Am I Black Enough for You? (album)

Am I Black Enough for You?
Studio album by Schoolly D
Released	July 27, 1989
Recorded	1989
Genre	Hardcore hip hop political hip hop East Coast hip hop
Length	53:41
Label	Jive/RCA
Producer	Schoolly 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
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Robert Christgau	B[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[4]
Spin Alternative Record Guide	7/10[5]

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". It was Schoolly D's last album for Jive Records.

"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
11. "Get off Your Ass and Get Involved" – 1:53
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
18. "Don't Call Me Nigger" – 3:36
19. "Black Power" – 1:03
20. "Godfather of Funk" – 3:05

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. Vol. 7. MUZE. p. 293.
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.