Back To The Old School (CD) Del The Funky Homosapien Hayes was already a cutting-edge

Hayes was already a cutting-edge funk master at Stax Records when he accepted the unprecedented assignment of creating a soundtrack for the 1971 action flick Shaft

and an important message – alluded to in the back cover plea

there was still a lot of room to grow

Octagon album is a solo release

the harbinger of hip-hop

Back To The Old School (CD) Del The Funky Homosapien Hayes was already a cutting-edgeBack To The Old School seems like a crazy title for a hip hop album that came out in 1986. What exactly did Just Ice, Sir Vicious himself, mean by this title? Back to the Bronx? Back to the streets? With the emergence and commercial success of Queens natives Run DMC and LL Cool J, the origins of hip hop culture were entering its second decade back in 86', the "new school." On Back To The Old School, Just Ice the original gangster of hip hop teams up