Gangsta's Paradise [Explicit Lyrics]

Track Listings

1. That's How It Is

2. Geto Highlites

3. Gangsta's Paradise - Coolio,

4. Too Hot

5. Crusin'

6. Exercise Yo' Game - Coolio, , 40 Thevz

7. 1, 2, 3, 4 (Sumpin' New)

8. Smilin'

9. Fucc Coolio

10. Kinda High, Kinda Drunk

11. For My Sistas

12. Is This Me?

13. Thing Goin' On

14. Bright as the Sun

15. Recoup This

16. Revolution

17. Get up Get Down

Gangsta's Paradise,Coolio,Tommy Boy,Hip-Hop,Pop,Pop-Rap,Rap,Rap & Hip-Hop,West Coast Rap

Gangsta's Paradise [Explicit Lyrics]

Average customer rating:

Nice, Fun 2nd Album by Coolio
Great CD but watch out for expurgated version
If it's sooooo good how come it's selling right now used for 1¢ ?
A pretty good rap album which sounds unfortunately cheesy in spots - rap fans will still like it
Cruisin' 2 Coolio's Funk!

Gangsta's Paradise
Coolio
Manufacturer: Rhino / Ada
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Gangsta & Hardcore | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music

General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music

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Release Date: 1995-11-07

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

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

Customer Reviews:

Nice, Fun 2nd Album by Coolio.......2007-06-22

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.

Great CD but watch out for expurgated version.......2007-02-03

I bought a used copy of this CD. I thought it was very good except I got a version with all the "adult language" bleeped out! It was very frustrating and completely ruined most of the songs. I haven't listened to it since. Make sure you get the "Explicit Lyrics" version of this CD if you get it!

If it's sooooo good how come it's selling right now used for 1¢ ?.......2006-11-29

Because suckers by it, quickly get bored by it, then try to sell it.

Except there are more suckers than buyers.

Gangsta indeed. Only an idiot thinks gangsta's are good at making music.

OK the dumbos who disagree can now press the "not helpful" button, and the smart people can, at least, consider what I've written.

A pretty good rap album which sounds unfortunately cheesy in spots - rap fans will still like it.......2006-01-16

Coolio's "Gangsta's Paradise" is most well-known for having the hit single of the same name, and even though that's obviously the best track here, the rest of it holds up pretty well. Some of the songs are bad, yes (see "Kinda High Kinda Drunk"), but there's enough good and decent ones here to warrant a "4" star rating (the amount of songs here help things out, too). Coolio is indeed one of the most unique rappers in the business - at least when it comes to his voice. I admittedly don't have a great amount of knowledge in terms of MCs, but I still haven't heard anyone who sounds like Coolio. While his voice and delivery are pretty good, it unfortunately sounds a bit pop-oriented when the lyrics are discussing the gangster life (again, see the title track). This isn't a horrible problem, but it's noticable - he doesn't quite seem to fit in with what he's rapping about. Musically the album is pretty much based on Dr. Dre's g-funk sound, and the production is pretty good, if not a little dated sounding - I don't think it'll cause any problems. Basically, if you like rap or if you liked his hit "Gangsta's Paradise" and wanted to hear more Coolio songs then "Gangsta's Paradise" will satisfy you, just not greatly. Recommended.

Highlights include:
"That's How It Is"
"Gangsta's Paradise"
"A Thing Goin' On"
the rest are mostly good or decent

Cruisin' 2 Coolio's Funk!.......2005-11-09

As a child, Coolio was a B.G. LocC from Compton, CA. Although Coolio ran with the Compton Loccs, Coolio had troubles fitting in with his school mates, and at the age of 17 Coolio got into the Crack-Cocaine game. Although Coolio may not of been as sucessful as Eazy-E, Ice Cube, Dr. Dre or Snoop Doggy Dogg, Coolio's 1996 album Gangsta's Paradice is a West Coast Highlight. Best hit defiently is the hit song Gangsta's Paradice, though another song that should of been a hit is Cruisin'. Sumpin' New is another good hit by Coolio, and a good House Party song is Kinda High Kinda Drunk.

Coolio's best are 2, *3, 4, *5, 6, *7, *10, 12, 13, 16 & 17.

Average customer rating:

There Is No Such Thing As A 3rd Times A Charm........
Ok
Naughty by Nature- Poverty's Paradise
Slept on by everyone
Well-rounded?

Poverty's Paradise
Naughty by Nature
Manufacturer: Tommy Boy
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music

East Coast | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music

Gangsta & Hardcore | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music

General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music

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ASIN: B000000HKE
Release Date: 1995-05-30

Tracks:

Intro Skit
Poverty's Paradise
Clap Yo Hands
City Of Ci-Lo
Hang Out And Hustle
It's Workin'
Holdin' Fort
Chain Remains
Feel Me Flow
Craziest
Radio Skit
Sunshine
Webber Skit
Respect Due
World Go Round
Klickow-Klickow
Double I Skit
Slang Bang
Shout Out
Outro
Connections

Amazon.com

If any rappers deserve to be called poets, Treach and Vinnie of Naughty By Nature do. They fire off line after line chock-full of internal rhymes and alliterations, conjure detailed scenes, drop allusions, and display a reassuring knowledge of the world beyond hip-hop. If any poets deserve to be called rap stars it's this powerful trio (with DJ Kay Gee) from East Orange, New Jersey. On their third album, 1995's Poverty's Paradise, Naughty strikes up enough hard-edged partying in their smart lyrics and sharp beats to keep on top of the hip-hop core, while a handful of radio-ready tracks throw them into wider pastures just to remind everyone else they're also making marks on the pop charts. --Roni Sarig

Customer Reviews:

There Is No Such Thing As A 3rd Times A Charm...............2006-01-30

POVERTY'S PARADISE won a 1996 Grammy Award for Best Rap Album. "Feel Me Flow" was nominated for Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group. East Orange, New Jersey's finest are back at it, destined to regain platinum status with their third effort, POVERTY'S PARADISE. Already responsible for such hip-hop classics as "O.P.P.," "Uptown Anthem" and "Hip-Hop Hooray," Naughty By Nature comes packed with some impressive attributes: Treach and Vinnie's unique lyrical styles, Kay Gee's distinct rhythmic beats, and a widespread appeal that is due largely to their ultra-catchy choruses and general pop sense. Each Naughty By Nature release inevitably delivers the hip-hop anthem of the year (see previous paragraph for examples), and on POVERTY'S PARADISE that distinction falls to "Craziest." Regularly leaving listeners in the dust, Treach remains one of the strongest vocalists in rap music on the strength of his tongue-twisting rhymes: "Wasn't driving too fast/I was flying too low/You think I'm rocking too quick/I think you listen to slow." And to all those who thought he may have been the weak part of the NBN equation, Vinnie's added flavor on "Clap Yo Hands" proves his skills to be quite worthy. DJ/producer extraodinaire Kay Gee is also in fine form, funking up "Sunshine" with a well-known Roy Ayers sample. But as the title implies, POVERTY'S PARADISE is not all about keeping the party going, and "Chain Remains," a laid-back groove that explores the misfortunes of a growing, incarcerated population, is a needed dose of reality. Filled with ghetto tales and guest appearances from fellow members of the Double I family (Rottin Razkals, Road Dawgs and others), the much anticipated release fulfills Naughty By Nature's dream of turning their poverty into paradise.

Ok.......2005-11-26

I am a Naughty fan and I like this CD but you cant stay on top forever and this Cd I beleive is when they started going down but I love the song Feel me flow and Craziest If you love Naught this is a must buy!!!

Naughty by Nature- Poverty's Paradise.......2003-07-13

Naughty by Nature's (Treach, Vinnie, Kay Gee) third album "Poverty's Paradise" (1995) is an banging underated release that still vibes very well many years later. Executive production comes from Naughty by Nature, Sha-Kim & Queen Latifah. Guest appearances come from Road Dawgs, Cruddy Click, Rottin Razkalz, Chriss Webber, Gordon Chambers. On the insert to the cd there is a comment I like from Treach which runs as "You could Leave the Ghetto, But the Ghetto Ain't Gonna Leave You. It's in you forever, If you keep in touch". The albums title track, is a one minute track which has Naughty by Nature reminding there fans that they will always remember there roots, and stay grounded, and that they will represent for those who dont get a voice out there. First tracks that standout for me are upbeat party tracks like "Clap Yo Hands" & "It's Workin" feat. Rottin Razkalz tracks which have nice choruses and are entertaining. On "Chain Remain" NBN goes deeper showing there social consciousness, talking about incarceration, and dropping lines like "Jails aint nothing but the slave day sequel". The lighter "Feel Me Flow" follows, a very nice laid back party track. "Craziest" has NBN showing love to people from city's from NJ to Boston. Another track follows in "Sunshine" which has an addictive beat, and is a track about showing love to the shortys, and getting laid. "World Goes Round" is a track about the youth, cops, media, and the streets. Naughty by Nature shows there harder side on "Klickow-Klickow" feat. Rottin Razkals, Cruddy Click, Road Dawgz while paying some respect to the oldschool. The albums longest track is the seven minute "Shout Out" feat. R&B singer Gordon Chambers a track by Naughty by Nature in which they thank the radio programmers, video shows, DJ and fans that supported there music and helped them make it, while also thanking individuals like Funkmaster Flex, DJ Premier, and many many more. I like this, never have seen a track where a group shows so much love to those who helped them make it and to other artists, while getting specific and being genuine. Next comes outro, which you would think would be closer, cept it isnt as the hardcore "Connections" closes the album off well. "Poverty's Paradise" has music to party to, music that makes you think, and music that goes deeper then the average. Beats, production and lyrics are all solid making this an album to have if you like Naughty by Nature like I do.

Slept on by everyone.......2003-04-27

This is a high quality rap record full of banging beats and incredible rapping. If you don't own it you are missing out on some great hip hop.

Well-rounded?.......1999-07-25

Albeit this is the only Naughty by Nature album with which I'm familiar, I found it one of the most enjoyable hip-hop albums I've encountered. The beats are incredible, enjoyable, but what distinguishes this cd from typical party music are the amazing lyrical acrobatics. I fully agree with the Amazon review: Treach and VinRock, beyond their impressive lyrical content and manipulation of phrases, enhance their poetics by deftly manipulating the language's sounds and accents, resulting in a flow in the truest sense of the word. Though the content varies from the social/political (World Goes Round, in my opinion the strongest all-round track, intelligent and bumping) to sexual (Sunshine) to classic we're-the-baddest-mcs (Clap Your Hands), their lyrical craft never fails. If anything, the strongest display of their lyrical abilities is Feel Me Flow, also their most light-hearted, upbeat, beach-rolling track.

Tracks:

Intro/Hood Reality
Getz Your Grown Man On
All Day Mane
East Side
That's Whats Up
Can't Leave Rap Alone
Shine
What U Mad Fo
Know Your Name
Skit Daddy
Mobalotti
Mercy
In Da Streets
Hot Young Chick
Memories Of My Life
Mommy
Let Yo' Bread Stack
Came Along Way

Album Description

Palo Alto, CA's Hoodstarz introduce a new sound called "Bay Crunk", mixing Atlanta's crunk with West Coast rhymes. The album features such notable hip-hop stars as Game, Yukmouth, Keak Da Sneak, Young Jeezy and many more. The Hoodstarz already have a growing buzz in Northern California through local live shows and underground mixtape sales.

Average customer rating:

Nice, Fun 2nd Album by Coolio
Great CD but watch out for expurgated version
If it's sooooo good how come it's selling right now used for 1¢ ?
A pretty good rap album which sounds unfortunately cheesy in spots - rap fans will still like it
Cruisin' 2 Coolio's Funk!

Gangsta's Paradise

ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music
Similar Items:

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My Soul
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ASIN: B000002PY5

Amazon.com

Customer Reviews:

Nice, Fun 2nd Album by Coolio.......2007-06-22

Great CD but watch out for expurgated version.......2007-02-03

If it's sooooo good how come it's selling right now used for 1¢ ?.......2006-11-29

A pretty good rap album which sounds unfortunately cheesy in spots - rap fans will still like it.......2006-01-16

Cruisin' 2 Coolio's Funk!.......2005-11-09

Average customer rating:

Coolio's Biggest Hit {4 Stars}

Gangsta's Paradise

Manufacturer: MCA
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music

West Coast | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music

General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000FK9AAQ

Customer Reviews:

Coolio's Biggest Hit {4 Stars}.......2006-09-09

Gangsta's Paradise is Coolio's biggest hit and one of my favorites from him. Produced by Doug Rasheed and backed up by the criminally underrated L.V. (check out his album, it's great) on the vocals, Coolio came back hard after a lukewarm response to his debut album (It Takes A Thief). Though it was originally a song for the Dangerous Minds soundtrack, it can also be found on his second album of the same name (Gangsta's Paradise).

This particular disc includes the album and instrumental versions of the song and is worth every penny that you pay for it.