West Coast Connection Forum
DUBCC - Tha Connection => West Coast Classics => Topic started by: TraceOneInfinite Flat Earther 96' on September 18, 2013, 08:41:45 AM
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About time this nicca got some respect for putting it down so nicely all those years representin the West. Maybe if he had not had so much mainstream success he would get more props at this forum, but nobody ever talks about the dude. Here are some of his career highlights...
WC and The Madd Circle- That's right, he was a part of this crew before he made it big. Nicca was down with a WC, and was also down with a lot of cats from the Golden State Camp, like the Alkoholiks, Rass Kass, and so on. He wasn't just some guy that the label picked up to piggy back off the success of Snoop, he was well respected out West.
"Fantastic Voyage"- Sure, this joint was a little contrived, but if you were old enough you know you were loving this joint, and that it blew up the whole summer long.
"I Remember" - This cut is so nice it can bring tears to your eyes. The production really takes you back, I assume that's LV on the hook doing his thing, and J-Ro and them come with some really thoughtful, nostalgic lyrics.
"Mama I'm In Love With A Gangsta" - Coolio and Lashon go back and forth on this track, trading verses, it's an argument between the two of them, over a prison phone, but it's also a love song at the same time. Classic shit.
"Gangsters Paradise" - Don't front. This was a monster joint. Sure they played it out and its not something I go back and listen to now. But you know you loved it when you first heard it.
"C U When You Get THere" - Hip-hop meets classical for a touching peace of art.
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got his first 3 albums, and it's really good ones!
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got his first 3 albums, and it's really good ones!
word.. I admit I never really had any of his albums, except his greatest hits album, but I was always a fan and respected him. I had the above tracks dubbed on a mixtape I listened to all summer during that time.
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Kennen & Kel theme song 8)
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'It Takes A Thief' is a classic. One of the best albums to smoke.
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'It Takes A Thief' is a classic. One of the best albums to smoke.
Cassette if that got bumped daily for about a year back in the day 8)
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It Takes A Thief is the shit... Tracks like U Know Hoo with WC, County Line and It Takes A Thief are classics.
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One of the first 12" singles I bought. I was a Kool and the Gang fan 8) 8) 8)
(http://s21.postimg.org/dbyb61s6f/R_1307925_1221935366.jpg)
For real tho I'd never heard of Kam and E-40 in 95, but Kinda High Kinda Drunk was in constant rotation when I got this 8) 8) 8) 8)
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This was my favorite non-single from it takes a thief:
County line
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfP_hmNNCwk
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I liked Coolio back in the day, some fave tracks of mine:
Fantastic Voyage
Too Hot
1,2,3,4 (Stumpin' New)
Smilin'
Ooh La La
and of course.....Keenan & Kel Theme tune haha
I know almost all of these were commercial but i dont care! Commercial hip hop around that time was good when the whole G-Funk sound was in!
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Can't believe I forgot to mention "C U When You Get There".. shit was deep
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the grittier songs on fantastic voyage like can of corn and trapped in the closet and a few others were extremely dope i heard county line like a year before fantastic voyage hit as a single.
its one of the best usages of the more bounce sample out there.
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Yeah "it takes a theif" is a fucking classic album! i was like 12 when that came out used to love it.
I didnt like his second album so much but maybe because "gangstas paradise"(great song0 got so played out and that "too hot" single sucked ansd i didnt overly like "1,2,3,4"
His third album was pretty cool.
Seems he went more underground after that/
I got his "Elcoolmagnifico" album and it is fucking dope as fuck!
His "the return of the gangsta" album is pretty fucking cool too!
he put out a pretty cool sing;e with Snoop called "gangsta walk"(i think thats what it is called) Cool shit 8)
And yeah i always wondered why he stopped making songs with Raskass an them?
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'It Takes A Thief' is a classic. One of the best albums to smoke.
Cassette if that got bumped daily for about a year back in the day 8)
Hah, got the cassette with $20 I got for my birthday from an uncle. One favourite would be smokin stix.
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Kennen & Kel theme song 8)
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http://www.youtube.com/v/zJ_Iz7usojg
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In a twist w/ WC was so dope, I used to love cruisin and the joint with 40 thevz. Matter of fact his first two albums were the joint.
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lol coolio appreciation thread.. its like an oxymoron.
and i mean this in the nicest way possible.
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I got his 'Gangster's Paradise' album earlier this year. It's a good album with some nice g-funk sounding cuts on it, although most casual music listeners probably think of Coolio as a one-hit wonder. I haven't heard any of his other stuff but might check out his debut on the strength of some of the replies.
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lol coolio appreciation thread.. its like an oxymoron.
and i mean this in the nicest way possible.
why is it okay for rock groups to have trials and tribulations and get old as fuck and hit the road and tour but in hip hop we purposefully give our rappers shelf dates? this man had good records and if you were embraced by the media you prolly woulda cut some commercial shit too...at least even in his pop shit he maintained gangsta elements and westcoast elements etc.
his run was fucking strong...he just went out like a sucka.
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coolio was my shit when i was in elementary.... he deserves way more love in the hip-hop community. i think we are all guilty of hating on him at one point or another, but it was all false hatred. dude was a g and kept it g till this very day.. i'd do a cut wit him any day.
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Can't forget that "It's All The Way Live" joint from the Eddie soundtrack. Don't front. You all bumped that.
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Can't forget that "It's All The Way Live" joint from the Eddie soundtrack. Don't front. You all bumped that.
I don't know about that, cuzz... some of his singles were pretty corny and still managed to get major play on radio and I think ultimately that hurt his credibility. It wasn't his fault though that songs like "1, 2, 3, 4" blew up.
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1,2,3,4 was the JAM back in 3rd grade
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What did u guys think of 40 Thevz?
Remember that joint its alright?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJ-A9R_-c2I&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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1,2,3,4 was the JAM back in 3rd grade
Lol no kidding, I was in first or second grade at the the time. One of the first hip hop songs I remember hearing honestly.
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lol coolio appreciation thread.. its like an oxymoron.
and i mean this in the nicest way possible.
why?
What did u guys think of 40 Thevz?
Remember that joint its alright?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJ-A9R_-c2I&feature=youtube_gdata_player
they were a cool group.
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that's a dope song but they all look like they are having seizures ^
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that's a dope song but they all look like they are having seizures ^
Yeah somethings fucked with the video
http://www.youtube.com/v/wQq68Acnuzs
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Overlooked underground 'classic'
(http://s23.postimg.org/9tfnahta3/R_1774638_1256583627.jpg)
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I don't know about that, cuzz... some of his singles were pretty corny and still managed to get major play on radio and I think ultimately that hurt his credibility. It wasn't his fault though that songs like "1, 2, 3, 4" blew up.
In all seriousness, I think his credibility was more affected by him attaching his name to nearly every celebrity vanity project and reality show out there. Musically, I don't think he ever really made corny music and even the "Keenan & Kel" thing made sense because he understood appealing to a younger market. I think appearing on all these shows made him seem like a C-list celebrity because he was in that Todd Bridges and Vanilla Ice kind of company.
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1,2,3,4 was the JAM back in 3rd grade
I would have thought "It takes a thief" would have been your favorite...
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1,2,3,4 was the JAM back in 3rd grade
I would have thought "It takes a thief" would have been your favorite...
Can I get you some cheese to go with that whine?
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lol coolio appreciation thread.. its like an oxymoron.
:grumpy:
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1,2,3,4 was the JAM back in 3rd grade
I would have thought "It takes a thief" would have been your favorite...
Can I get you some cheese to go with that whine?
Funny line, who did you steal it from?
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lol coolio appreciation thread.. its like an oxymoron.
and i mean this in the nicest way possible.
why?
I just never see any appreciation for him. I am not saying he is wack, I am saying no one talks about him. Shit Coolio was in the Temptations by Tupac video where he stole the damn show. I have just never seen anyone appreciate him. it makes it an oxymoron. Probably a nerd joke.. ;)
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coolio was my shit when i was in elementary.... he deserves way more love in the hip-hop community. i think we are all guilty of hating on him at one point or another, but it was all false hatred. dude was a g and kept it g till this very day.. i'd do a cut wit him any day.
never hated on dude... yeah he did do too many drugs at one point, and he did some weird shit, but his music always had soul and he seems like a real likeable character, you know he doesn't act hard or put on a character. dude managed to do conscious yet gangsta songs, had nice story telling and writing skills, and was funny all at the same time.
and 1,2,3,4 is the JAM, shit bumps so fuckin hard, especially the video version,