Old school, Old School, or Old Skool may refer to:

Computers and gaming

Old school gaming Retro gaming, also known as classic gaming and old school gaming, is the playing and collection of computer game, personal computers, video game console, consoles, and video games from earlier decades. Usually, retro gaming is based upon syste ...

or retrogaming, playing and collecting obsolete computer, video, and arcade games *

Old School Renaissance The Old School Renaissance, Old School Revival, or OSR is a play style movement in tabletop role-playing games which draws inspiration from the earliest days of tabletop RPGs in the 1970s, especially ''Dungeons & Dragons''. It consists of a loo ...

, a trend in tabletop gaming *''

Old School RuneScape ''Old School RuneScape'' is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG), developed and published by Jagex. The game was released on 16 February 2013. When ''Old School RuneScape'' launched, it began as an August 2007 version of th ...

'', a playable 2007 version of the MMORPG ''RuneScape'' *Oldskool, in

demoscene The demoscene () is an international computer art subculture focused on producing demos: self-contained, sometimes extremely small, computer programs that produce audiovisual presentations. The purpose of a demo is to show off computer programmi ...

, a production made before the mid-1990s

Film and television

* ''Old School'' (2003 film), an American comedy film * ''Old School'' (2002 film), a Nigerian comedy film * ''Old School'' (TV series), a 2014 Australian drama series * "Old School" (''Brooklyn Nine-Nine''), a 2013 television episode * "Old School" (''Runaways''), a 2018 television episode * "Old School" (''Yin Yang Yo!''), a 2006 television episode

Literature

* ''Old School'' (novel), a 2003 novel by Tobias Wolff *''Old School: Life in the Sane Lane'', a 2017 book by Bill O'Reilly and

Bruce Feirstein Bruce Feirstein (born 1956) is an American screenwriter and humorist, best known for his contributions to the James Bond series and his best-selling humor books, including '' Real Men Don't Eat Quiche'' and ''Nice Guys Sleep Alone''. ''Real Men D ...

*'' Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Old School'', a 2015 book by Jeff Kinney

Music

Genres

Old-school hip hop Old-school hip hop (also spelled old skool) (also known as disco-rap) is the earliest commercially recorded hip hop music and the original style of the genre. It typically refers to the music created around 1979 to 1983, as well as any hip hop t ...

* Oldskool hardcore or breakbeat hardcore *

Urban oldies Urban adult contemporary, often abbreviated as urban AC or UAC, (also known as adult R&B,) is the name for a format of radio music, similar to an urban contemporary format. Radio stations using this format usually would not have hip hop music on ...

, or Old School, a radio format

Performers

Old School (quartet) Old School is the barbershop quartet that won the International Quartet Championship for 2011 at the Barbershop Harmony Society's annual international convention, in Kansas City, Missouri. The quartet had earned silver medals the two years before ...

, an American barbershop quartet * Ol' Skool, an American new jack swing group

Albums

* ''Old School'' (Helix album), 2019 * ''Old School'' (Nils Lofgren album), 2011 * ''Oldschool'' (Nena album), 2015 *''

Ol' School ''Ol' School'' is a live album by Ohio Players. It was recorded on 2 December 1995 at the Fox Theater, Atlanta, Georgia. Track listing # "Skin Tight" – 6:16 # "Ol' School" – 3:53 # "Pain" – 1:39 # "Heaven Must Be Like This" – 4:2 ...

'', by Ohio Players, 1996 * ''Old School'' (EP), by Tebey, 2016 * ''Old Skool'' (EP), by Armin van Buuren, 2016 *''Old School'', a box set by

Alice Cooper Vincent Damon Furnier (born February 4, 1948), known by his stage name Alice Cooper, is an American rock singer and songwriter whose career spans sixty years. With a raspy voice and a stage show that features numerous props and stage illusion ...

, 2011

Songs

* "Old School" (Hedley song), 2008 * "Old School" (John Conlee song), 1985 *"Old School", by Aaliyah from ''

Age Ain't Nothing but a Number ''Age Ain't Nothing but a Number'' is the debut studio album by American singer Aaliyah. It was released on May 24, 1994, by Blackground Records and Jive Records. After being signed by her uncle Barry Hankerson, Aaliyah was introduced to reco ...

'', 1994 *"Old School", by

Boss Hog Boss Hog is an American punk blues band including the husband and wife duo of Jon Spencer (guitar) and Cristina Martinez (vocals) along with Jens Jurgensen (bass), Hollis Queens (drums) and Mickey Finn (keyboard). The band achieved some noto ...

, 1999 *"Old School", by Danger Doom from ''

The Mouse and the Mask ''The Mouse and the Mask'' (stylized as ''THE MOUSE & THE MASK'') is the only studio album by Danger Doom, a collaboration between the hip hop artists Danger Mouse and MF Doom. It was released in Europe on October 10, 2005, and on October 11, ...

'', 2005 *"Old School", by Overkill from '' ReliXIV'', 2005 *"Oldschool", a 2015 song by Baby Alice *"Old School", by Toby Keith from '' Peso in My Pocket'', 2021 *"Old School", by Tupac Shakur, a B-side of "

Dear Mama "Dear Mama" is a song by American rapper 2Pac from his third studio album, '' Me Against the World'' (1995). It was released on February 21, 1995, as the lead single from the album. The song is a tribute to his mother, Afeni Shakur. In the song ...

", 1995

Other uses

* Old school (tattoo), a traditional tattoo style *

Old School–New School Controversy Old or OLD may refer to: Places *Old, Baranya, Hungary *Old, Northamptonshire, England * Old Street station, a railway and tube station in London (station code OLD) *OLD, IATA code for Old Town Municipal Airport and Seaplane Base, Old Town, M ...

, a schism of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America *Old School, or arm twist ropewalk chop, a professional wrestling aerial technique used by The Undertaker * Koryū, translated as "old school", a category of Japanese martial arts