Coolio - Gangsta's Paradise
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Artist: CoolioEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Explicit Lyrics
CD Release Date: 1995-11-07
Music Label: Rhino / Ada
Soundtracks:
- That's How It Is
- Geto Highlites
- Gangsta's Paradise
- Too Hot
- Crusin'
- Exercise Yo' Game
- 1, 2, 3, 4 (Sumpin' New)
- Smilin'
- Fucc Coolio
- Kinda High, Kinda Drunk
- For My Sistas
- Is This Me?
- A Thing Goin' On
- Bright as the Sun
- Recoup This
- The Revolution
- Get Up Get Down
Free Music Notes for Gangsta's Paradise
Free Music Review: Nice, Fun 2nd Album by Coolio
Hit: 5 Stars
Coolio came out again in 1995 with the hit "Gangsta's Paradise" on the Dangerous Minds soundtrack. He then released his second album taking the same name. This album has some special meaning for me. It was only the second rap album I bought ever. The album is a fun pop-mainstream-style album full of great production and beats, and some nice rhymes by Coolio. Beatwise, the album is full of that Cali G-Funk courtesy of "Wino," Vic C, and many lesser-known producers, way too many to list here. "Gangsta's Paradise" is obviously a hit, but there are many other classics here too. "Is This Me" is hella twangy feat. Rated R from Thug Life discussing the hold the streets take on people who get caught up in that life. Coolio shows some love and respect for the women on "For My Sistas." "Sumpin' New" is just a plain good time at the club over a bouncy P-Funk sampled type beat, as fun as "Fantastic Voyage" from 1994. "Get Up Get Down" features longtime homie WC and homegirl Malika. The beat is smooth and swingin. "The Revolution" is hot with a bouncy lowrider beat dealing with social issues. "Bright As The Sun" is a track where the imagery brings up a helicopter (ghetto bird) has its bright lights searching for him over a woozy, twangy beat. I love "Exercise Yo' Game" with Coolio trading spits with Kam, E-40, and 40 Thevz, which has an oddball, but phat beat. I love the hooter and licqor joint "Kinda High Kinda Drunk" with another odd but tight beat. Coolio has some positive messages in many tracks. He has fun, but he also can bring up some serious, often sad, imagery on tracks like "Geto Highlites" which is basically what it is, runs like a news report in parts of the songs. The album brings back memories of growing up for me. I see many hating on the album for being too pop, but I disagree, it is a nice album regardless.
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