# Old school

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**Old school**, **Old School**, or **Old Skool** may refer to:

## Computers and gaming

- [Old school gaming](/source/Old_school_gaming) or retrogaming, playing and collecting obsolete computer, video, and arcade games
- [Old School Renaissance](/source/Old_School_Renaissance), a trend in tabletop gaming
- *[Old School RuneScape](/source/Old_School_RuneScape)*, a playable 2007 version of the MMORPG *RuneScape*
- Oldskool, in [demoscene](/source/Demoscene), a production made before the mid-1990s

## Film and television

- [*Old School* (2003 film)](/source/Old_School_(2003_film)), an American comedy film
- [*Old School* (2002 film)](/source/Old_School_(2002_film)), a Nigerian comedy film
- [*Old School* (TV series)](/source/Old_School_(TV_series)), a 2014 Australian drama series
- ["Old School" (*Brooklyn Nine-Nine*)](/source/Old_School_(Brooklyn_Nine-Nine)), a 2013 television episode
- ["Old School" (*Runaways*)](/source/Old_School_(Runaways)), a 2018 television episode
- ["Old School" (*Yin Yang Yo!*)](/source/Old_School_(Yin_Yang_Yo!)), a 2006 television episode

## Literature

- [*Old School* (novel)](/source/Old_School_(novel)), a 2003 novel by Tobias Wolff
- *Old School: Life in the Sane Lane*, a 2017 book by [Bill O'Reilly](/source/Bill_O'Reilly_(political_commentator)) and [Bruce Feirstein](/source/Bruce_Feirstein)
- *[Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Old School](/source/Diary_of_a_Wimpy_Kid:_Old_School)*, a 2015 book by Jeff Kinney

## Music

### Genres

- [Old-school hip hop](/source/Old-school_hip_hop)
- [Oldskool hardcore](/source/Oldskool_hardcore) or breakbeat hardcore
- [Urban oldies](/source/Urban_oldies), or Old School, a radio format

### Performers

- [Old School (quartet)](/source/Old_School_(quartet)), an American barbershop quartet
- [Ol' Skool](/source/Ol'_Skool), an American new jack swing group

### Albums

- [*Old School* (Helix album)](/source/Old_School_(Helix_album)), 2019
- [*Old School* (Nils Lofgren album)](/source/Old_School_(Nils_Lofgren_album)), 2011
- [*Oldschool* (Nena album)](/source/Oldschool_(Nena_album)), 2015
- *[Ol' School](/source/Ol'_School)*, by Ohio Players, 1996
- [*Old School* (EP)](/source/Old_School_(EP)), by Tebey, 2016
- [*Old Skool* (EP)](/source/Old_Skool_(EP)), by Armin van Buuren, 2016
- *Old School*, a box set by [Alice Cooper](/source/Alice_Cooper_discography), 2011

### Songs

- ["Old School" (Hedley song)](/source/Old_School_(Hedley_song)), 2008
- ["Old School" (John Conlee song)](/source/Old_School_(John_Conlee_song)), 1985
- "Old School", by Aaliyah from *[Age Ain't Nothing but a Number](/source/Age_Ain't_Nothing_but_a_Number)*, 1994
- "Old School", by [Boss Hog](/source/Boss_Hog), 1999
- "Old School", by Danger Doom from *[The Mouse and the Mask](/source/The_Mouse_and_the_Mask)*, 2005
- "Old School", by Overkill from *[ReliXIV](/source/ReliXIV)*, 2005
- "Oldschool", a 2015 song by [Baby Alice](/source/Baby_Alice)
- "Old School", by Toby Keith from *[Peso in My Pocket](/source/Peso_in_My_Pocket)*, 2021
- "Old School", by Tupac Shakur, a B-side of "[Dear Mama](/source/Dear_Mama)", 1995

## Other uses

- [Old school (tattoo)](/source/Old_school_(tattoo)), a traditional tattoo style
- [Old School–New School Controversy](/source/Old_School%E2%80%93New_School_Controversy), a schism of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America
- Old School, or arm twist ropewalk chop, a [professional wrestling aerial technique](/source/Professional_wrestling_aerial_techniques#Arm_twist_ropewalk_chop) used by The Undertaker
- [Koryū](/source/Kory%C5%AB), translated as "old school", a category of Japanese martial arts

## See also

- [Retro style](/source/Retro_style)
- [Vintage (design)](/source/Vintage_(design))
- [Jeune École](/source/Jeune_%C3%89cole)

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