Coolio, Gangs' Paradise, and Weird Al

Gangster's Paradise is a great song. Coolio made a sustainable, if tumultuous, career out of it. He has thrived even in the wide emotional spectrum suggested by the album titles My Soul and Coolio.com. Christopher R. Weingarten: There's no one I'd rather talk about Coolio with.

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