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#Coolio #GangstasParadise #Remastered #4K #2160p #UHD #60FPS #Surround Coolio feat. L.V. with “Gangsta's Paradise“ from the “Dangerous Minds“ Soundtrack (1994). Remastered and A.I. Upscaled in 4K @ 60 FPS with lossless (selfmade) 5.1 Surround Sound. “Gangsta's Paradise“ is a single by American rapper Coolio. Interpolating Stevie Wonder's 1976 song “Pastime Paradise“, and featuring American singer L.V., the single was released on August 1, 1995. Certified Platinum in October, the song was included on Coolio's second album Gangsta's Paradise in November 1995. The song was listed at number 85 on Billboard's Greatest Songs of All Time and was the number one biggest-selling single of 1995 on U.S. Billboard.[5] In 2008, it was ranked number 38 on VH1's 100 Greatest Songs of Hip listed the song at number 100 in their ranking of “100 Best Songs of the 1990s“ in 2012. Coolio was awarded a Grammy for Best Rap Solo Performance, two MTV Video Music Awards for Best Rap Video and Best Video from a Film and a Billboard Music Award for the song/album. The song was voted as the best single of the year in The Village Voice Pazz & Jop critics' poll. The song has sold over five million copies in the United States, United Kingdom, and Germany. Coolio performed this song live at the 1995 Billboard Music Awards with L.V. and Wonder, and at the 38th Annual Grammy Awards with L.V. The artists co-wrote the song with their producer Doug Rasheed, with Stevie Wonder receiving writing credits for the sampling of his song “Pastime Paradise“ from his 1976 album Songs in the Key of Life. The song begins with a line from Psalm 23:4: “As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death“, but then diverges with: “I take a look at my life and realize there's nothin' left.“ Adding to some of the religious overtones are choral vocals in the background. Coolio freestyled the first couple of lines, with the rest of the lyrics coming to him quickly in one sitting. He would later claim that the song ultimately came from a source outside himself, saying: “'Gangsta's Paradise' wanted to be born; it wanted to come to life, and it chose me as the vessel.“ Due to the sampling of Stevie Wonder's music, “Gangsta's Paradise“ is one of the few Coolio tracks that did not contain any profanity, as Wonder did not appreciate his song being paired with profanity. Coolio said, “I had a few he wasn't with that. So I changed it. Once he heard it, he thought it was incredible.“ The single reached number one in the United States, United Kingdom, Ireland, France, Germany, Italy, Sweden, Austria, Denmark, Netherlands, Norway, Switzerland, Australia, and New Zealand, making it Coolio's most successful single. In Australia, the song stayed at No. 1 for 14 weeks, a record that would only be broken 22 years later by Ed Sheeran's “Shape of You“. Following Coolio's appearance on Celebrity Big Brother 6, it re-entered the UK singles chart peaking at No. 31. In the United Kingdom, “Gangsta's Paradise“ is the first rap single to sell over a million copies. In the United States, the single spent twelve weeks in the top two of the Billboard Hot 100, of which three were spent at No. 1 and nine at No. 2. The song was certified triple platinum by the RIAA on February 23, 1996, indicating 3 million copies sold.[3] It has sold a further 1.8 million downloads in the US in the digital era as of September 2017.[21] As of September 2022, the songs has sold 1.9 million downloads in US and has accumulated 763.1 million streams. Following Coolio's death on September 28, 2022, “Gangsta's Paradise“ debuted two days later at number 5 on the UK Official Singles Sales Chart Top 100, and reentered the Official Top 100 Singles Chart on 7 October 2022 at number 55. The accompanying music video for the song was directed by Antoine Fuqua and featured Michelle Pfeiffer reprising her earlier role in Dangerous Minds. Initially Coolio was concerned with the video's treatment stating, “I wanted some low-riders and some shit in it; I was trying to take it 'hood'.“ Despite this he trusted Fuqua and was ultimately pleased with the final result. For the music video, Coolio won the Best Rap Video at the MTV Video Music Awards in 1996. The music video hit one billion YouTube views in July 2022 Cast and credits Michelle Pfeiffer Coolio Directed by: Antoine Fuqua Sound editor: Jeff Clark (Wikipedia)
