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Coolio has performed this song live at the 1995 Billboard Music Awards with L. The song has sold over 5 million copies in the United States, United Kingdom and Germany alone, and at least 6 million worldwide, making it one of the best-selling singles of all time. V 'MTERSCOPE 53230/PRIORITY CD 8 7 25 GANGSTA'S PARADISE (FROM 'DANGEROUS. The song was voted as the best single of the year in The Village Voice Pazz & Jop critics poll. Louis from Dallas to write the lyrics and cut. Built initially from synth tracks rather than from a drummer setting the basic rhythm, the song is augmented with rhythm performances from Ray Maldonado, Bobbye Hall, and Wonder.
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The song was one of the first to use a synthesizer (the Yamaha GX-1) to sound like a full string section. Coolio was awarded a Grammy for Best Rap Solo Performance, two MTV Video Music Awards for Best Rap Video and Best Video from a Film and a Billboard Music Award for the song/album. 'Pastime Paradise' is a song by American musician Stevie Wonder, from the 1976 album Songs in the Key of Life. In 2008, it was ranked number 38 on VH1's 100 Greatest Songs of Hip Hop. The song was listed at number 85 on Billboard's Greatest Songs of All-Time and number one biggest selling single of 1995 on U. It samples the chorus and instrumentation of Stevie Wonder's 1976 song "Pastime Paradise".


The song was released on Coolio's album of the same name, as well as the soundtrack for the 1995 film Dangerous Minds. The song was released on Coolio's album of the same name, as well as the soundtrack for the 1995 film Dangerous Minds.It samples the chorus and instrumentation, and includes some of the lyrics, with altered meaning, of Stevie Wonder's 1976 song Pastime Paradise. Gangsta's Paradise is a song by American rapper Coolio, featuring singer L.V. "Gangsta's Paradise" is a song by American rapper Coolio, featuring singer L. Coolio gangsta's paradise Gangsta's Paradise - Wikipedi.
