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60 Songs That Explain the '90s

Coolio—“Gangsta’s Paradise”

60 Songs That Explain the '90s

The Ringer

Music

4.7849 Ratings

🗓️ 7 July 2021

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Rob explores Los Angeles rapper Coolio’s megahit “Gangsta’s Paradise” by discussing the distance between the stark realities behind much of hip-hop’s lyrical content and rap songs’ public reception as pop music. This episode was originally produced as a Music and Talk show available exclusively on Spotify. Find the full song on Spotify or wherever you get your music. Host: Rob Harvilla Guest: Christopher R. Weingarten Producers: Isaac Lee and Justin Sayles Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

You know what that is.

0:04.0

An ice cold beer.

0:07.0

What's different?

0:09.0

It's Budweiser, a perfect beer for party season.

0:14.0

Best enjoyed with your best buds.

0:20.0

Cheers to that. Budweiser, Lackenosa. Best enjoyed with your best butts.

0:22.6

Cheers to that. Budweiser, like no other.

0:25.6

Please drink responsibly.

0:26.6

For the facts, visit drinkaware.co.co.

0:28.6

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0:33.6

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0:39.3

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0:44.8

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0:50.5

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1:00.0

the first rap song i ever loved was wild thing by tone loke deal with it so be my queen if you know what i mean

1:10.2

let's do the wild bang.

1:13.0

This is 1989.

1:14.6

Tonaloke is 23 years old, born and raised in Compton, Los Angeles,

1:18.6

a single father also caring for his sick mother.

1:21.7

Loak is a gang name, it's a crypt name,

1:23.9

but Tonloak wants to be a rapper, an entertainer, a unifier, a pop star, a man of the people,

1:31.2

all of them. He wants to make people laugh. He wants to make people dance. He'd like to teach the world

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