Learn how Coolio's 'Gangsta's Paradise' rose to the top of the Hot100 as one of the richest crossover hits of the G-funk era.
fans to check out fresh names without having to rely on rap-resistant programmers in radio and television. Before he even had a solo album out, Coolio himself had three songs featured in the 1993 Janet Jackson/Shakur dramaBad Boys
It turns out he should’ve worried about going too blue. When Doug Rasheed reached out to Stevie Wonder for permission to use “Pastime Paradise,” the maestro rebuffed him. “I had a few vulgarities in the song and he wasn’t with that,” Coolio recalled. But Rasheed and Coolio was persistent, and Wonder finally signed off once the rapper agreed to overhaul the lyrics.
Arguably, Wonder’s demands contributed to the single’s reach. “Gangsta’s Paradise” was gangsta rap as message music, something kids didn’t have to listen to furtively. Coolio’s mean-mugging briefly became hip-hop’s acceptable face – making him, three years after, the first L.A. rapper to top the Hot 100. For the music video, director Antoine Fuqua successfully recruited Pfeiffer to appear in the music video.
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