Gangsta's Paradise

Infobox Album | Name = Gangsta's Paradise
Type = Album
Artist = Coolio


Released = November 21 1995
Recorded = 1994-1995
Genre = Hip-hop
Pop hip-hop
West Coast hip-hop
Gangsta rap G-funk
Length = 64:25
Label = Tommy Boy/Warner Bros. Records
Producer = Coolio
Christopher Hamabe
Devon Davis
Doug Rasheed
Brian "The Wino" Dobbs
Reviews =
*Allmusic rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:8do7gj4ro6iv~T1 link]
*Robert Christgau (A-) [http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=Coolio link]
Last album = "It Takes a Thief"
(1994)
This album = "Gangsta's Paradise"
(1995)
Next album = "My Soul"
(1997)|

"Gangsta's Paradise" is the second album by rapper Coolio, released on November 21, 1995. The album contained two hits: "Gangsta's Paradise", which reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and "1, 2, 3, 4 (Sumpin' New)", which reached #5.

The following year, a parody was released by "Weird Al" Yankovic, entitled "Amish Paradise." The spoof reached #53 on the U.S. chart.

Track listing

amples and interpolations

*"Gangsta's Paradise" contains samples of "Pastime Paradise", performed by Stevie Wonder.
*"Too Hot" contains an interpolation of "Too Hot", originally performed by Kool & The Gang.
*"Cruisin'" contains an interpolation of "Cruisin'", originally performed by Smokey Robinson & the Miracles.
*"Sumpin' New" contains samples of "Theighs High (Grip Your Hips More)", performed by Tom Browne, and "Wikka Wrap", performed by The Evasions.
*"Smilin'" contains an interpolation of "You Caught Me Smiling", originally performed by Sly & The Family Stone.
*"Kinda High, Kinda Drunk" contains interpolations of "Saturday Night" and "The Boyz in Da Hood"
*"For My Sistas" contains an interpolation of "Make Me Say It Again Girl", originally performed by The Isley Brothers.
*"A Thing Goin' On" contains an interpolation of "Me & Mrs. Jones".
*"The Revolution" contains an interpolation of "Magic Night".
*"Get Up, Get Down" contains an interpolation of "Chameleon", originally performed by Herbie Hancock.
* Song "Gangsta's Paradise" is used in the film "Dangerous Minds" (1995). [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112792/]

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