Meanings
alternative oldskool · alternative ol' skool
- alternativepronunciation spellingslanguncountableentertainmentAlternative 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”).
comparative more old skool · superlative most old skool · alternative oldskool · alternative ol' skool
- alternativepronunciation spellingslangentertainmentAlternative 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”).
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 …
1995 April 14, ed [pseudonym], “Low Down on New Tunes dropping soon”, in rec.music.hip-hop (Usenet)
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old skool. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/old%20skool
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