Gangsta's Paradise is the second studio album by American rapper Coolio, released on November 7, 1995. It is Coolio's best-selling album, with over two...

The chorus of the song "Been spending most their lives living in a gangsta’s paradise,” was created by L.V. by stacking the vocals many times to make it...

Gangsta's Paradise (album), a 1995 album by Coolio that features the song Gangster's Paradise: Jerusalema, a 2008 South African crime film Gangstas in...

the Stevie Wonder song "Pastime Paradise"). Featured on the album Bad Hair Day, it turns the original "Gangsta's Paradise", in which the narrator laments...

(1997). He released nine albums, the first three of which achieved mainstream success: It Takes a Thief (1994), Gangsta's Paradise (1995), and My Soul (1997)...

"Pastime Paradise" is a song by American musician Stevie Wonder, recorded for his 1976 album Songs in the Key of Life. The song was one of the first to...

Apache's debut album, Apache Ain't Shit All pages with titles containing Gangsta Gangsta Gangsta (disambiguation) Gangsta's Paradise (disambiguation)...

in 1999. The album produced an array of hit comedy singles; lead single "Amish Paradise", which lampoons both Coolio's "Gangsta's Paradise" and the Amish...

with rapper Coolio on the single "Gangsta's Paradise". He has released five solo albums and was a member of the gangsta rap group South Central Cartel since...

is all carrot and no stick." The soundtrack and its lead single "Gangsta's Paradise" enjoyed major success and received nominations for the Grammy Award...

album has been certified gold by the RIAA. AllMusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine said that despite lacking a single as memorable as "Gangsta's Paradise"...

wrote "its title, "Return of the Mack" sounds like another rap tale of gangsta paradise; instead, Mark Morrison comes off more like a funked-up Seal, promising...

typical gangsta rap. "Fantastic Voyage," a hit from the early 1980s, returned to the charts after Coolio released a song of the same name from this album. The...

maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) "Falling in Reverse – Gangsta's Paradise". Genius. Retrieved April 1, 2014. "God, If You Are Above – Falling...

excited for the new album. Music videos for Hands Like Houses' cover of "Torn" (Ednaswap) and Falling in Reverse's "Gangsta's Paradise" (Coolio) were also...

Retrieved July 26, 2021. "Austrian single certifications – Coolio – Gangsta's Paradise" (in German). IFPI Austria. Retrieved August 20, 2012. "IFPI Norsk...

Steady/Squatta's Paradise" compilation. The title is a reference to the song Gangsta's Paradise by American rapper Coolio. "Infested: Lindane Conspiracy, Pt.1" -...

through Interscope Records and Polydor Records. A reissue of the album, subtitled The Paradise Edition, was released on November 9, 2012. The new material...

Retrieved January 9, 2017. "Coolio: Gangsta's Paradise rapper dead at 59". BBC News. 2022-09-29. Retrieved 2022-09-29. "Albums chart positions". Allmusic. Retrieved...

Coolio. It was the third single released from his second studio album, Gangsta's Paradise (1995), in February 1996. Initially entitled "Sumpin' New", the...

and a reworking of his chart-topping collaboration with Coolio, "Gangsta's Paradise". Notes Track 14 is a cover of "Heaven Must Be Like This" by Ohio...

(songwriter) for "For Your Love" Best R&B Album TLC for CrazySexyCool Best Rap Solo Performance "Gangsta's Paradise" – Coolio "Keep Their Heads Ringin'" –...

appeared on his first three albums, It Takes a Thief, Gangsta's Paradise and My Soul. "Fantastic Voyage" "Gangsta's Paradise" "C U When U Get There" "Too...

AllMusic's Jason Birchmeier writes that the album's production exhibits characteristics of "the pre-gangsta era, a foregone era when samples fueled the...

Central Cartel (who won a Grammy in 1995 for his feature on Coolio’s “Gangsta’s Paradise”) South Central Cartel, Spice 1, B.G. Knocc Out, Dresta, Jayo Felony...

performances by both albums. The success of the former and the outcome of its competition with the latter marked the end of the dominance of gangsta rap in mainstream...

of Slimeball 3, Thomas signed a multi-million dollar, four-album record deal with Paradise East Records, RCA Records and Same Plate Entertainment. In...

Baby. He followed that up with the release of the songs "Motivation" and "Paradise". The videos for all three songs accumulated millions of views on YouTube...

media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) Gangsta Grillz: The Album (liner notes). Lil Wayne, Freeway, T.I, Willie the Kid. Atlantic...

upon him signing with Geffen Records to release his next three albums: R&G (Rhythm & Gangsta): The Masterpiece (2004), Tha Blue Carpet Treatment (2006),...