Product Overview
Coolio – The Essential Collection / Rhino Records 2x Audio CD 2012 / MCDLX537
UPC 5014797675377
Artis Leon Ivey Jr. (born August 1, 1963), known professionally as Coolio, is an American rapper, record producer, and actor. Coolio achieved mainstream success in the mid-to-late 1990s with his albums It Takes a Thief (1994), Gangsta's Paradise (1995), and My Soul (1997). He is best known for his 1995 Grammy Award-winning hit single "Gangsta's Paradise", as well as other singles "Fantastic Voyage" (1994), "1, 2, 3, 4 (Sumpin' New)" (1996) and "C U When U Get There" (1997).
He is also known for providing the opening track "Aw, Here It Goes!" for the 1996 Nickelodeon television series Kenan & Kel. Coolio has since gone on to release albums independently and has also become a chef, creating a web series titled Cookin' with Coolio and releasing a cookbook. Ivey originally rose to fame as a member of the Gangsta rap group WC and the Maad Circle alongside WC and his brother, Crazy Toones.
| Label: | Rhino Records – MCDLX537 |
|---|---|
| Series: | The Essential Collection |
| Format: |
2 x CD, Compilation
|
| Country: | Europe |
| Released: |
2012 |
| Genre: | Hip Hop |
| Style: | Gangsta |
Tracklist:
| 1-1 |
Gangsta's Paradise |
| 1-2 | Too Hot | |
| 1-3 | 1-2-3-4 (Sumpin' New) | |
| 1-4 | (Skit) That's How It Is | |
| 1-5 | Fantastic Voyage | |
| 1-6 | Ooh La La | |
| 1-7 | Geto Highlites | |
| 1-8 | I Remember | |
| 1-9 | Hit 'Em | |
| 1-10 | Can U Dig It | |
| 1-11 | Bright As The Sun | |
| 1-12 | Recoup This | |
| 1-13 | The Revolution | |
| 1-14 | U Know Hoo! | |
| 1-15 | Get Up Get Down | |
| 1-16 | Can I Get Down X1 | |
| 1-17 | Smilin' | |
| 1-18 | 2 Minutes | |
| 1-19 | Hand On My Nutsac | |
| 2-1 | C U When U Get There | |
| 2-2 | On My Way To Harlem | |
| 2-3 | For My Sistas | |
| 2-4 | Can-O-Corn | |
| 2-5 | Nature Of The Business | |
| 2-6 | (Skit) Fucc Coolio | |
| 2-7 | Kinda High, Kinda Drunk | |
| 2-8 | My Soul | |
| 2-9 | Excersice Yo Game | |
| 2-10 | Let's Do It | |
| 2-11 | Ghetto Cartoon | |
| 2-12 | Cruisin' | |
| 2-13 | Sticky FIngers | |
| 2-14 | Devil Is Dope | |
| 2-15 | Knight Fall | |
| 2-16 | Homeboy | |
| 2-17 | Throwdown 2000 |
| 2-18 | A Thing Going On | |
| 2-19 | One Mo |
