It later won a Grammy for Best Rap Solo Performance in 1996 - though narrowly losing Record of the Year to another single boosted by a soundtrack (Seal’s “Kiss From A Rose”) - while solidifying Coolio’s work as an already in-demand superstar. It was dark and ethereal, a song befitting a funeral rather than a white savior film (though the track still needed Wonder’s blessing and the promise of no profanity on it to get the original sample cleared). Thirty years later I still get chills when I hear the song.”īuilt off a riff of Stevie Wonder’s “Pastime Paradise,” “Gangsta’s Paradise” was a detour from the party raps Coolio had already become known for. “I remember him being nothing but gracious. “I think he was the reason our film saw so much success,” Pfeiffer wrote in her tribute. had managed to achieve global fame without turning his back on his Compton roots. Armed with a striking coif of braids and a gruff yet honest West Coast demeanor, the man born Artis Leon Ivey Jr.
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(The movie eventually made over $179 million at the box office.)įor Coolio, who died Wednesday at the age of 59, “Gangsta’s Paradise” was the moment he became one of the biggest rappers in the world. 1 on the Billboard charts, barely a week apart. A month later, the soundtrack and single both hit No. Powered by a rich baritone twisting Psalm 23 into his own, singer Larry “L.V.” Sanders’ haunting yet gospel-tinged chorus, and a gloomy music video, the song would help propel Minds to No. Luckily, the film also had a secret weapon: Coolio’s lead single from the soundtrack, which dropped 10 days before the premiere. It was also rife with stereotypes and, according to Roger Ebert, watered down to comfort white audiences through Bob Dylan lyrics instead of the rap music the book it’s based on mentioned. Indeed, the latest in a wave of ‘80s and ‘90s coming-of-age movies about a hard-nosed adult nurturing inner-city youths was on the verge of being a commercial bomb. “The test screenings of it were not going well,” he said of Dangerous Minds, the 1995 drama starring Michelle Pfeiffer, which featured Coolio’s soon-to-be-signature song, “Gangsta’s Paradise.” “They were afraid that the movie was going to flop they were terrified.” It goes without saying that Foles is a Philadelphia sports legend, leading the Eagles to their first-ever Super Bowl in 2018 after Carson Wentz went down with a torn ACL.There was a three-year period in the ’90s where Coolio - the bug-eyed Compton-bred rapper best known for sampling a Midwest funk band to breakthrough success - became such an omnipresent figure in pop culture he had the power to help turn a film floundering in review hell into one of the top movies of the year. On the block that you loved your entire life I'm alone in the house where your sister died We're building shrines to Saint Nick Foles
In fact, the first two verses mention "Saint Nick Foles."
The Wonder Years released their newest album, "The Hum Goes on Forever," on Friday, and on its fifth track, "The Paris of Nowhere," the Lansdale band opens up about "building shrines to St. PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - The band that wrote the song "Local Main Ruins Everything" has a new album out and a new song out that pays homage to a Local Man Who Most Certainly Didn't Ruin Everything.
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