The song took off with international audiences as well, reaching No. Both albums it appeared on-first the Dangerous Minds soundtrack and then his own sophomore album Gangsta’s Paradise-were quickly certified multi-platinum, while the single itself sold over three million copies on its own. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 pop charts, became the best-selling single of 1995 across all genres, and helped to mainstream hip-hop in previously uncharted ways. More than just a flash-in-the-pan genre hit, "Gangsta’s Paradise" hit No. However, soon enough that "everybody" he was excited to share his new song with would substantially grow to include millions and millions of music fans around the world, as "Gangsta’s Paradise" became a chart-topping, multi-platinum global hit throughout the fall/winter of 1995 and well into the summer of 1996. To be clear, the "everybody" Coolio was initially thinking of was just his record label and his friends-"My day ones and my homies that I trusted to give me a real opinion," he states. "I was so excited about sharing it with everybody."
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(rpt 1, 2, 2) The easy, fast & fun way to learn how to sing: 30DaySinger."My first thought when I listened back to the demo of ‘Gangsta’s Paradise’ was ‘Man, the hood’s gonna love this shit,'" recollects Coolio. That's why I know my life is out of luck, foo! If they can't understand, how can they reach me? I'm twenty-three now but will I live to see twenty-fourĮverybody's running, but half of them ain't looking I'm living life do or die, what can I say? I'm a low down gangsta, set tripping bangerĪnd my homies is down so don't arouse my angerįool, death ain't nothing but a heart beat away Got my ten in my hand and a gleam in my eye I'm an educated fool with money on my mind Too much television watching, got me chasing dreams I can't have a normal life, I was raised by the state They got this situation, they got me facing Or you and your homies might be lined in chalkĪs they croak, I see myself in the pistol smokeįool, I'm the kinda g that little homie's want to be like Me be treated like a punk, you know that's unheard of That even my momma thinks that my mind has goneīut I ain't never crossed a man that didn't deserve it 'Cause I've been blasting and laughing so long The easy, fast & fun way to learn how to sing: As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death
and Wonder, at the 38th Annual Grammy Awards with L. Coolio has performed this song live at the 1995 Billboard Music Awards with L. The song has sold over 5 million copies in the United States, United Kingdom and Germany alone, and at least 6 million worldwide, making it one of the best-selling singles of all time. The song was voted as the best single of the year in The Village Voice Pazz & Jop critics poll. Coolio was awarded a Grammy for Best Rap Solo Performance, two MTV Video Music Awards for Best Rap Video and Best Video from a Film and a Billboard Music Award for the song/album. In 2008, it was ranked number 38 on VH1's 100 Greatest Songs of Hip Hop. The song was listed at number 85 on Billboard's Greatest Songs of All-Time and number one biggest selling single of 1995 on U. It samples the chorus and instrumentation of Stevie Wonder's 1976 song "Pastime Paradise". The song was released on Coolio's album of the same name, as well as the soundtrack for the 1995 film Dangerous Minds. "Gangsta's Paradise" is a song by American rapper Coolio, featuring singer L.
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