Saturday Night! – The Album
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| Studio album by Schoolly D | ||||
| Released | 1986 | |||
| Recorded | 1986 at INS Studios, New York | |||
| Genre | Hip hop | |||
| Label | Schoolly-D | |||
| Producer | Schoolly D | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   |
| Robert Christgau | B |
| Spin Alternative Record Guide | 8/10 [Independent release] |
| Spin Alternative Record Guide | 9/10 [Jive release] |
Saturday Night! – The Album is the second studio album by hip hop artist Jesse Weaver under the alias of Schoolly D. The album was recorded at INS Studios in New York where Weaver created an album of seven tracks that included rapping and instrumentals that were both inspired and sampled various funk musicians from the 1970s. The album was released independently in 1986. Singles from the album included the tracks "Saturday Night" and "Dedication to All B-Boys".
Saturday Night! – The Album was re-issued by Jive Records in 1987 with several extra tracks that were originally intended for Weaver's follow-up album Smoke Some Kill. The album charted on the Billboard's Black Albums chart and the UK Top Indie Album chart on its release. The album content was described by AllMusic as putting Weaver "in hot water with many critics and community leaders." Critical reception on its release was mixed with the album being referred to as "artless" by The Washington Post while other critics such as Robert Christgau gave it a positive review. The NME placed it on their list of the top albums of 1987.
Weaver began recording Saturday Night! – The Album in 1986. He was being barred from the studio where he originally recorded his single for "P.S.K. What Does It Mean?" and went to INS Studios in New York. To compose the music, Weaver first started working on the drums, stating that "by 1985 I had mastered the [Roland TR-]909." After completing the drums, Weaver worked on lyrics and vocals when he "smoked and drank until we got silly enough. At that point, the first thing that hit my mind-that was the song". Some songs were performed with live musicians such as "B-Boy Rhyme and Riddle" which had a live drummer brought in by engineer Joe Nicolo. The music on "Saturday Night" was the result of DJ Codemoney forgetting a plug for the 909. Weaver used the drum machine at the studio to record the song without the 909 on hand and accidentally pushed a button that sent the kick and snare to go to the timbales sound. This new sound was used for the song "Saturday Night".
Weaver signed with Jive Records to "pay a lot of bills" as the distributors of his previous work were not paying him for the records that were sold.Saturday Night! – The Album was re-released by Jive in 1987 with extra tracks including "Parkside 5-2", "Housing the Joint" and "Get N' Paid". These three tracks were originally intended for Weaver's next album Smoke Some Kill. Weaver was upset after finding these new tracks added to the album, stating that "it was a total scam to reissue Saturday Night like they did, with those tracks, because it had already sold hundreds of thousands of copies." and that if these tracks were released on Smoke Some Kill, his follow-up album would have "been an even better record".
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