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DUBCC - Tha Connection => West Coast Classics => Topic started by: LAZY on December 22, 2003, 10:21:18 PM

Title: Coolio
Post by: LAZY on December 22, 2003, 10:21:18 PM: well Coolio is 1 of the first rappers i ever listened 2, i got the tape of Gangstas Paradise when the song came out and i remember that song "1, 2, 3, 4 get ur woman on the floor" and singin that shit and gettin introuble when i was younger, and i have never baught a cd from him but im goin to, wut 1 should i buy first? i kno hes got 3 and a grestest hits but i dont want the greatest hits, i wanna buy an actual album from him so wut 1?
Title: Re:Coolio
Post by: Don Breezio on December 22, 2003, 11:46:54 PM: gangsta's paradise...that album was fuckin dope as hell...i still bump that shit...you dont have to skip even one track.
Title: Re:Coolio
Post by: Danté Williams on December 23, 2003, 01:05:15 AM: Yeah, Gangsta's paradise is still bangin.

My Soul was dope too, a different style, more funk but still dope. I'd still go for Gangsta's Paradise tho.
Title: Re:Coolio
Post by: f0n|{sta on December 23, 2003, 02:42:52 AM: yup gangstas paradise is a good one ;)
i got it OG
Title: Re:Coolio
Post by: West Coast Veteran on December 23, 2003, 04:31:14 AM: Get It Takes A Thief. That's my favorite album from him. I remember that album dropped the same day as We Come Strapped.

Highlights from the album:
"County Line"
"Fantastic Voyage"
"Mama I'm In Love Wit A Gangsta"
"Can O Corn"
"I Remember"
Title: Re:Coolio
Post by: CRAFTY on December 23, 2003, 05:04:59 AM: Gangsta's Paradise is worth buying, most of the tracks are tight. Especially that track featuring KAM & E-40.
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Post by: Killa-G on December 23, 2003, 06:49:06 AM: yep gangstas in paradise is dope.The track ''too hot'' is fuckin tight!
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Post by: tnp on December 23, 2003, 10:38:48 AM: Quote from: WestCoastVeteran on December 23, 2003, 04:31:14 AM
I remember that album dropped the same day as We Come Strapped.

yeah, I remember buying both the same day...memories! who'd have ever thought that two West Coast albums could come out the same day and both do well (Coolio being fucking huge at the time and Eiht coming off of Streiht Up Menace)...having lived through that time I would have never thought the West would be in the state it's in...

oh yeah, I've only ever heard It Takes a Thief but I'd recommend that. Favorite song is U Know Hoo! with WC.

There are also some nice remixes from that album:
I Remember (LA Remix, Kendal's J Funk Remix)
Fantastic Voyage (Timber Mix, Dave Bellochio Street Remix, QDIII Remix)

Again, I can't compare against his other albums cause I haven't heard them, but I do like this album.
Title: Re:Coolio
Post by: Lord Funk on December 23, 2003, 11:38:02 AM: Quote from: tnp on December 23, 2003, 10:38:48 AM
Quote from: WestCoastVeteran on December 23, 2003, 04:31:14 AM
I remember that album dropped the same day as We Come Strapped.

yeah, I remember buying both the same day...memories!

Hee hee - that's exactly what I was about to post. Bought them both on cassette the same day.

It's Coolio's best album, no doubt. But My Soul was underappreciated - there's a joint on there (the title track) that Ras ghost-wrote for him, and it's an amazing song.
Title: Re:Coolio
Post by: mrtonguetwista on December 23, 2003, 07:14:44 PM: Coolio always comes with heat IMO. Very Underrated. His last album, El-Magnifico was dope too.
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Post by: Darksider on December 23, 2003, 07:37:45 PM: Quote from: Da Illest on December 23, 2003, 01:05:15 AM
Yeah, Gangsta's paradise is still bangin.

My Soul was dope too, a different style, more funk but still dope. I'd still go for Gangsta's Paradise tho.