Coolio's debut album is a very interesting one. West Coast hip hop was very gangsta at the time, and Coolio's subject matter covered some of the same topics. Yet, he spoke about these things with a sense of humor, vulnerability, and humility that a lot of hardcore rap didn't. "County Line" discussed standing in the welfare line and "I Remember" is about getting shot by a gang member for unknowingly wearing the wrong colors. Gangsta's Paradise is a great album too, has a great deal of sentimental value to me and was very successful. Perhaps though, the only downside to its achievements is that it overshadowed Coolio's great piece of work from a year earlier.
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