#SONGS BY COOLIO CRACK#

Poor albums, drugs and alcohol all attributed to their demise. The group - Russell Simmons (Run), Darryl McDaniels (DMC) and Jason Mitchell (Jam Master Jay) - scored the first rap gold and platinum albums, were the first rap group to receive airplay on MTV and the first to include Steven TylerвЂ™s ugly mug in a video (OK, so they were the only combo to do that).ДЄfter a trio of landmark albums, вЂњRun DMC,вЂќ вЂњKing of RockвЂќ and вЂњRaising Hell,вЂќ the threesomeвЂ™s career flamed out. Run DMC, though absent from the scene in the last couple years, achieved a lot of firsts in the rap genre.

IвЂ™m not going to sit here and say IвЂ™m doing the same things I used to do just to make songs.вЂќД¬oolio might never have had a voice if it werenвЂ™t for the ground-breaking Run DMC, which opens for Coolio Wednesday. вЂњI know IвЂ™m always gonna be connected to the streets, because IвЂ™m a street person - mentally,вЂќ he said in the Rolling Stone piece. вЂњUp in the mountains,вЂќ Coolio told People earlier this year, вЂњyou canвЂ™t get drugs.вЂќД¬oolio doesnвЂ™t believe his portraits of the ghetto will soften over time with him not living in it. To get himself clean, Coolio took an unconventional route: He got a job with the California Department of Forestry fighting brush fires.

#SONGS BY COOLIO CRACK#

In the 1980s, he became addicted to the ghettoвЂ™s drug du jour, crack cocaine, and rolled with the gangs. He no longer calls the вЂhood his home he resides is an L.A. This formula has reaped him three hit singles, the aforementioned вЂњGangstaвЂ™s Paradise,вЂќ вЂњToo HotвЂќ and вЂњFantastic Voyage,вЂќ and two multiplatinum albums, вЂњGangstaвЂ™s ParadiseвЂќ and вЂњIt Takes a Thief.вЂќДЄt 32, Coolio is a father of six and the owner of a Hollywood management company and recording studio called Crowbar. He promotes safe sex, respect for women, fatherhood and responsibility in his music, and he does it without sounding preachy and self-important. My thing is to be true to myself and try to educate and entertain kids.вЂќ вЂњIвЂ™m trying to get rid of that jacket thatвЂ™s been put on my back - that IвЂ™m a gangsta rapper,вЂќ Coolio said in a Rolling Stone article last year. With lyrics like, вЂњIвЂ™m 23 now/ but will I live to see 24/ the way things is going/ I donвЂ™t know,вЂќ it is the least gangsta-advocating song to top the charts.ДЄs a person whose life once mirrored that of someone destined for an early grave, Coolio sees his role today as educator as well as entertainer. Last year, Coolio recast Stevie WonderвЂ™s вЂњPastime ParadiseвЂќ as вЂњGangstaвЂ™s Paradise,вЂќ an honest and urgent portrait of the gang life.

Dre donвЂ™t emphasize and thatвЂ™s pain, death and life sentences. To this artist, there is a side of gangsta life, other than guns, women, money, cool threads and jewelry, that artists like Snoop Doggy Dogg and Dr. Now heвЂ™s a platinum-selling rapper, echoing the harrowing tales of life in the Compton вЂhood, better known today as вЂњThe C-P-T.вЂќД«ut this street poet hasnвЂ™t cashed in by glorifying gangsta life, a lifestyle that played a part in the September slaying of Tupac Shakur.Д¬oolio (born Artis Ivey Jr.) uses his rhyming voice constructively.

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