old skool

• oldskool, ol' skool

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈəʊl(d) skuːl/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈoʊl(d) ˌskul/

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old skool (uncountable)

1. (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”).

old skool (comparative more old skool, superlative most old skool)

1. (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 …