reached number 43 on the Canadian Hot 100 before it was officially released in August 2008, and peaked at number 10.

    Charts

    References

    External links

  • Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics
  • Podcasts:

    PLAYLIST TIME:

    School Anthem

    by: Vybz Kartel

    [Intro: Vybz Kartel]
    A word of advice from me and Not Nice
    Schoolers
    Teacha (teacha)
    Baby students (students)
    Di students
    Get yuh uniform press
    Pack yuh knapsack
    Kim seh school a di ting
    Reflect Jah Vinci
    [Chorus: Gaza Kim]
    Make sure seh you gwaan a school
    Tek in yuh education nuh form nuh fool no
    Idlers mi nah have time fi you
    Listen when di teacha talk
    Learn di golden rule
    [Verse 1: Vybz Kartel]
    Big monday morning
    This is di plan
    Look inna yuh knapsack
    Pen inna yuh hand
    Sidung and study fi di maths exam
    And stop from think bout playstation
    Put dung di smokie
    You nuh big man
    What's 13 percent of 30 million
    When school over nuh stand up inna gang
    Gwaan home gone study some long division
    Talk to dem Jah Vinci
    [Hook: Jah Vinci]
    Parents do something for me
    Parents do something for me
    Gih di youth dem uniform
    Gih dem school book
    Gih dem lunch money
    Make sure seh dem homework done
    Make dem go to bed early
    Make sure seh dem nah follow no bad company
    [Chorus: Gaza Kim]
    Make sure seh you gwaan a school
    Tek in yuh education nuh form nuh fool no
    Idlers mi nah have time fi you
    Listen when di teacha talk
    Learn di golden rule
    [Verse 2: Vybz Kartel]
    Hey school girl!
    What you did just wrong
    You in uniform and a look bus man
    Memba seh nobody in your family never go to college
    Be di first one
    Add math, algebra, ven diagram
    What is di capital of Westmoreland
    Spell pneumonia, tek a good guess nuh man
    If yuh nuh know yuh doing something wrong
    Talk to dem Jah Vinci
    [Hook: Jah Vinci]
    Parents do something for me
    Parents do something for me
    Gih di youth dem uniform
    Gih dem school book
    Gih dem lunch money
    Make sure seh dem homework done
    Make dem go to bed early
    Make sure seh dem nah follow no bad company
    [Chorus: Gaza Kim]
    Make sure seh you gwaan a school
    Tek in yuh education nuh form nuh fool no
    Idlers mi nah have time fi you
    Listen when di teacha talk
    Learn di golden rule
    [Outro: Vybz Kartel]




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