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Gangsta's Paradise | 
| Artist: Coolio
Label: Rhino / Ada
Category: Music
List Price: $13.98
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Seller: Books -R- Fun
Sales Rank: 42623
Format: Explicit Lyrics
Language: English (Original Language)
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 016998114124
EAN: 0016998114124
ASIN: B000000HKV
Release Date: November 7, 1995
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Tracks:
| • | That's How It Is | | • | Geto Highlites | | • | Gangsta's Paradise | | • | Too Hot | | • | Cruisin' | | • | Exercise Yo' Game | | • | 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 |
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Product Description
Old-School Hip-Hop, Which Builds Its Sing-Song Raps Atop Samples Of Old Funk And Soul Singles, May Be On The Way Out, But In Its Twilight Days It Has Yielded One More Brilliant Album, Coolio'S Gangsta'S Paradise. Coolio, The Compton Rapper Once Known As Artis Ivey, Creates Tape Loops Of The Catchiest Sections From Old Songs By Smokey Robinson, The Isley Brothers, Billy Paul, And Herbie Hancock, And Then Raps His Ghetto Slice-Of-Life Stories Atop Those Loops. It'S A Familiar Formula, But Coolio Makes It Fresh Again, Coming Up With Monologues Strong Enough To Make Us Forget The Original Songs And Get Lost In His Narratives. Moreover, Coolio Drops His Rhymes So They Fall Perfectly On The Beats And Even The Melodies Of The Samples. --Geoffrey Himes
Amazon.com
Old-school hip-hop, which builds its sing-song raps atop samples of old funk and soul singles, may be on the way out, but in its twilight days it has yielded one more brilliant album, Coolio's Gangsta's Paradise. Coolio, the Compton rapper once known as Artis Ivey, creates tape loops of the catchiest sections from old songs by Smokey Robinson, the Isley Brothers, Billy Paul, and Herbie Hancock, and then raps his ghetto slice-of-life stories atop those loops. It's a familiar formula, but Coolio makes it fresh again, coming up with monologues strong enough to make us forget the original songs and get lost in his narratives. Moreover, Coolio drops his rhymes so they fall perfectly on the beats and even the melodies of the samples. --Geoffrey Himes
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