# Smoke Some Kill
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{{Infobox album
| name = Smoke Some Kill
| type = album
| artist = [Schoolly D](/source/Schoolly_D)
| cover = Smoke Some Kill.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1988
| recorded = 1988
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = {{hlist|[East Coast hip hop](/source/Hip_hop_music)|[hardcore hip hop](/source/hardcore_hip_hop)}}
| length =
| label = [Jive](/source/Jive_Records)/RCA
| producer = Schoolly D
| prev_title = [Saturday Night! – The Album](/source/Saturday_Night!_%E2%80%93_The_Album)
| prev_year = 1986
| next_title = [Am I Black Enough for You?](/source/Am_I_Black_Enough_for_You%3F_(album))
| next_year = 1989
}}
'''''Smoke Some Kill''''' is the third album by rapper [Schoolly D](/source/Schoolly_D). The album was released in 1988 on [Jive Records](/source/Jive_Records) and was produced by Schoolly D.
==Release==
Though the album was not as successful as ''[Saturday Night! – The Album](/source/Saturday_Night!_%E2%80%93_The_Album)'', it made it to No. 180 on the [''Billboard'' 200](/source/Billboard_200) and No. 50 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop album chart.[{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r28239|pure_url=yes}} |title=Charts and awards for ''Smoke Some Kill'' |accessdate=2008-07-25 |website=[Allmusic](/source/Allmusic)}}]
=="Signifying Rapper"==
The song "'''Signifying Rapper'''" was based upon the "[signifying monkey](/source/signifying_monkey)" character of African-American folklore. A version of this story was performed by [Rudy Ray Moore](/source/Rudy_Ray_Moore). Schoolly D's adaptation of the story is recited over the rhythm guitar figure from [Led Zeppelin](/source/Led_Zeppelin)'s "[Kashmir](/source/Kashmir_(song))".[{{cite web
|url=http://www.avclub.com/content/node/22601
|title=Interview: Abel Ferrara
|date=2002-11-27
|last=Tobias
|first=Scott
|work=[The A.V. Club](/source/The_A.V._Club)
|publisher=[Onion](/source/The_Onion)
}}] in multiple scenes.
In 1994, Live Home Video and distributor Aries Film Releasing were ordered to destroy any unsold copies of ''Bad Lieutenant'' as part of a [copyright infringement](/source/copyright_infringement) ruling.[Sandler, Adam (December 14, 1994). Live Must Destroy 'Bad' Vids Sez Judge. ''[Variety](/source/Variety_(magazine))'']{{fix
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}} Director [Abel Ferrara](/source/Abel_Ferrara) was angered by the incident, which he felt "ruined the movie":
{{blockquote|"Signifying Rapper" was out for five years, and there wasn't a problem. Then the film had already been out for two years and they start bitching about it. [...] It cost Schoolly like $50,000. It was a nightmare. And meanwhile, "Signifying Rapper" is 50 million times better than "Kashmir" ever thought of being. [...] Why sue? You should be happy that somebody is paying homage to your work.|Abel Ferrara|[The A.V. Club](/source/The_A.V._Club) interview["[http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=LA&p_theme=la&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EF51A5194632E32&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM Review: ''Smoke Some Kill'']". ''[Los Angeles Daily News](/source/Los_Angeles_Daily_News)'': September 2, 1988.]
| rev4 = ''[Rolling Stone](/source/Rolling_Stone)''
| rev4Score = {{Rating|1|5}}[{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/schoollyd/albums/album/140501/review/5946307/smoke_some_kill |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080328072414/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/schoollyd/albums/album/140501/review/5946307/smoke_some_kill |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 28, 2008 |title=Review of ''Smoke Some Kill'' |author=Darling, Cary |date=November 17, 1988 |magazine=[Rolling Stone](/source/Rolling_Stone) |accessdate=10 February 2010}}]
}}
The album received generally mixed reviews from most music critics. The ''[Los Angeles Daily News](/source/Los_Angeles_Daily_News)'' gave the album a B.[{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r28239|pure_url=yes}} |title=Review of ''Smoke Some Kill'' |author=Wynn, Ron |website=[Allmusic](/source/Allmusic) |accessdate=10 February 2010}}] In his consumer guide for ''[The Village Voice](/source/The_Village_Voice)'', critic [Robert Christgau](/source/Robert_Christgau) called Schoolly D "the white audience's paranoid-to-masochistic fantasy of a B-boy" and commended him for "realizing the fantasy so scarily, and for commanding his own tough-guy sound".[Christgau, Robert. "[http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=Schoolly-D Consumer Guide: ''Smoke Some Kill'']". ''[The Village Voice](/source/The_Village_Voice)'': December 27, 1988. Archived from [http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/cgv1288-88.php the original] on 2010-03-13.]
==Track listing==
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#"Smoke Some Kill" – 3:28
#"Here We Go Again" – 2:43
#"Mr.Big Dick" – 4:36
#"Gangster Boogie II" – 3:43
#"This Is It (Ain't Gonna Rain)" – 3:56
#"Another Poem" – 4:20
#"We Don't Rock, We Rap" – 3:17
#"Signifying Rapper" – 4:51
#"No More Rock n' Roll" – 3:52
#"Same White Bitch (Got You Strung Out on Cane)" – 4:19
#"Treacherous" – 4:27
#"Black Man" – 4:19
#"Coqui 900" – 3:30
#"Fat Gold Chain" – 3:01
==Personnel==
*[Schoolly D](/source/Schoolly_D) – [producer](/source/Record_producer)
*[DJ Code Money](/source/DJ_Code_Money) – [sampling](/source/Sampling_(music)), [scratching](/source/scratching)
*[Joe "The Butcher" Nicolo](/source/Butcher_Bros.) – [engineer](/source/Audio_engineering), [mix](/source/Audio_mixing_(recorded_music)) on "Mr. Big Dick", "Gangster Boogie II", "This Is It (Ain't Gonna Rain)", "Another Poem", "Same White Bitch (Got You Strung Out on Cane)", "Treacherous", "Black Man"
*Nigel Green – mix on "Smoke Some Kill", "Here We Go Again", "We Don't Rock, We Rap", "Signifying Rapper", "No More Rock n' Roll", "Coqui 900", "Fat Gold Chain"
*Andy "Funky Drummer" Kravitz – [drums](/source/Drum_kit) on "Signifying Rapper" and "No More Rock n' Roll"
*Mike Tyler – [guitar](/source/Electric_guitar) on "Signifying Rapper" and "No More Rock n' Roll"
*Doug Grigsby – [bass](/source/Bass_guitar) on "Signifying Rapper" and "No More Rock n' Roll"
*Big Tim – bass on "Another Poem"
==References==
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==External links==
*{{cite web
|url=http://www.globaldarkness.com/articles/schooly_d_original_gangsta.htm
|title=Schoolly D - Original Gangsta
|last=Emery
|first=Andrew
|publisher=Global Darkness
|year=1997
|quote=... I was sued by Led Zeppelin and that wasn’t a pretty sight.
}} Passing mention.
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Category:1988 albums
Category:Schoolly D albums
Category:Jive Records albums
Category:Sampling (music) controversies
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