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Went out like Elvis. 

As I walk through the shadow of the Valley of Death. I take a look at my life and realize there's not much left.

 

Edited by Deej

Being a Gen Xer I obviously liked Coolio anyway, but I inadvertently walked into a Coolio show in Dubai once and I've had a huge soft spot for him ever since.

I’m not posting Coolio in an Amani Toomer Michigan jersey, so Kenan and Kel instead of 1234 (even with the Jamie Foxx cameo).

 

Edited by TheStoicPaisano

2 minutes ago, G650 said:

Being a Gen Xer I obviously liked Coolio anyway, but I inadvertently walked into a Coolio show in Dubai once and I've had a huge soft spot for him ever since.

So you're saying he was a gentle lover?

Just now, immamac said:

Damn. This sucks. 

Snl Season 47 GIF by Saturday Night Live

Whoa.  That’s pretty young and unexpected ( to me at least).  RIP. Gangster paradise and what not. 

as an older millennial who grew up on MTV, similar deal.

May he enjoy his final fantastic voyage

Just now, Deej said:

So you're saying he was a gentle lover?

 

Ha, no.

 

It was pretty amusing situation though. Me and a friend were walking down to this beach bar by the Palm Jumeirah (the big man made island shaped like a palm tree) and as we go in the door guy is like are you here for the show? To which we reply no just hitting the bar. The bar overlooks the beach, and I guess you had to have tickets to go down there and whatnot. After about 10 minutes I'm like that guy on stage looks like Coolio, and I get about halfway through that sentence when Gangtas Paradise kicks and we look at each other and go oh shit that is Coolio. This is in like 2010 when Coolio was have a bit of a lull in his career in the States, but apparently drunk Brits on holiday were all about it.

I mean I loved Coolio but I assume all periods that weren't the mid 90s were lulls in his career.

i think I remember some frat at UT had him perform at a party in the mid 00s

6 minutes ago, Lhorn said:

Whoa.  That’s pretty young and unexpected ( to me at least).  RIP. Gangster paradise and what not. 

I'd say that's better than average for rappers from that era. Those dudes went fucking hard (plus the ones that got shot and killed).

Just saw this has a billion plays on Spotify - that's pretty wild. 

Also - did you mean to post this in music?

4 minutes ago, Celery Man said:

I mean I loved Coolio but I assume all periods that weren't the mid 90s were lulls in his career.

i think I remember some frat at UT had him perform at a party in the mid 00s

They did. I remember someone telling me part of his rider was Popeyes chicken and weed.

10-12 year old me thought he had the coolest hair in the world. Rip legend, go enjoy your fantastic voyage

5 minutes ago, Deej said:

They did. I remember someone telling me part of his rider was Popeyes chicken and weed.

Sigma  Chi Fight Night.   Both true.  1 lb of weed.

Was gifted his cookbook for Christmas as a gag or white elephant and it actually had some good stuff. RIP.

He was supposed to be in Cedar Park next weekend with Tone Loc and Vanilla Ice and a few others on some '90s rap tour.

After he lived to see 24, the rest was gravy?

2 minutes ago, Buzzrock said:

Two hit wonder?

3 top 5s, one #12. I'd agree that just two of them remain fairly ubiquitous. 

Granted - Gangsta's Paradise was a massive international hit.

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Probably Fantastic Voyage, although 1,2,3,4 seems like a significant hit from my memory.

Ah shit. RIP.


Fantastic song:

 

 

This goes here. Such a talent in that 90s stretch. Gangsta’s Paradise, Fantastic Voyage, Sumpin New… all of it was cranked up in the higgymobile


1 hour ago, ztejas said:

I'd say that's better than average for rappers from that era. Those dudes went fucking hard (plus the ones that got shot and killed).

Just saw this has a billion plays on Spotify - that's pretty wild. 

Also - did you mean to post this in music?

I think there's also a thing here for... all men in general but especially African American men to look after their hearts once they start getting past 40. It looks like this may have been cardiac arrest. I guess I never found out what happened to either Sean Price or MF Doom but I had assumed heart stuff was in the mix for both of them as well.

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I do remember "Amish Paradise", but I have no recollection that Coolio didn't take kindly to getting the Weird Al treatment. This is great though - 

 

 

6 minutes ago, Celery Man said:

I do remember "Amish Paradise", but I have no recollection that Coolio didn't take kindly to getting the Weird Al treatment. This is great though - 

 

 

That's great to see, considering there was a bit of a thing over Amish Paradise.

Tribute.

Edited by Rimbo

Gangstas Paradise
Fantastic Voyage
1234
It's all the way Live
C u when u get there

He had some jams back in the day

7 hours ago, Celery Man said:

I do remember "Amish Paradise", but I have no recollection that Coolio didn't take kindly to getting the Weird Al treatment. This is great though - 

 

 

 I remember the Wierd Al beef like it was yesterday. I still crack up thinking about it.

This goes here. Such a talent in that 90s stretch. Gangsta’s Paradise, Fantastic Voyage, Sumpin New… all of it was cranked up in the higgymobile




Sumpin New, that’s the one I was missing. Damn all three of those are absolute classics. RIP Coolio.

RIP legend!

Cool story, I was at Bikinis in Austin a bit before in closed and in walks these huge security dudes followed by Coolio. 
 

Edited by hundredTT

There’s this total white bread couple who does funny videos where they rip on each other and always use a clip from Gangsters Paradise. Coolio heard about it and ended up doing a video or two with them. He seems like he was a very cool guy.

9 minutes ago, Celery Man said:

And had a moment in Clueless, which further cements Coolio as a man for his time.

100%

Probably not a popular opinion, but the dude was actually a pretty decent lyricist. 

#deepcutsonly

I always wondered where/what that song "rolling with the homies" from clueless was. Shame it took his death to learn that.

His version of Fantastic Voyage was killer.  RIP Coolio.

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