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Coolio already sounded cracked out in the other video of this same interview; this just makes him sound even worse.It's not to say that companies are eager to give money away, but an album that they put out being commercially successful means that they are making more money, even if they end up bumping up the artist's pay.Besides, it's hard for a company to purposely sabotage an album, especially when they have to invest money into making it in the first place. Coolio had a lot of momentum going into his third album since his second was so huge... not even a label could undo that. But the album just wasn't all that, but he still had plenty of exposure... from It's All the Way Live being on the Eddie soundtrack to C U When U Get There being on the Nothing to Lose soundtrack, his music was still being played to mainstream audiences. But the reality was that the music wasn't all that, and the fans caught on, and not all of the fans who picked up Gangsta's Paradise kept buying, but obviously the material was lacking. I remember in school, one of my neighbors (a nerdy white kid who oddly used to play Mariah Carey and wasn't really into hip-hop) was all into Gangsta's Paradise.And if it was really Tommy Boy's fault, then when he started putting out material outside of Tommy Boy, then it should've been hot... but it wasn't.Not saying that Tommy Boy was necessarily doing everything they could to make the album a success, but I really don't think that it's nearly as bad as Coolio was making it out to be. Remember that at that point in time, not many artists who went platinum or better on their first try were consistently finding similar success later on down the road.
one thing Coolio could do is make mutherfuckin hits... but after that his albums were pretty weak. And it's true that a lot of nerds loved his songs... like "1,2,3,4" that was the only song I really disagreed with the nerds on... I couldn't hate them for liking Gangstas Paradise because you have to be honest, that shit was the bomb the first time you heard it. Maybe it got played out and too many wack fans started to like it... but that's not Coolio's fault.and as a person I always thought Coolio was a cool homie
his point was that they had an agenda goin in, and unless we really know the ins and outs of the contracts the way coolio does, we cant really sit here and say whether he's right or wrong...dont put it past these record companies to sabotage artists for their own gain, because it happens all the time.
Quote from: Sccit on December 01, 2014, 01:55:39 PMhis point was that they had an agenda goin in, and unless we really know the ins and outs of the contracts the way coolio does, we cant really sit here and say whether he's right or wrong...dont put it past these record companies to sabotage artists for their own gain, because it happens all the time.But his claims don't hold weight when a lot of his post-Gangsta's Paradise stuff was wack. The record companies might pick and choose what songs go on or tell you what to rap about, but they can't make you write garbage rhymes.