Boy you ain't kidding! It was The Voice of the youth during such a tumultuous time in our country's history with the introduction of crack to the inner cities. No family was immune to the destruction of that ripple affect. Where's my WWTupacD bracelet? Lol
i know right? i was in HS, and it was everywhere. even all the kids in my small Catholic school knew all the lyrics to this. It was a pop culture event for sure.
That is so true too. Music nowadays is lazy. "Artists" nowadays take samples from other songs to try to make it their own. Come on. BE ORIGINAL!! They dont have that flow like they did back then. I weep for the music of current generation. They dont know good music if it slapped them in the face.
@@gracekami4655 Why feel sorry for the people who enjoy music today, as well as in the past? Imagine how many musical options they have. Instead, shouldn't we feel sorry for the people who don't? I can't help but feel like your thought process is a bit half-arsed. That on top of the gatekeeping and, well, it's REALLY easy to dismiss your opinion as being crap. Besides, you know what was incredibly common back then? Just stealing other peoples songs outright. Many of the most popular songs by popular artists are just covers. Bit lazy too, no?
@@DystopianBeats That's fair enough, although even then I think it's pretty disingeous to say a lot of that rap is "mindless mumbling" when in reality there's a lot of diversity new and old. Whether or not someone likes rap today, there's so much more thought-provoking lyricsim if one seeks it. Not only that, but some rap is just so masterfully and beautifully produced that I could even get my dad to listen to it. Kanye West for example. Definitely not the best rapper, let alone even that good of a rapper imo. But listen to MBDTF, Kids see Ghosts, heck, any of his stuff from 2010 and onwards and you're in for a musical experience. Yes, it's a far cry from the rap of old where a lot of tracks where carried by mostly beats (Overgeneralization, but there's some truth to it nonetheless) but, well, seek and you shall find. Same goes for just music in general. We're living in a time where anyone can go online and make their own music. If you (not you in specific) don't believe there's good music, then you're clearly not looking for it. Heck, once I stopped being so close-minded I even started to enjoy some chart music. Some of it is genuinely good (which make sense seeing how it's chart music) Justin Biebers song "Anyone" which, well, may or may not be a rip-off of a Toto song, is a wonderfully good song imo. Paramore. Remember that girl rockband from the 2000s? Turns out they make great songs today. Once people start exploring and get out of their comfort zones, only then will they find that there's a lot of diversity out there and I am fairly sure there are music from every genre that will appeal to you. Country? Hate it. But i'll listen to Johnny Cash and Highwaymen any day of the week.
This song is like Bohemian Rhapsody... can't believe there are still people our age on this planet that never heard it. This song was apart of my childhood.
Fun fact - The guy who sings the chorus was apparently shot 9 times at close range, survived and nearly completely recovered after a year in hospital and additional 2 years in a wheelchair.
I'm a white guy. At the age of 32. Living in Poland and even though I don't listen to rap and hip-hop, this song is a classic in my country. And also for me. Dude, how can you not know this? : D
Yasssss! (Coming from a clueless white chick) 😂 *im the kinda G that lil homies wanna be like,on my knees in the night sayin prayers in the street liiight* > insert lame white chick ‘gangsta’ head sways and hands throwin all over the place here < Hahaha this song is still lit after 20+ years! 💣🔥 💯
I was 15 when the movie Dangerous Minds came out. This song hit hard. The movie had almost everyone in the theater in tears. I have never forgotten the movie or the song. Back when rap meant something.
I'm 40 now and this song still gives me chills. I grew up in one of the most violent cities in the 90s and early 2000s in Asia and I know how the gangster's paradise is an actual snare that cost many young men their lives and freedom. Coolio's smooth flow and the music add to the depth of the lyrics.
My doctor was gunned down in his clinic. He was my uncle's best friend. My brother's best friend's dad was riddled with bullets in front of him and died a few days later at hospital. A cousin was kidnapped and tortured into insanity. Policeman patrolling our street were shot and killed. I have many stories. All of it involved our own youth being religiously or politically radicalised, their lives thrown into an unending gutter.
90s hip hop is better than anything today. Check out Ini Kamoze's "Here Comes The Hotstepper". Another song that was all over the radio in early-to-mid 1995. Real music!
The best part of this song is the last line. “If they can’t understand then how can they reach me?? I guess they can’t, I guess they won’t. I guess they front. That’s why I know my life is out of luck fool!” Gives me chills. ❤️ 90’s music was the best in my opinion.
One of the best rap songs ever made and the sign of a magnificent song is that it sounds better now than it did in 95.. Absolutely brilliant tune.. Timeless...
Coolio hated that Weird Al created a parody of Gangster's Paradise. He felt insulted. Gangster's Paradise was written in memory of a friend that suddenly died. So to take a song that was meant as a cautionary tale to others & turn it into a joke pissed Coolio off. This all flew past Weird Al's head
Weird Al thought he had cleared it, but he was mistaken. It's the last time he didn't go straight to the artis to clear a parody song. Coolio also apologized to Weird Al and said him making a big deal about the parody and disparaging it was one of the biggest mistakes he made.
I didn't know Stevie Wonder originally did a version of the song and that's where the music came from. This happens to be one of my favorite songs it's so beautiful
Let me tell you someting, I´m a high school teacher in Argentina and I see this everyday in the classroom. Its so sad to talk to children with no hope in theirs lifes about their future, living in slums and poor cities, their are so hopeless, without a good parent to guide them or teach them about love and selfrespect. Breaks my heart to know that I cant help them, they are growing up in front of my eyes and I can see a bad future for each one. All I can do its trying to teach them that they are better than all this shit, and putting my love and hope in each one. This song makes me cry always.
I work in better school where kids coming from middle to high income. I’m not saying they don’t have problems, but most of the the time their problems are about grades, which school they aiming to, fighting with friends/bf/gf. Not about food money or gang fighting. So everytime I listened to teachers complaining about students, I wonder how will they survive teaching kids with worse condition. Anyway... send my supports to you from far away. I am sure your students will remember you and what you teach them. Maybe just a little bit of hope is what they need to start their life to better future.
@@maimee2angel thank you so much for your kind words. To know that we support each other, even if we are so far away, encourages me to be a better teacher. Bless you!
Great way to put it!! Grandmaster Flash n Sugar Hill to Biggie Hypnotize. The flow all stopped being fluid after Tupac, well to me anyway. Em has still got though.
I see Cardi B and her Stallion friend and just get so mad. I will take my TLC ladies anyday if I want to hear some good rapping girls! Today's rap is junk.
I'm here for the comments... Seeing how many people disbelieve he's never heard this 😂 I feel so old seeing the generation after mine not knowing such iconic masterpieces
I get a kick out of watching this generation find our music. I live for reactions to Rage, Audioslave, Pearl Jam, SOAD, any early 90s rap and hip hop…We are the World is a fun one to watch them find.
The story telling is so good too! First verse: his life as a gangsta Second verse: he sounds hopeless Third verse: how they're use for agenda That's how I understood it, correct me if I'm wrong.
Even if you're not a fan of rap/hip hop, you have to have a love for this song. It's such a damn classic. 90's hip hop was amazing. Nothing like today's shitty rap.
When this came out I was in high school..white kid from Europe just moved to USA..but we sang this in our cars while we cruised in Detroit..Hell, know the lyrics till today :) Great song!
Never been much of a fan of rap music but when this song came out I really loved it. The film with Michelle Pfeiffer is brilliant. So glad you reacted to this one J
I remember getting on the bus every morning to go to school and this song would play, everyone would quiet down to listen to it and then would get loud again after it was over. That was the impact it had on the kids coming from the hood on our way to a middle school outside from the hood.
"Rap don't hit like this nowadays, just flowing and rhyming and the message is there" when you said that I said "Yes, thank you!" That's the perfect way to describe it. God I miss rap like this, makes me old I guess lol
This song was the soundtrack to the movie Dangerous Minds, which is where a lot of the clips came from throughout the vid. Really worth a watch as it is all about inner city kids and the hardships they face. Glad you enjoyed it.
It's not a good movie, it's another example of Hollywood's "White Saviour" mentality. As if black people can't solve their own problems, they need a blonde white women to swoop in and save the day.
@@P5YcHoKiLLa this happens... some people actually help regardless of race or upbringing. Based on a real life person. Also that school is mixed, just happen that teacher is white... Not sure you saw the movie...
@@P5YcHoKiLLa it’s an excellent movie! It’s about HUMANITY. Caring enough to help those who get tossed to the side! That’s what matters. Screw these social constructs that are based off of opinions and NOT facts. (Systematic racism) which by the way, is a theory not fact. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 🤦🏼♀️
It was about whites, blacks, Hispanics, Mexicans. About all, we all Have to get along no matter what we look like and do, no opinion is wrong or right, just different. We all have our own brains and ways of thinking.
Back in the 90s, we all listened to great music like this, from Rap to metal it didn't matter. I remember Coolio with Keenan and Kel lol miss those simple times
Good flow, great theme, and the tune is actually from Stevie Wonder’s “Pastime Paradise”. As a matter of fact, check out Stevie Wonder’s album “The Songs in the Key of Life”. That whole album is golden.
This is real classic rap. Not like today's unintelligible rap music. We need more music like this in rap today. Beat makes sense. Lyrics make sense. One of my favs. Check out the movie Dangerous Minds.
This is from the movie Dangerous Minds in 1995 and sample of Stevie Wonders Pastime Paradise from 1976. Coolio died on 9/29/22 which is the anniversary of Steve's song.
"Why can't hip-hop be like this nowadays, man?" .... Oh, man, if only you lived thru rap back in the '80s, you'd know the truth. You can spend a few weeks reacting to the forefathers of rap: Boogie Down Productions, EPMD, Ice T, Slick Rick, Kool Moe Dee, LL Cool J, Biz Markee, MC Lyte, Public Enemy, Stetsasonic, Beastie Boys, and so many others.
The chorus is a sample of Stevie Wonder's song. This was huge when it first came out. As you asked for hip hop/rap songs with a message, check out White Lines.
I never fail to have the goosebumps shudder whenever i hear this track! Its still brilliant in 2020 as it was when it came out, i bet in 2050 its still cool & brilliant, its just Goosebump city for me!
boy, am I glad that I grew up as a kid in the 90s with this music. I am not even a hip hop fan but certain stuff till this day is dope..... waaaaay better what we hear today in the radio etc. Long live 90s music :)
Usher - "U got it bad", "Yeah!", & "U don't have to call" Outkast - "Mrs. Jackson" & "The Whole World" Mark Morrison- "Return Of The Mack" definitely songs too checkout
Old style rap and hip-hop was totally all inclusive, and very often with an important message to tell, a style everyone could enjoy. I miss those days.
I can’t believe some people have not heard of this beast of a song. I’m not even from America but this song was huge and still popular where I’m from. Wow. Even Michelle is a popular actress and her name is on some of the huge hits
I'm a 56 year old woman from Australia 🇦🇺 and grew up loving this song and still do! And, I don't like rap generally as a genre of music, only a few songs - but there is such truth, honesty and emotional depth in the lyrics and mastery in the music. A classic, indeed!
I remember when this song came out. I was definitely not into "rap" music whatsoever. Upon listening, I had to do so several times to absorb it. The words are so profound and prophetic. Thank you for giving this song a voice again in 2020. Sadly, it still speaks truth.
Was there at the beginning. Sugar hill gang Rapper’s Delight extended version on vinyl LP. Old school for sure. You should do that if you have not already.
LOVE Rapper's Delight!! I brought that album into my high school gym class and we played it every day for several months. I knew every word then and still mostly all of it today. 😍
Another classic......I am in 7th grade by this point, life is already way more real. This song still gives me goosebumps......thank's for the reaction my man.
How is it possible you have not heard this. Was one of the biggest songs of the 90s. I was in high school when this came out. I was a rocker back then but even I loved this song.
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This is why us "old folks" have trouble with today's rap... we grew up on this style of rap & hip hop. The style out now, just doesn't come close.
So true....
Its sad
90's rap and early 2000's rap was the best. Shit I grew up with.
@@notinservice7112 you speak the truth....
PREACH!!
Back when rap’s words were poetry.
Boy you ain't kidding! It was The Voice of the youth during such a tumultuous time in our country's history with the introduction of crack to the inner cities. No family was immune to the destruction of that ripple affect. Where's my WWTupacD bracelet? Lol
I used to love rap, hip hop back then, shame there's not much stuff coming (that I know of) out like this now ;-(
And it was good music too
Couldn't agree more!
No kidding no it just is a lot of bs
how young do you have to be , not to have ever heard this song . this has to be one of the most iconic soundtracks of all time
i know right? i was in HS, and it was everywhere. even all the kids in my small Catholic school knew all the lyrics to this. It was a pop culture event for sure.
It's good.... But definitely not one of the most iconic soundtracks of all time.... Plus, the film was crap...!
@@liamreidy1175 i would tend to agree, at least i don't think the movie holds up at all. But that song was definitely everywhere when it came out.
It’s almost like the first time hearing branding gets views
@@patrickg3796 imagine that, lol
When he said “why can’t hip hop be like this nowadays? Just flowing and rhyming and the message is there!”
I felt that
Cant produce that sound nowadays unles its a bruno mars of hip hop somewhere that does his research and brings it back their own way
That is so true too.
Music nowadays is lazy. "Artists" nowadays take samples from other songs to try to make it their own. Come on.
BE ORIGINAL!! They dont have that flow like they did back then.
I weep for the music of current generation. They dont know good music if it slapped them in the face.
@@gracekami4655 Why feel sorry for the people who enjoy music today, as well as in the past? Imagine how many musical options they have.
Instead, shouldn't we feel sorry for the people who don't?
I can't help but feel like your thought process is a bit half-arsed.
That on top of the gatekeeping and, well, it's REALLY easy to dismiss your opinion as being crap.
Besides, you know what was incredibly common back then? Just stealing other peoples songs outright. Many of the most popular songs by popular artists are just covers. Bit lazy too, no?
Because the people upstairs don't want there to be a message. They want mindless mumbling about the expensive shit they want you to buy.
@@DystopianBeats That's fair enough, although even then I think it's pretty disingeous to say a lot of that rap is "mindless mumbling" when in reality there's a lot of diversity new and old.
Whether or not someone likes rap today, there's so much more thought-provoking lyricsim if one seeks it. Not only that, but some rap is just so masterfully and beautifully produced that I could even get my dad to listen to it.
Kanye West for example. Definitely not the best rapper, let alone even that good of a rapper imo. But listen to MBDTF, Kids see Ghosts, heck, any of his stuff from 2010 and onwards and you're in for a musical experience. Yes, it's a far cry from the rap of old where a lot of tracks where carried by mostly beats (Overgeneralization, but there's some truth to it nonetheless) but, well, seek and you shall find.
Same goes for just music in general. We're living in a time where anyone can go online and make their own music. If you (not you in specific) don't believe there's good music, then you're clearly not looking for it.
Heck, once I stopped being so close-minded I even started to enjoy some chart music. Some of it is genuinely good (which make sense seeing how it's chart music) Justin Biebers song "Anyone" which, well, may or may not be a rip-off of a Toto song, is a wonderfully good song imo. Paramore. Remember that girl rockband from the 2000s? Turns out they make great songs today.
Once people start exploring and get out of their comfort zones, only then will they find that there's a lot of diversity out there and I am fairly sure there are music from every genre that will appeal to you. Country? Hate it. But i'll listen to Johnny Cash and Highwaymen any day of the week.
This song is like Bohemian Rhapsody... can't believe there are still people our age on this planet that never heard it. This song was apart of my childhood.
Sorry but this song does not even come close to being compared to Bohemian Rhapsody. A great song in itself though
Yea may have been a bit much lol but you get my point.
@@beerguy6490 In the hip hop or rap world it's the Bohemian rhapsody.
@@beerguy6490 that's because you're probably white and find Hip Hop Repulsive But i assure you this is the Black equivalent to Bohemian Rhapsody
Yeah, I mean I'm white, 32yo from the UK and have been aware of this song since it's release.
This song’s chorus and instrumental are from Stevie Wonder’s 1976 song “Pastime Paradise”
Didnt know that. Thanks for that piece of trivia. 🌹
In 1995 Stevie Wonder joined Coolio on stage at the billboard awards to perform Gangsta's Paradise.
Didn’t know either
Need to go back to the original. ruclips.net/video/b0S4SiLxt1s/видео.html
@@sinenominecc wow! So neat. Had no idea.
How is it possible, everybody heard it lol
you here
Hey there slav didn’t expect you to comment here
I think that about most music reviews 😂 like “HOW HAVE YOU NOT HEARD THIS?!” makes me super skeptical
RIght? ppl dont even care or is too dumb lol.
Ah privet! And yeah same question
Fun fact - The guy who sings the chorus was apparently shot 9 times at close range, survived and nearly completely recovered after a year in hospital and additional 2 years in a wheelchair.
I’m sorry to hear that! Always liked his voice, he made this song and seems like a sweet bubbling guy.
Who is hell would shot him!
He sounds like gnarls Barkley! (Or the other way around)
😳
that's no fun fact bro' that's a sad fact
They all get shot 9 times and live. The bad guy needs to shoot 10 times if wants to kill em
I'm a white guy. At the age of 32. Living in Poland and even though I don't listen to rap and hip-hop, this song is a classic in my country. And also for me.
Dude, how can you not know this? : D
Good ye white... u may pass now
Yeah. Like, I'm a white Finnish person, almost 29 and listen to mostly metal. And still know this song.
Russian 19 years old female 👍
So he has not even seen the sonic trailer
Shits a banger in a lot of countries, we got some fans in Asia, especially Japan
37, white as snow, Dutch...and this song has been staple since I heard it the first time when I was 12. Still know the lyrics, it's timeless.
Wow 😮is 𝔸𝕎𝔼𝕊𝕆𝕄𝔼 😳😱😯!
Why do you even need to say your skin colour
@@sandramarquez5287 Why not? We're not from America, we don't have these race issues here.
Hetzelfde hier.. en was gezegend om hem zijn laatste 3,5 jaar in mijn leven te hebben. Een man met een hart van goud ❤
This song is off the movie soundtrack 'Dangerous Minds' starring Michelle Pfeiffer
Rated PG-13
@@gdo3510 ^ 'Paradise Gangsta-13' ... :)
Good movie. Freedom Writers with Hillary Swank was really good too
@@doggstarr77 “Let me guess, she shows up, and they don’t accept her.” - Bill Burr
@@gdo3510 pretty much. Freedom Writers is based on a true story though
This was big back in the day. Even people who didn’t mess with hip hop knew all the words
Yasssss! (Coming from a clueless white chick) 😂
*im the kinda G that lil homies wanna be like,on my knees in the night sayin prayers in the street liiight*
> insert lame white chick ‘gangsta’ head sways and hands throwin all over the place here <
Hahaha this song is still lit after 20+ years! 💣🔥 💯
@@bellajezz1 Mobb Deep?
@@RTCLR123 ??? Maybe?? What does that mean? 😝
@@RTCLR123 tbh i think thats coolio gangsta paradise and not mobb deep
Indeed, This was the first rap song I knew all the words to.
Michelle was so beautiful at this stage in her life, still is
I’m jealous that you’ve got to hear this for the first time. I remember hearing it for the first time and being blown away by it.
My older brother had the album with this song.
1st.time .. nice
I love the line “tell me why are we so blind to see that the ones we hurt are you and me?”
Coolio: I'm 23 now but will I live to see 24...
Coolio: currently 57 years old
He was 32 then but he was in character of the role in the film it refers to.
Yeah well the point was that at that point in time being 23, he did not know if he would reach the next year.
😄😄😄
me too
lol
This track doesn’t age...still love hearing it after all these years.
Can't believe that this song is about 25 years old. This song is still great & relevant today.
I was 15 when the movie Dangerous Minds came out. This song hit hard. The movie had almost everyone in the theater in tears. I have never forgotten the movie or the song. Back when rap meant something.
I'm 40 now and this song still gives me chills. I grew up in one of the most violent cities in the 90s and early 2000s in Asia and I know how the gangster's paradise is an actual snare that cost many young men their lives and freedom. Coolio's smooth flow and the music add to the depth of the lyrics.
You "most violent cities in the 90s and early 2000s in Asia"
Me : "Bagdad, Karachi, Manila, Dhaka, Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur, Petaling Jaya ?"
@@THEREALZENFORCE Karachi
My doctor was gunned down in his clinic. He was my uncle's best friend. My brother's best friend's dad was riddled with bullets in front of him and died a few days later at hospital. A cousin was kidnapped and tortured into insanity. Policeman patrolling our street were shot and killed. I have many stories. All of it involved our own youth being religiously or politically radicalised, their lives thrown into an unending gutter.
90s hip hop is better than anything today. Check out Ini Kamoze's "Here Comes The Hotstepper". Another song that was all over the radio in early-to-mid 1995. Real music!
The lyrical gangsta, excuseee me mr officer lol
Trying to get him to do “I Wish” by Skee-Lo, another absolute jam of 1995
Tribe called Quest - The Love
Xzibit?
P.s. I'm buyin cassete player. :)
Ohhh YES!!!!! LOVE THAT SONG...
Who remembers this, "INFORMER hgjghhu kjhihvf jipfdrh deweinko khytedt A LICKY BOOM BOOM DOWN"....
This song was in the movie dangerous minds FYI
Rip Emilio Ramirez
Great movie!
which was based on a book called 'my kids dont do homework'. a true story.
Great movie....great song!
@@Dj_Tim_G how sad that he passed in real life as well
I lost count of how many times I watched this on TV growing up...
This was a huge hit back in the day. It's still good.
"first time hearing coolio gangster's paradise" .. never have a youtube title made me feel this old. god damn.
RIP, Coolio. So talented on many fronts. 💔
please.. dont get us "old timers" going about what's wrong with todays'.. "music". its a sore subject for us
Word!!
"Why I outta"..... lmao👵👴
We were blessed to have been young in 70s, 80s and 90s
Truth
Agree duck😊
When hip-hop became a cultural message from its party roots. Profound song.
That actually happened more than a decade earlier when Grandmaster Flash came out with “The Message”.
@@RenR70 FACTS.
The best part of this song is the last line. “If they can’t understand then how can they reach me?? I guess they can’t, I guess they won’t. I guess they front. That’s why I know my life is out of luck fool!”
Gives me chills. ❤️
90’s music was the best in my opinion.
80 and 90s
One of the best rap songs ever made and the sign of a magnificent song is that it sounds better now than it did in 95.. Absolutely brilliant tune.. Timeless...
Coolio hated that Weird Al created a parody of Gangster's Paradise. He felt insulted. Gangster's Paradise was written in memory of a friend that suddenly died. So to take a song that was meant as a cautionary tale to others & turn it into a joke pissed Coolio off. This all flew past Weird Al's head
Weird Al thought he had cleared it, but he was mistaken. It's the last time he didn't go straight to the artis to clear a parody song. Coolio also apologized to Weird Al and said him making a big deal about the parody and disparaging it was one of the biggest mistakes he made.
I'm not really into rap or hip hop or all that, but this song is one of the greatest ever! think this song will be remembered for ever
I think it is officially the best selling rap song ever.
Agree 100
I didn't know Stevie Wonder originally did a version of the song and that's where the music came from. This happens to be one of my favorite songs it's so beautiful
The 90’s are by all accounts the golden age of hip hop. You should definitely dive deeper
can you say that a little louder...
Golden age in general. Music, television, that decade was the best to grow up in.
80s was the golden age of rock. CHANGE MY MIND
Let me tell you someting, I´m a high school teacher in Argentina and I see this everyday in the classroom. Its so sad to talk to children with no hope in theirs lifes about their future, living in slums and poor cities, their are so hopeless, without a good parent to guide them or teach them about love and selfrespect. Breaks my heart to know that I cant help them, they are growing up in front of my eyes and I can see a bad future for each one. All I can do its trying to teach them that they are better than all this shit, and putting my love and hope in each one. This song makes me cry always.
I am Sorry that you and They are put in such a situation.
It should not happen, Hopefully one day this will change !
Stay Safe Everyone
@@concernedannoyed4662 thanks for your kind words!
I work in better school where kids coming from middle to high income. I’m not saying they don’t have problems, but most of the the time their problems are about grades, which school they aiming to, fighting with friends/bf/gf. Not about food money or gang fighting. So everytime I listened to teachers complaining about students, I wonder how will they survive teaching kids with worse condition.
Anyway... send my supports to you from far away. I am sure your students will remember you and what you teach them. Maybe just a little bit of hope is what they need to start their life to better future.
@@maimee2angel thank you so much for your kind words. To know that we support each other, even if we are so far away, encourages me to be a better teacher. Bless you!
Te entiendo hermana! En Arg ya no tenemos esperanzas de nada.
Coolio was a masterpiece; the way he told this story is brilliant; LV is amazing
As a 53 y/o white boy, I absolutely love this song.
Volume cranked, preferably in the dark, and I always pretend I can sing.
Love it.
This was our standard rap symphony song before, that is why some of the rap lyrics in todays music just have us shaking our heads in disappointment.
Great way to put it!! Grandmaster Flash n Sugar Hill to Biggie Hypnotize. The flow all stopped being fluid after Tupac, well to me anyway.
Em has still got though.
I see Cardi B and her Stallion friend and just get so mad. I will take my TLC ladies anyday if I want to hear some good rapping girls! Today's rap is junk.
Yeah well said.👏👏
@@anonymousone2843 i agree 100%
I'm here for the comments... Seeing how many people disbelieve he's never heard this 😂 I feel so old seeing the generation after mine not knowing such iconic masterpieces
I’m 29, grew up in Canada and the US and hadn’t heard this song before! Apparently we unicorns exist!😂
Good call
I get a kick out of watching this generation find our music. I live for reactions to Rage, Audioslave, Pearl Jam, SOAD, any early 90s rap and hip hop…We are the World is a fun one to watch them find.
@@kvbstudios316 i havent watched any We are the World. But that is on my to do list now lol
This is music, not todays crap
Agreed!!!🇨🇦🖖🏻💥
ROGER THAT!! it's painful
I’m struggling with today’s music it’s likes knives being stabbed into my ears painful 😖
Agreed 😊👍
Hahaha, this was today’s crap when released.. lmfao
Fun fact: This is an old Stevie Wonder song, with some changed lyrics and added beats!
Another fun fact: Wonder said the only way Coolio could use the song was if he didn't swear in the song. He had to keep it clean
'Pastime Paradise' music and lyrics by Stevie Wonder. Yes, the original is far better.
🤣🤣🤣🤣 he co produced the track
Coolio sang it and Stevie composed it
@@arleneclark6369 nope, Stevie made it in the 70s, pastime paradise
The story telling is so good too!
First verse: his life as a gangsta
Second verse: he sounds hopeless
Third verse: how they're use for agenda
That's how I understood it, correct me if I'm wrong.
Even if you're not a fan of rap/hip hop, you have to have a love for this song. It's such a damn classic. 90's hip hop was amazing. Nothing like today's shitty rap.
Just because you don't like it doesn't mean that it's shit
But it truly is... it's meaningless lyrics. What makes people enjoy it so much are the repetitive catchy beats and hooks.
@@the_minimalistic_adventure Not all of them have meaningless lyrics , I love old school rap but there are a lot of good rappers right now too.
@@kiurte1239 Pepega clap
When this came out I was in high school..white kid from Europe just moved to USA..but we sang this in our cars while we cruised in Detroit..Hell, know the lyrics till today :) Great song!
🤔"Why can't hiphop be like this nowadays?"
Couldn't agree more.
Never been much of a fan of rap music but when this song came out I really loved it. The film with Michelle Pfeiffer is brilliant. So glad you reacted to this one J
When rap actually had a true message and talent.
This is poetry... Miss the 90's.
Greetings from Buenos Aires, Argentina 🇦🇷♥️.
This was the song that gave hiphop worldwide recognition overnight.
... Dude Dre was there too.
As a German girl (now woman) who went to school in the 90s I can sing this song from beginning to end
Yes J- please always listen to originals before doing Al’s parodies- and yes- 80’s snd 90’s hip hop/rap is the best! My opinion! ❤️💜✌️✨
You do know this isn't the original right?
Stevie Wonder wrote it.
I agree. Especially when the subject matter is heavy.
What she said
Weird Al's version is WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA better - LOL :)
Yes, no matter if it's a song where the original is as good, better or worse than the Weird Al version, it's always better to hear the original first.
I remember getting on the bus every morning to go to school and this song would play, everyone would quiet down to listen to it and then would get loud again after it was over. That was the impact it had on the kids coming from the hood on our way to a middle school outside from the hood.
"Rap don't hit like this nowadays, just flowing and rhyming and the message is there" when you said that I said "Yes, thank you!" That's the perfect way to describe it. God I miss rap like this, makes me old I guess lol
This is a sample of Stevie Wonder’s song”Past Time Paradise “
Tell em.. and coolios song is great. But stevies is a masterpiece.
"Past Time Paradise": ruclips.net/video/_H3Sv2zad6s/видео.html
I’d say tribute more than sample
That's why it sounded so familiar to those not into Hip-Hop!
This song was the soundtrack to the movie Dangerous Minds, which is where a lot of the clips came from throughout the vid. Really worth a watch as it is all about inner city kids and the hardships they face. Glad you enjoyed it.
The song is from a movie called "Dangerous Minds" with Michelle Pfeiffer,really good movie
It's not a good movie, it's another example of Hollywood's "White Saviour" mentality. As if black people can't solve their own problems, they need a blonde white women to swoop in and save the day.
@@P5YcHoKiLLa this happens... some people actually help regardless of race or upbringing. Based on a real life person. Also that school is mixed, just happen that teacher is white... Not sure you saw the movie...
@@P5YcHoKiLLa But, hey... Michelle Pfeiffer, man :-)
@@P5YcHoKiLLa it’s an excellent movie! It’s about HUMANITY. Caring enough to help those who get tossed to the side! That’s what matters. Screw these social constructs that are based off of opinions and NOT facts. (Systematic racism) which by the way, is a theory not fact. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 🤦🏼♀️
It was about whites, blacks, Hispanics, Mexicans. About all, we all Have to get along no matter what we look like and do, no opinion is wrong or right, just different. We all have our own brains and ways of thinking.
Back in the 90s, we all listened to great music like this, from Rap to metal it didn't matter. I remember Coolio with Keenan and Kel lol miss those simple times
R.I. P. to Coolio! He was truly an OG !
Good flow, great theme, and the tune is actually from Stevie Wonder’s “Pastime Paradise”. As a matter of fact, check out Stevie Wonder’s album “The Songs in the Key of Life”. That whole album is golden.
Oh this was sampled?
@@ZeeZee9 yes, and they performed this song together ;)
Stevie Wonder actually does a live performance with Coolio. It’s easy to find on RUclips.
A goosebump song. Brings the tragedy of so many young lives lost right home.
Nas "If I ruled the world"
Arrested Development "Tennessee"
Black crowes "she talks to angels"
Puddle of mudd "blurry"
Collective Soul "shine"
This is real classic rap. Not like today's unintelligible rap music. We need more music like this in rap today. Beat makes sense. Lyrics make sense. One of my favs. Check out the movie Dangerous Minds.
This is from the movie Dangerous Minds in 1995 and sample of Stevie Wonders Pastime Paradise from 1976. Coolio died on 9/29/22 which is the anniversary of Steve's song.
Really need to check out Bone Thugs and Harmony-Crossroads
Oh yes, next for him is Crossroads
Yessssss!!!!
Oh yes!
Oh yes..and Jodeci!!
Heeyyyy yes sir... 💯💯💯🗣️🗣️🗣️
"Why can't hip-hop be like this nowadays, man?" .... Oh, man, if only you lived thru rap back in the '80s, you'd know the truth. You can spend a few weeks reacting to the forefathers of rap: Boogie Down Productions, EPMD, Ice T, Slick Rick, Kool Moe Dee, LL Cool J, Biz Markee, MC Lyte, Public Enemy, Stetsasonic, Beastie Boys, and so many others.
down the rabbit hole he goes..
How have you made it this far in life without hearing this song not even ONE TIME ?!?!!
He should also watch the movie.
Forza Italia
He says at the beginning that he’s heard pieces of this song but has never heard the entire song from beginning to end.
What radio station has played this in the last 10 years?
@@mimibee626 z103.5, 93.5. Usually played during way back mixes.
RIP to an all time great and a pioneer
Rip Coolio 🙏. This is a great song
This song is by Stevie Wonder! Coolio sampled! Now listen to Stevie’s.
Yes, it's Pastime Paradise from Songs in the Key of Life
STEVIE WONDER is MY HERO!!!
Never knew that interesting. 🤔
One of my favorite all time songs Period!
The intro of this song gives me shivers when I hear it . Great tune ...great film
The chorus is a sample of Stevie Wonder's song. This was huge when it first came out. As you asked for hip hop/rap songs with a message, check out White Lines.
Such a beautiful song and so poetic, his voice was hypnotic.
an all time classic!!! LOVE this song, brings back childhood memories!
I never fail to have the goosebumps shudder whenever i hear this track! Its still brilliant in 2020 as it was when it came out, i bet in 2050 its still cool & brilliant, its just Goosebump city for me!
"Dangerous Minds" is one of those movies that you can watch over and over! This song though will forever be a classic!
Grandmaster Flash & Furious Five: The Message (1982)
People: I’m 29, grew up in Canada and the US and hadn’t heard this song before! Apparently we unicorns exist!😂
I’m so happy I’ve heard it now though!
boy, am I glad that I grew up as a kid in the 90s with this music. I am not even a hip hop fan but certain stuff till this day is dope..... waaaaay better what we hear today in the radio etc. Long live 90s music :)
If you like 90’s Hip Hop you should check out....
Cypress Hill - Insane in the Brain
Luniz - I got 5 on it
Mark Morrison - Return of the Mac
By the way, your children are cute!💓🙏
Great checklist! Cheers
Cypress Hill 100%
Everyone who listens to 90s rap should know these songs. Or even artists
@@peterpooper I loved Return Of The Mac.
Usher - "U got it bad", "Yeah!", & "U don't have to call"
Outkast - "Mrs. Jackson" & "The Whole World"
Mark Morrison- "Return Of The Mack"
definitely songs too checkout
Another song written by Stevie Wonder - Pastime Paradise from songs in the key of life.
YES! That's the one and only "whatever" paradise. Long live Stevie!
This song never gets old. Michele Pfeiffer's reaction is great in the movie.
Old style rap and hip-hop was totally all inclusive, and very often with an important message to tell, a style everyone could enjoy. I miss those days.
Let your backbone slide - maestro fresh wes
WILD WILD WEST - KOOL MOE DEE
"A Tribe Called Quest" is a typical early hiphop group from the early 90s! Put one of their tracks on Jayvee ;)
Unfortunately, kids nowadays miss the best musics ever!
The whole Gangsta’s Paradise album is fantastic
Coolio is amazing. He was in an episode of the Nanny with Fran Drescher rapping a song in the living room.
I can’t believe some people have not heard of this beast of a song. I’m not even from America but this song was huge and still popular where I’m from. Wow. Even Michelle is a popular actress and her name is on some of the huge hits
This came from the film Dangerous minds, brilliant film
You should have started with the original "Pastime Paradise" by Stevie Wonder.This was a huge hit for Coolio.👍
Yes!!!
Then he'll have the final piece that makes this song so special!
One of the most important and influential song of the last 30 years.
This was a huge song. It was all over the radio down here in Australia 🇦🇺
I'm a 56 year old woman from Australia 🇦🇺 and grew up loving this song and still do! And, I don't like rap generally as a genre of music, only a few songs - but there is such truth, honesty and emotional depth in the lyrics and mastery in the music. A classic, indeed!
I remember when this song came out. I was definitely not into "rap" music whatsoever. Upon listening, I had to do so several times to absorb it. The words are so profound and prophetic. Thank you for giving this song a voice again in 2020. Sadly, it still speaks truth.
Was there at the beginning. Sugar hill gang Rapper’s Delight extended version on vinyl LP. Old school for sure. You should do that if you have not already.
Oooooh yeah! how 'bout some Grandmaster Flash ⚡
LOVE Rapper's Delight!! I brought that album into my high school gym class and we played it every day for several months. I knew every word then and still mostly all of it today. 😍
"That's the Joint!!"😁😁
Collective Soul- “December” and “Shine”
I’ve been asking him to do this song for a while
@@rosem2896 Same lol
Heavy too!
Love them
Another classic......I am in 7th grade by this point, life is already way more real. This song still gives me goosebumps......thank's for the reaction my man.
The movie was Dangerous minds , starring Michelle Pfeiffer 1995
Even this classic rock girl enjoyed a lot of Hip Hop in the beginning...This is one of my favorites. Run DMC, early Kanye...
the vibes and solid foundation of the song
comes from the original sauce
STEVE WONDER
I love this song!
How is it possible you have not heard this. Was one of the biggest songs of the 90s. I was in high school when this came out. I was a rocker back then but even I loved this song.
The music sample used for this was actually an original Stevie Wonder score. I think he even performed it live with Stevie once.
When ask if they could sample this Stevie said as long as there’s no profanity I’m good