Life’s a biiiaaatch the way Coolio is remembered as a one hit wonder, especially when the one hit he’s remembered for is #actually his third best hit. Get a calculator, do the math: Gangsta’s Paradise gets in where it fits in at number three behind Fantastic Voyage and Coolio’s hit single ne plus ultra Too Hot. Only a G-Funk backdrop and a J.T Taylor chorus could turn the topic of STD’s into a Pop-Rap classic. Before Too $hort told the turf to Burn Rubber, Coolio implored the lads to wear one.
(From Gangsta’s Paradise album; 1995)
Gangsta’s Paradise woulda been relegated to Coolio’s fourth best hit if Tommy Boy had dropped the extended version of Aw Here It Goes as a single. It’s a Hardy Boy mystery why the label never released that shit on 12″, and a Nancy Drew mystery why it only exists on the European CD of Coolio’s greatest hits.
(From TV show; 1996/Fantastic Voyage: The Greatest Hits album; 2001)
Any good late-career Coolio singles I should know about? If so, hold my hand and take me to the promised land.
