He was the preeminent pre-P. Diddy pop-rapper, but on his first album in five years, Coolio decides not to play catch-up, instead picking up right where he left off in his...
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Just when it looked like rap would completely succumb to the violent hyperbole and mean-spirited "realness" of gangsta rap, new blood entered the scene in 1994 to nudge the...
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Most of Coolio's hit debut It Takes a Thief was fairly upbeat material, but the appearance of the stark single "Gangsta's Paradise" in the summer of 1995 signaled a change...
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Coolio's follow-up to his multi-platinum sophomore album, which featured the mega-hit "Gangsta's Paradise," offers listeners more of the same funky rhythms that made the...
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Coolio's third album, My Soul, follows the same formula as its two predecessors, which isn't necessarily a bad thing. Where others have failed as pop-rappers, Coolio...
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