
Coolio—“Gangsta’s Paradise”
60 Songs That Explain the '90s
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Is Gangsters Paradise a Cultural Footprint?
"Gangsters paradise" was a number one song for three weeks and just like the hands down hugest song of 1995. I think that might have even like helped kickstart like the, the third phase of Al's career. It did seem like it, it revitalized him. He alludes to that certainly with "W C," which is confidence on W C in the mad circle. And you know, yeah, obviously Kendrick, he'll save a mad and mad city stands for other things, but you know, W C that's confidence on WC in themad circle.
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