fb1213027417 12/10/2008
Kind of dumb, but I bought the single....
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Alexander O. 10/15/2008
not to be rude but i really havent listen to a lot of coolio's stuff but this is one song i know
caroline112 10/08/2008
not really my style but pretty cool tune
Cara~Nina 09/22/2008
This was my favorite song when it cam out.I love Dangerous Minds
fb1396450951 09/14/2008
buenísima
jennifer8300 09/08/2008
hahahaha.. i liked this one
Todd 588 08/27/2008
lol
BRANDIE5387 08/20/2008
I really love this song
jeff683 08/04/2008
nice beat, coolio tryin to be hard lololol
Christa330 07/30/2008
Weird Al's was cooler
***Kerri***705 07/30/2008
I prefer Weird Al's version!
myspace-373553756 07/29/2008
Ummm....I prefer Amish Paradise, but that's just me!
♥FALLEN ♥ 07/29/2008
YEA DIS SONG WENT HARD..
ms-166746810 07/27/2008
Bryan didnt like this song
Jillian202 07/20/2008
What happened to coolio- I thought he was a real gangster!!
no one in particular 07/19/2008
Ok..for a rap song.
Carrie44 07/19/2008
Again, liked the Weird Al version better
Ronica302 07/18/2008
CLASSIC
SRT-4 Life 07/17/2008
Great and the wierd al version also great. The movie was good when i was a kid but it kinda sucks now
Jennifer789 07/16/2008
?Krista Kitten™ 07/16/2008
i dont really like rap but this is a good song
Amanda477 07/16/2008
I don't like much rap or hip hop... but i always kinda liked this song.
The One & Only Buck~A~Roo 07/15/2008
This song just kills me - it brings back SO many memories! LOL
Amy152 07/14/2008
I remember that movie.
SKiTTLZ 07/13/2008
xD
ms-86714747 07/13/2008
ROFLMAO. My cousin loves this song. This song was awesome back in the dayz. Lol.
Live Today As Though U'd Meet God Tomarrow 07/13/2008
yea well because of my ghetto booty i love this type of music at times but hasve to be in the mood for it.
Lynn658 07/13/2008
Okay, this was great back in the day. Just rating the songs from when they were big!
Linette 07/12/2008
Still love this song and movie.
monkey11611 07/11/2008
amish paradise lol
ms-26317976 07/10/2008
This song was big back in the day and so was Coolio. This movie really worked with Dangerous Minds and it had a great beat.
LiZ iS hERe!! 07/10/2008
ok u know u know all the words to this! " As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death I take a look at my life and realize there's nothing left Cause I've been blastin and laughing so long that Even my mama thinks that my mind is gone"... lol
brenda856 07/10/2008
lmao!!
ms-1248186 07/10/2008
Used to be obsessed but overkill knocks it down a star.
Astromike 07/10/2008
I agree....when I look back Coolio sucked. I just didnt like him. Alot of his songs that were popular got SO played out and became over-rated.
twansalem 07/10/2008
Horribly overrated. It's just another bad rap song.
$$$ KAT $$$ 07/10/2008
loved the movie
**Megan** 07/10/2008
He killed it..
Uncle Banana Head 07/10/2008
Played out and clichéd.
Moonchick78 07/10/2008
GOOD SONG
James Jones Bitch! 07/09/2008
better came out that year
Molly 07/09/2008
SO MUCH BETTER THAN AMISH PARADISE. I have the grammy's CD with this song on it. Love it. Used to sing it in the shower.
"Drew Evercracker&qu ot; 07/09/2008
Da bomb G!
Laura863 07/09/2008
great song
kamylienne 05/01/2007
Not a big fan of rap, but I still tend to like a lot of Coolio's stuff. It's a pretty good song, but everytime I hear it now I automatically think of the "Amish Paradise" spoof by Weird Al.
zuchinibut 10/22/2006
Gangsta's Paradise was one of the biggest rap hits to crossover into the pop charts in the 90's. The background singing had great emotion, and the lyrics were clean and meant something, unlike some other raps from this decade.
VirileVagabond 08/27/2006
Rarely does a rap song rise to near epic proportions, and Coolio's "Gangsta's Paradise" does indeed reach for this goal. Coolio isn't the world's greatest vocalist by any stretch of the imagination, but with the able assistance of L.V. ("Large Variety") that facet is largely overcome. The song simply sounds big on a full symphonic scale as it rolls along carrying the listener with it. However, as is usual with the best crossover rap singles, the song relies on someone else's work, namely Stevie Wonder's "Pastime Paradise" as its base, which results in a loss of a star. "Gangsta's Paradise" charted in the U.S. for 36 weeks in 1995-6 (#1), and, as another comment noted, was parodied by Weird Al Yankovic as "Amish Paradise".
AndrewScott 07/07/2006
I agree with kingguiness that Coolio's "Gangsta's Paradise" is one of the best rap songs to scale the top of the charts. It made effective use of a refrain from a Stevie Wonder song and transformed it into a powerfully catchy yet credible street anthem that worked on many levels. "Gangsta's Paradise" is also credited for making the Michelle Pfeiffer movie "Dangerous Minds" a big box office hit. The music video featured clips of her as an inner city school teacher alternated with Pfeiffer facing down Coolio the rapper.
CanadaSucks 07/07/2006
Shockingly overrated crossover song that claims to expose life-in-the-inner-city as if we don't know what it's like. . .the song presents the illusion of a 'lack of choice' when choice and personal responsibility play a role at some level. . .it's very simple- city dangerous(?)=leave the city to raise kids and teach them to go to college. . .stay in dangerous city and refuse education?=might get shot/killed/suffer lower quality of life. . .there are your choices, deal with it. . .the song was a philosophical cop-out. . .
Jed1000 07/07/2006
Good song with great lyrics. Good parody of this song by Weird Al also. Too bad Coolio didn't have a sense of humor about it.
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