4/30/2021 0 Comments Gangsters Paradise Soundtrack
It also received Platinum certification in Austria, Belgium, and the Netherlands, as well going Gold in Italy and Sweden.The track was the soundtrack for the 1995 film Dangerous Minds, and samples the chorus and instrumentation of Stevie Wonders 1976 song, Pastime Paradise, altering the original lyrics of theyve been spending most of their lives living in a pastime paradise, to been spendin most their lives livin in a gangstas paradise.The track is one of the best-selling singles of all time, and is ranked 69 on Billboards Greatest Songs of All-Time, and 28 on VH1s 100 Greatest Songs of Hip-Hop.The track starts out with a line from Psalm 23:4: As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, and features some religious tones due to gospel-like choir vocals in the background of the track.
Originally, Stevie Wonder did not want Coolio to sample Pastime Paradise as he didnt want his song to be used in some gangster song. His only stipulation was that I had to take the curse words out, Coolio told Rolling Stone magazine in an interview in August 2017. I had two places where I had the N-word in it, and two places where it was, like, Fked in the ass, or something like that. And Stevie said that if Id take that out, he would sign off on it. Unbeknownst to me, the other condition was that he wanted 95 percent of the publishing. It went 4x Platinum in Norway, 3x Platinum in Australia and the US, 2x Platinum in Germany, Switzerland and the UK. Coolio was awarded a Grammy for Best Rap Solo Performance, two MTV Video Music Awards for Best Video from a Film as well as a Billboard Music Award for the song and his album.
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