Gangsta's Paradise (Coolio featuring L.V.)
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by fb1213027417
Wed Dec 10 2008Kind of dumb, but I bought the single....
by alexander_o
Wed Oct 15 2008not to be rude but i really havent listen to a lot of coolio's stuff but this is one song i know
by caroline112
Wed Oct 08 2008not really my style but pretty cool tune
by caranina
Mon Sep 22 2008This was my favorite song when it cam out.I love Dangerous Minds
by fb1396450951
Sun Sep 14 2008buenísima
by jennifer8300
Mon Sep 08 2008hahahaha.. i liked this one
by brandie5387
Wed Aug 20 2008I really love this song
by jeff683
Mon Aug 04 2008nice beat, coolio tryin to be hard lololol
by kerri705
Wed Jul 30 2008I prefer Weird Al's version!
by christa330
Wed Jul 30 2008Weird Al's was cooler
by myspace_373553756
Tue Jul 29 2008Ummm....I prefer Amish Paradise, but that's just me!
by fallen
Tue Jul 29 2008YEA DIS SONG WENT HARD..
by ms_166746810
Sun Jul 27 2008Bryan didnt like this song
by jillian202
Sun Jul 20 2008What happened to coolio- I thought he was a real gangster!!
by carrie44
Sat Jul 19 2008Again, liked the Weird Al version better
by no_one_in_particular
Sat Jul 19 2008Ok..for a rap song.
by srt_4_life
Thu Jul 17 2008Great and the wierd al version also great. The movie was good when i was a kid but it kinda sucks now
by krista_kitten
Wed Jul 16 2008i dont really like rap but this is a good song
by amanda477
Wed Jul 16 2008I don't like much rap or hip hop... but i always kinda liked this song.
by the_one_only_buckaroo
Tue Jul 15 2008This song just kills me - it brings back SO many memories! LOL
by amy152
Mon Jul 14 2008I remember that movie.
by lynn658
Sun Jul 13 2008Okay, this was great back in the day. Just rating the songs from when they were big!
by live_today_as_though_ud_meet_god_tomarrow
Sun Jul 13 2008yea well because of my ghetto booty i love this type of music at times but hasve to be in the mood for it.
by ms_86714747
Sun Jul 13 2008ROFLMAO. My cousin loves this song. This song was awesome back in the dayz. Lol.
by linette
Sat Jul 12 2008Still love this song and movie.
by monkey11611
Fri Jul 11 2008amish paradise lol
by kat67f52
Thu Jul 10 2008loved the movie
by brenda856
Thu Jul 10 2008lmao!!
by moonchick78
Thu Jul 10 2008GOOD SONG
by twansalem
Thu Jul 10 2008Horribly overrated. It's just another bad rap song.
by megana2a
Thu Jul 10 2008He killed it..
by ms_1248186
Thu Jul 10 2008Used to be obsessed but overkill knocks it down a star.
by ms_26317976
Thu Jul 10 2008This song was big back in the day and so was Coolio. This movie really worked with Dangerous Minds and it had a great beat.
by uncle_banana_head
Thu Jul 10 2008Played out and clichéd.
by astromike
Thu Jul 10 2008I 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.
by liz_is_here
Thu Jul 10 2008ok 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
by drew_evercrackerqu_ot
Wed Jul 09 2008Da bomb G!
by james_jones_bitch
Wed Jul 09 2008better came out that year
by molly9dd
Wed Jul 09 2008SO 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.
by kamylienne
Tue May 01 2007Not 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.
by zuchinibut
Sun Oct 22 2006Gangsta'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.
by virilevagabond
Sun Aug 27 2006Rarely 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".
by jed1000
Fri Jul 07 2006Good 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.
by andrewscott
Fri Jul 07 2006I 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.
by canadasucks
Fri Jul 07 2006Shockingly 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. . .