Schoolly D - Adventures of Schoolly D [Rykodisc, 1987]: 7 (B+)

Christgau appears to inaccurately list this as The Further Adventures of Schoolly-D (ie, adding “The Further”). This combines the self-titled debut and the original seven-track version of the follow-up Saturday Night! - The Album [Schoolly-D, 1986] (with “We Get Paid” appearing to be re-titled as “Get 'n' Paid” -- AI says these are different songs, but I’m not going to bother trying to verify that). I give the debut an 8 (A-) and the follow-up a 7 (B+). So this hits in the middle, and gets docked a notch because it goes on for just too long and is less than the sum of its parts. Not the way to hear this artist. Early CD-era move. Reminds me of that Mission of Burma release. #bestof