How a Black Man Feels explained

How A Black Man Feels
Type:	album
Artist:	Schoolly D
Cover:	How A Black Man Feels.jpg
Released:	1991
Recorded:	1991
Length:	45:45
Label:	Capitol
Producer:	Schoolly D
Prev Title:	Am I Black Enough for You?
Prev Year:	1989
Next Title:	Welcome to America
Next Year:	1994

How a Black Man Feels is the fifth album by the American rapper Schoolly D.^[1] It was released in 1991 via Capitol Records, his first album for the label. The album spawned three singles, "Original Gangster", “Where’d You Get That Funk From”, and “King of New York”.

Production

KRS-One contributed to the production of the album. Schoolly D considered How a Black Man Feels to be a guide on living, and escaping from, the ghetto.^[2]

Critical reception

Trouser Press wrote that "other than the unfashionable stripped-down beats (complete with Run-DMC samples), Schoolly’s ugly and all-too-common gangsta threats ... sound like a sorry-ass imitation jackin’ for bucks."^[3]

Track listing

1. “Run” – 4:12
2. “Your Worst Nightmare” – 4:52
3. “King of New York” – 4:35
4. “Original Gangster” – 3:39
5. “Die Nigger Die” – 4:56
6. “Where’d You Get That Funk From” – 4:43
7. “How a Black Man Feels” – 3:50
8. “Just Another Killer” – 5:32
9. “Peace to the Nation” – 4:45
10. “Sometimes It’s Got to Be That Way” – 4:41

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Anthology of Rap. Adam. Bradley. Andrew. DuBois. November 2, 2010. Yale University Press. Google Books.
2. News: de la Vina . Mark . The Message Is Rap's Beat . Philadelphia Daily News . 30 June 1992 . Features Yo! . 27.
3. Web site: Schoolly D . Trouser Press . 15 June 2021.