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DUBCC - Tha Connection => West Coast Classics => Topic started by: jory on September 23, 2010, 03:38:02 AM
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his first two albums are west coast classics. he had great tracks on various soundtracks
http://www.youtube.com/v/ERRsGLsTyso?fs=1&hl=en_GB
http://www.youtube.com/v/_vroLokIrCo?fs=1&hl=en_GB
http://www.youtube.com/v/ewOzi5-AZXU?fs=1&hl=en_GB
i know his latest suff isnt the best but his 90's stuff is on point.
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as u can tell i have no idea how to embed. sorry
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http://www.thesourcepages.com/music/The%20Points%20DJ%20U-Neek%20mix.mp3
http://www.thesourcepages.com/music/The%20Points%20Easy%20Moe%20Bee%20mix.mp3
Notorious B.I.G, Coolio, Redman, Busta Rhymes, Bone Thugs & more. dj u neek version and easy mo bee version
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I wouldn't say he's under-rated, more like forgotten. Dude had one of the biggest singles of 95, but a long time has passed since then and he's become quieter and quieter. And somewhere in between he's singing the theme song to Kenan and Kel :P.
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I totally agree. Coolio was so massive in 95, and damn i played that It takes a thief cassette to death that summer. Gangstas Paradise was one of the first cds i ever bought and the 12" of Too Hot was in constant rotation. It was also first time i ever heard Kam, E-40 and WC. The thing i remember was coolio being interviewed a lot about his calling women bitches and being asked if he was a real gangsta. The dude was just a nice guy who made good music. There was so much shit talked about being a fake gangsta that made him seem uncool at the time. Anyway in 96 the when the Fugees blew up i think he missed a good chance of a 3rd great album and lost out. Plus that shit bout his private life didn't help. Gangstas Paradise is a beautifully produced album in my opinion and the great part is that every tune is a memorable song.:)
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I totally agree. Coolio was so massive in 95, and damn i played that It takes a thief cassette to death that summer. Gangstas Paradise was one of the first cds i ever bought and the 12" of Too Hot was in constant rotation. It was also first time i ever heard Kam, E-40 and WC. The thing i remember was coolio being interviewed a lot about his calling women bitches and being asked if he was a real gangsta. The dude was just a nice guy who made good music. There was so much shit talked about being a fake gangsta that made him seem uncool at the time. Anyway in 96 the when the Fugees blew up i think he missed a good chance of a 3rd great album and lost out. Plus that shit bout his private life didn't help. Gangstas Paradise is a beautifully produced album in my opinion and the great part is that every tune is a memorable song.:)
got to agree with you. it takes a thief was one of the 1st cds i ever bought. i loved gangtsa paradise aswell. i wonder what happened to his producer dobbs the wino.
i never even listened to the my soul album, i dont know why.
im going to see him tonight, he is doing a p.a. at a local nightclub. il be taking the album covers with me to see if i can get them signed as he is doing a meet and greet. it will be great to see him do gangstas paradise live.
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There's an embed button
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There's an embed button
think iv sorted it. thanks
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Woa- meetin coolio. That's some cool shit on the real. I think Gangstas Paradise had some great collaborative writing on the album. I love the fact that coolio was down with guys like WC, DJ Crazy Toones E-40 and Kam. That's some heavyweight rap royalty right there. I'd ask him how the album was conceptualized, and how the writing and production was done. Did they feel they were making a classic cross over album- reachin out to real music and pop fans too without sellin out on some Skee-lo type shit. Is he still cool with LV and what happened to a follow up to that anthemic track:) oh, and any leftovers from the recording sessions (if the album was recorded in one hit):)
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man this was a great song:
Coolio - Ooh La La
https://www.youtube.com/v/lFl9_vNGmug&feature=related (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFl9_vNGmug&feature=related)
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I wouldn't say he's under-rated, more like forgotten. Dude had one of the biggest singles of 95, but a long time has passed since then and he's become quieter and quieter. And somewhere in between he's singing the theme song to Kenan and Kel :P.
this forum masturbates to other rappers who have not had a hit single since 1995....don't see the difference ;)
nah on the real Coolio was pretty dope, I always loved his work with Rated R of Thug Life
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There's an embed button
Where's that? I never know how to embed youtube videos
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There's an embed button
Where's that? I never know how to embed youtube videos
when you post its right above the smilies, next to the image button.
Take this video link......
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WnF-SK_oUo
remove the watch? and replace the = with a /
like this: http://www.youtube.com/v/4WnF-SK_oUo
and put that in the brackets
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thanks for posting All the way live 8) nice song.
i've seen the movie, but that was a long time ago
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Fantastic voyage is my favorite Coolio track ... still fresh imo
http://www.youtube.com/v/vNWhmkNIIwk?fs=1&hl=fr_FR" type=
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his first two albums are west coast classics. he had great tracks on various soundtracks
Anyway, Coolio is going to have a show in my hometown next Sunday and I'm def gonna be here :)
There's a good chance I'll gonna have the opportunity to ask him some questions so if you got one holla back in this thread ;)
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well he didnt have a meet and greet, he was meant to be there there from 10.30 but didnt get on stage until 1. he did too hot, c u when i ge there and gangtsa paradise. i stood at the front with my cd covers in hand, he stoped in the middle of gangstas paradise and and signed them. so im happy at that.
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(http://desmond.yfrog.com/Himg412/scaled.php?tn=0&server=412&filename=99573937.jpg&xsize=640&ysize=640)
(http://a.yfrog.com/img201/6829/16061523.png)
signing my covers!
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Very cool. Wanna see a mag or website do a piece on the making of the gangstas paradise album though:)
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Coolio did really good overseas.
during the 90's, Warren G and Coolio were the westcast-rapprs that had the best sucess in Europe and globally..
he's more known in some countrys lke germny etc. "Gngsts Prdise"is one of the bggest hiphop-songs in history - kids in Brazil are sngin it...
i bet Coolio eats well off of the publishing from that song..
underrated as a rapper? i tink his old homie WC is more underated...
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Coolio's a ledgend, "it takes a theif", classic. Came out when i was like 12-13, love that album.
"Gangstas paradise" i didnt really like to be honest. Was some good tracks.
Of course they were his biggest albums but "my soul" was pretty good also.
I liked his raskass collabo's.
But these two albums were indeed slept on and are dope albums;
(http://au.wrs.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0S0zuwDh6FMLisASC8W5gt./SIG=14362pls6/EXP=1285740675/**http%3a//i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii183/ThaBoneCollector/Krayzie%2520Bone/2002-2004/Coolio-ElCoolMagnifico.jpg)
(http://s11.acephotos.org/images/orig/o/r/ord8bpap4bliilp.jpg)
"gangsta walk" with Snoop was a cool video.