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Coolio—“Gangsta’s Paradise”

60 Songs That Explain the '90s

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The Dirty Version of Coolio's Fantastic Voyage

Coolio actually went to Stevie Wonder and said, you know, hey, we're going to do this song. He's like, I'm cool. And he could take all the swears out and also give me an enormous chunk of the publishing. Also, got Stevie Wonder. All those, all those songs, they weren't squeaky clean, but they worked well as clean versions.

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