FIRST TIME HEARING Coolio - Gangsta's Paradise (feat. L.V.) REACTION

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  • @cjsjr249
    @cjsjr249 3 роки тому +1613

    This is why us "old folks" have trouble with today's rap... we grew up on this style of rap & hip hop. The style out now, just doesn't come close.

  • @ladycourttales2720
    @ladycourttales2720 3 роки тому +2073

    Back when rap’s words were poetry.

    • @georgehasleftthebuilding6621
      @georgehasleftthebuilding6621 3 роки тому +38

      Boy you ain't kidding! It was The Voice of the youth during such a tumultuous time in our country's history with the introduction of crack to the inner cities. No family was immune to the destruction of that ripple affect. Where's my WWTupacD bracelet? Lol

    • @herc20000
      @herc20000 3 роки тому +44

      I used to love rap, hip hop back then, shame there's not much stuff coming (that I know of) out like this now ;-(

    • @Filip_111
      @Filip_111 3 роки тому +20

      And it was good music too

    • @aliciaclough1546
      @aliciaclough1546 3 роки тому +14

      Couldn't agree more!

    • @veliasalazar8678
      @veliasalazar8678 3 роки тому +10

      No kidding no it just is a lot of bs

  • @intoam
    @intoam 3 роки тому +1025

    When he said “why can’t hip hop be like this nowadays? Just flowing and rhyming and the message is there!”
    I felt that

    • @mightyanthony8297
      @mightyanthony8297 3 роки тому +11

      Cant produce that sound nowadays unles its a bruno mars of hip hop somewhere that does his research and brings it back their own way

    • @gracekami4655
      @gracekami4655 3 роки тому +4

      That is so true too.
      Music nowadays is lazy. "Artists" nowadays take samples from other songs to try to make it their own. Come on.
      BE ORIGINAL!! They dont have that flow like they did back then.
      I weep for the music of current generation. They dont know good music if it slapped them in the face.

    • @TheCooderix
      @TheCooderix 3 роки тому +5

      @@gracekami4655 Why feel sorry for the people who enjoy music today, as well as in the past? Imagine how many musical options they have.
      Instead, shouldn't we feel sorry for the people who don't?
      I can't help but feel like your thought process is a bit half-arsed.
      That on top of the gatekeeping and, well, it's REALLY easy to dismiss your opinion as being crap.
      Besides, you know what was incredibly common back then? Just stealing other peoples songs outright. Many of the most popular songs by popular artists are just covers. Bit lazy too, no?

    • @ArcDnB
      @ArcDnB 3 роки тому +7

      Because the people upstairs don't want there to be a message. They want mindless mumbling about the expensive shit they want you to buy.

    • @TheCooderix
      @TheCooderix 3 роки тому

      @@ArcDnB That's fair enough, although even then I think it's pretty disingeous to say a lot of that rap is "mindless mumbling" when in reality there's a lot of diversity new and old.
      Whether or not someone likes rap today, there's so much more thought-provoking lyricsim if one seeks it. Not only that, but some rap is just so masterfully and beautifully produced that I could even get my dad to listen to it.
      Kanye West for example. Definitely not the best rapper, let alone even that good of a rapper imo. But listen to MBDTF, Kids see Ghosts, heck, any of his stuff from 2010 and onwards and you're in for a musical experience. Yes, it's a far cry from the rap of old where a lot of tracks where carried by mostly beats (Overgeneralization, but there's some truth to it nonetheless) but, well, seek and you shall find.
      Same goes for just music in general. We're living in a time where anyone can go online and make their own music. If you (not you in specific) don't believe there's good music, then you're clearly not looking for it.
      Heck, once I stopped being so close-minded I even started to enjoy some chart music. Some of it is genuinely good (which make sense seeing how it's chart music) Justin Biebers song "Anyone" which, well, may or may not be a rip-off of a Toto song, is a wonderfully good song imo. Paramore. Remember that girl rockband from the 2000s? Turns out they make great songs today.
      Once people start exploring and get out of their comfort zones, only then will they find that there's a lot of diversity out there and I am fairly sure there are music from every genre that will appeal to you. Country? Hate it. But i'll listen to Johnny Cash and Highwaymen any day of the week.

  • @jayb-clay2724
    @jayb-clay2724 3 роки тому +385

    This song is like Bohemian Rhapsody... can't believe there are still people our age on this planet that never heard it. This song was apart of my childhood.

    • @beerguy6490
      @beerguy6490 2 роки тому +12

      Sorry but this song does not even come close to being compared to Bohemian Rhapsody. A great song in itself though

    • @jayb-clay2724
      @jayb-clay2724 2 роки тому +12

      Yea may have been a bit much lol but you get my point.

    • @punkrock1989
      @punkrock1989 2 роки тому +5

      @@beerguy6490 In the hip hop or rap world it's the Bohemian rhapsody.

    • @devf2011
      @devf2011 2 роки тому +5

      @@beerguy6490 that's because you're probably white and find Hip Hop Repulsive But i assure you this is the Black equivalent to Bohemian Rhapsody

    • @booshank2327
      @booshank2327 2 роки тому +2

      Yeah, I mean I'm white, 32yo from the UK and have been aware of this song since it's release.

  • @MRSLAV
    @MRSLAV 3 роки тому +2477

    How is it possible, everybody heard it lol

    • @thewhitelegs
      @thewhitelegs 3 роки тому +16

      you here

    • @johnbien8601
      @johnbien8601 3 роки тому +15

      Hey there slav didn’t expect you to comment here

    • @BSPT12
      @BSPT12 3 роки тому +117

      I think that about most music reviews 😂 like “HOW HAVE YOU NOT HEARD THIS?!” makes me super skeptical

    • @GrooveboxTV
      @GrooveboxTV 3 роки тому +6

      RIght? ppl dont even care or is too dumb lol.

    • @Kurosamy
      @Kurosamy 3 роки тому +2

      Ah privet! And yeah same question

  • @te0pa0k
    @te0pa0k 3 роки тому +1302

    how young do you have to be , not to have ever heard this song . this has to be one of the most iconic soundtracks of all time

    • @ladyshar42
      @ladyshar42 3 роки тому +47

      i know right? i was in HS, and it was everywhere. even all the kids in my small Catholic school knew all the lyrics to this. It was a pop culture event for sure.

    • @liamreidy1175
      @liamreidy1175 3 роки тому +20

      It's good.... But definitely not one of the most iconic soundtracks of all time.... Plus, the film was crap...!

    • @ladyshar42
      @ladyshar42 3 роки тому +24

      @@liamreidy1175 i would tend to agree, at least i don't think the movie holds up at all. But that song was definitely everywhere when it came out.

    • @patrickg3796
      @patrickg3796 3 роки тому +13

      It’s almost like the first time hearing branding gets views

    • @ladyshar42
      @ladyshar42 3 роки тому +3

      @@patrickg3796 imagine that, lol

  • @craigpreedy8855
    @craigpreedy8855 3 роки тому +298

    I’m jealous that you’ve got to hear this for the first time. I remember hearing it for the first time and being blown away by it.

    • @rainer250
      @rainer250 3 роки тому +11

      My older brother had the album with this song.

    • @ladyfatassii901
      @ladyfatassii901 Рік тому

      1st.time .. nice

  • @Zephyrus88PL
    @Zephyrus88PL 3 роки тому +476

    I'm a white guy. At the age of 32. Living in Poland and even though I don't listen to rap and hip-hop, this song is a classic in my country. And also for me.
    Dude, how can you not know this? : D

    • @maxoforce2920
      @maxoforce2920 3 роки тому +7

      Good ye white... u may pass now

    • @Zinetha
      @Zinetha 3 роки тому +21

      Yeah. Like, I'm a white Finnish person, almost 29 and listen to mostly metal. And still know this song.

    • @user-ll3yi9st5m
      @user-ll3yi9st5m 3 роки тому +5

      Russian 19 years old female 👍

    • @mrpineapple4672
      @mrpineapple4672 3 роки тому +2

      So he has not even seen the sonic trailer

    • @samuraijackoff5354
      @samuraijackoff5354 3 роки тому

      Shits a banger in a lot of countries, we got some fans in Asia, especially Japan

  • @jacquelinejohnson6447
    @jacquelinejohnson6447 3 роки тому +375

    This song’s chorus and instrumental are from Stevie Wonder’s 1976 song “Pastime Paradise”

    • @meemermarie1977
      @meemermarie1977 3 роки тому +16

      Didnt know that. Thanks for that piece of trivia. 🌹

    • @awall1701
      @awall1701 3 роки тому +30

      In 1995 Stevie Wonder joined Coolio on stage at the billboard awards to perform Gangsta's Paradise.

    • @MrsHusasLessons
      @MrsHusasLessons 3 роки тому +5

      Didn’t know either

    • @sinenominecc
      @sinenominecc 3 роки тому +8

      Need to go back to the original. ua-cam.com/video/b0S4SiLxt1s/v-deo.html

    • @MrsHusasLessons
      @MrsHusasLessons 3 роки тому +5

      @@sinenominecc wow! So neat. Had no idea.

  • @xmunki1389
    @xmunki1389 3 роки тому +240

    Fun fact - The guy who sings the chorus was apparently shot 9 times at close range, survived and nearly completely recovered after a year in hospital and additional 2 years in a wheelchair.

    • @luisafrance1635
      @luisafrance1635 3 роки тому +22

      I’m sorry to hear that! Always liked his voice, he made this song and seems like a sweet bubbling guy.
      Who is hell would shot him!

    • @yvonnewinters9699
      @yvonnewinters9699 3 роки тому

      He sounds like gnarls Barkley! (Or the other way around)

    • @celiocorian2762
      @celiocorian2762 3 роки тому +1

      😳

    • @BiloHazard
      @BiloHazard 3 роки тому +7

      that's no fun fact bro' that's a sad fact

    • @patmc8457
      @patmc8457 3 роки тому

      They all get shot 9 times and live. The bad guy needs to shoot 10 times if wants to kill em

  • @Snaakie83
    @Snaakie83 3 роки тому +96

    37, white as snow, Dutch...and this song has been staple since I heard it the first time when I was 12. Still know the lyrics, it's timeless.

    • @byroon
      @byroon 2 роки тому

      Wow 😮is 𝔸𝕎𝔼𝕊𝕆𝕄𝔼 😳😱😯!

    • @sandramarquez5287
      @sandramarquez5287 Рік тому +2

      Why do you even need to say your skin colour

    • @DDtch6669
      @DDtch6669 Рік тому

      @@sandramarquez5287 Why not? We're not from America, we don't have these race issues here.

    • @martevanderzee7440
      @martevanderzee7440 5 місяців тому

      Hetzelfde hier.. en was gezegend om hem zijn laatste 3,5 jaar in mijn leven te hebben. Een man met een hart van goud ❤

  • @Damien_Paxton
    @Damien_Paxton 3 роки тому +74

    I love the line “tell me why are we so blind to see that the ones we hurt are you and me?”

  • @ramiromaia592
    @ramiromaia592 3 роки тому +404

    This song is off the movie soundtrack 'Dangerous Minds' starring Michelle Pfeiffer

    • @gdo3510
      @gdo3510 3 роки тому +2

      Rated PG-13

    • @Music-tg5is
      @Music-tg5is 3 роки тому +3

      ​@@gdo3510 ^ 'Paradise Gangsta-13' ... :)

    • @doggstarr77
      @doggstarr77 3 роки тому +3

      Good movie. Freedom Writers with Hillary Swank was really good too

    • @gdo3510
      @gdo3510 3 роки тому +7

      @@doggstarr77 “Let me guess, she shows up, and they don’t accept her.” - Bill Burr

    • @doggstarr77
      @doggstarr77 3 роки тому +1

      @@gdo3510 pretty much. Freedom Writers is based on a true story though

  • @britishgass6947
    @britishgass6947 3 роки тому +333

    This was big back in the day. Even people who didn’t mess with hip hop knew all the words

    • @bellajezz1
      @bellajezz1 3 роки тому +18

      Yasssss! (Coming from a clueless white chick) 😂
      *im the kinda G that lil homies wanna be like,on my knees in the night sayin prayers in the street liiight*
      > insert lame white chick ‘gangsta’ head sways and hands throwin all over the place here <
      Hahaha this song is still lit after 20+ years! 💣🔥 💯

    • @RTCLR123
      @RTCLR123 3 роки тому

      @@bellajezz1 Mobb Deep?

    • @bellajezz1
      @bellajezz1 3 роки тому

      @@RTCLR123 ??? Maybe?? What does that mean? 😝

    • @mddsddsdshs6397
      @mddsddsdshs6397 3 роки тому

      @@RTCLR123 tbh i think thats coolio gangsta paradise and not mobb deep

    • @AndrewDW44
      @AndrewDW44 3 роки тому +2

      Indeed, This was the first rap song I knew all the words to.

  • @suwaidajalal
    @suwaidajalal 3 роки тому +73

    I'm 40 now and this song still gives me chills. I grew up in one of the most violent cities in the 90s and early 2000s in Asia and I know how the gangster's paradise is an actual snare that cost many young men their lives and freedom. Coolio's smooth flow and the music add to the depth of the lyrics.

    • @THEREALZENFORCE
      @THEREALZENFORCE 2 роки тому +1

      You "most violent cities in the 90s and early 2000s in Asia"
      Me : "Bagdad, Karachi, Manila, Dhaka, Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur, Petaling Jaya ?"

    • @suwaidajalal
      @suwaidajalal 2 роки тому

      @@THEREALZENFORCE Karachi

    • @suwaidajalal
      @suwaidajalal 2 роки тому

      My doctor was gunned down in his clinic. He was my uncle's best friend. My brother's best friend's dad was riddled with bullets in front of him and died a few days later at hospital. A cousin was kidnapped and tortured into insanity. Policeman patrolling our street were shot and killed. I have many stories. All of it involved our own youth being religiously or politically radicalised, their lives thrown into an unending gutter.

  • @LadyMacbeth56
    @LadyMacbeth56 Рік тому +14

    I was 15 when the movie Dangerous Minds came out. This song hit hard. The movie had almost everyone in the theater in tears. I have never forgotten the movie or the song. Back when rap meant something.

  • @basiljames9407
    @basiljames9407 3 роки тому +90

    Can't believe that this song is about 25 years old. This song is still great & relevant today.

  • @leannemarx9626
    @leannemarx9626 3 роки тому +138

    This track doesn’t age...still love hearing it after all these years.

  • @jgw5491
    @jgw5491 Рік тому +20

    RIP, Coolio. So talented on many fronts. 💔

  • @Nickey90
    @Nickey90 3 роки тому +40

    "first time hearing coolio gangster's paradise" .. never have a youtube title made me feel this old. god damn.

  • @susanjarvinen7322
    @susanjarvinen7322 3 роки тому +256

    This song was in the movie dangerous minds FYI

    • @Dj_Tim_G
      @Dj_Tim_G 3 роки тому +19

      Rip Emilio Ramirez
      Great movie!

    • @tandraig
      @tandraig 3 роки тому +13

      which was based on a book called 'my kids dont do homework'. a true story.

    • @karensilvera6694
      @karensilvera6694 3 роки тому +2

      Great movie....great song!

    • @Justyna_N
      @Justyna_N 3 роки тому +5

      @@Dj_Tim_G how sad that he passed in real life as well

    • @poetinmyheart94
      @poetinmyheart94 3 роки тому +2

      I lost count of how many times I watched this on TV growing up...

  • @carabeingblue4016
    @carabeingblue4016 3 роки тому +216

    When hip-hop became a cultural message from its party roots. Profound song.

    • @RenR70
      @RenR70 3 роки тому +11

      That actually happened more than a decade earlier when Grandmaster Flash came out with “The Message”.

    • @mossadon
      @mossadon 3 роки тому +2

      @@RenR70 FACTS.

  • @joiewick187
    @joiewick187 Рік тому +10

    Coolio was a masterpiece; the way he told this story is brilliant; LV is amazing

  • @brapmanbrap5188
    @brapmanbrap5188 3 роки тому +18

    One of the best rap songs ever made and the sign of a magnificent song is that it sounds better now than it did in 95.. Absolutely brilliant tune.. Timeless...

  • @alberthart4146
    @alberthart4146 3 роки тому +516

    please.. dont get us "old timers" going about what's wrong with todays'.. "music". its a sore subject for us

  • @bobmarkiz693
    @bobmarkiz693 3 роки тому +655

    This is music, not todays crap

    • @tessasnow
      @tessasnow 3 роки тому +14

      Agreed!!!🇨🇦🖖🏻💥

    • @georgehasleftthebuilding6621
      @georgehasleftthebuilding6621 3 роки тому +5

      ROGER THAT!! it's painful

    • @atm3637
      @atm3637 3 роки тому +15

      I’m struggling with today’s music it’s likes knives being stabbed into my ears painful 😖

    • @lottelarsen2918
      @lottelarsen2918 3 роки тому +1

      Agreed 😊👍

    • @m2ad18
      @m2ad18 3 роки тому +7

      Hahaha, this was today’s crap when released.. lmfao

  • @JMac7395
    @JMac7395 3 роки тому +23

    Coolio hated that Weird Al created a parody of Gangster's Paradise. He felt insulted. Gangster's Paradise was written in memory of a friend that suddenly died. So to take a song that was meant as a cautionary tale to others & turn it into a joke pissed Coolio off. This all flew past Weird Al's head

    • @gustavodelamora3676
      @gustavodelamora3676 3 роки тому +7

      Weird Al thought he had cleared it, but he was mistaken. It's the last time he didn't go straight to the artis to clear a parody song. Coolio also apologized to Weird Al and said him making a big deal about the parody and disparaging it was one of the biggest mistakes he made.

  • @monmothma3358
    @monmothma3358 3 роки тому +36

    Fun fact: This is an old Stevie Wonder song, with some changed lyrics and added beats!

    • @scapgoat
      @scapgoat 3 роки тому +14

      Another fun fact: Wonder said the only way Coolio could use the song was if he didn't swear in the song. He had to keep it clean

    • @nora22000
      @nora22000 2 роки тому +2

      'Pastime Paradise' music and lyrics by Stevie Wonder. Yes, the original is far better.

    • @marleyggeekd
      @marleyggeekd 2 роки тому +4

      🤣🤣🤣🤣 he co produced the track

    • @arleneclark6369
      @arleneclark6369 2 роки тому

      Coolio sang it and Stevie composed it

    • @otrag_1116
      @otrag_1116 2 роки тому

      @@arleneclark6369 nope, Stevie made it in the 70s, pastime paradise

  • @JonathanAllen0379
    @JonathanAllen0379 3 роки тому +263

    90s hip hop is better than anything today. Check out Ini Kamoze's "Here Comes The Hotstepper". Another song that was all over the radio in early-to-mid 1995. Real music!

    • @babysluss68
      @babysluss68 3 роки тому +16

      The lyrical gangsta, excuseee me mr officer lol

    • @27pancakes
      @27pancakes 3 роки тому +5

      Trying to get him to do “I Wish” by Skee-Lo, another absolute jam of 1995

    • @RTCLR123
      @RTCLR123 3 роки тому +4

      Tribe called Quest - The Love
      Xzibit?
      P.s. I'm buyin cassete player. :)

    • @annacribbs4142
      @annacribbs4142 3 роки тому +1

      Ohhh YES!!!!! LOVE THAT SONG...

    • @scottherangi8411
      @scottherangi8411 3 роки тому +4

      Who remembers this, "INFORMER hgjghhu kjhihvf jipfdrh deweinko khytedt A LICKY BOOM BOOM DOWN"....

  • @davidbunter3757
    @davidbunter3757 3 роки тому +116

    Coolio: I'm 23 now but will I live to see 24...
    Coolio: currently 57 years old

    • @CandleLight1974
      @CandleLight1974 3 роки тому +8

      He was 32 then but he was in character of the role in the film it refers to.

    • @andreas956
      @andreas956 3 роки тому +2

      Yeah well the point was that at that point in time being 23, he did not know if he would reach the next year.

    • @heavnnnsent
      @heavnnnsent 3 роки тому

      😄😄😄

    • @now0nline
      @now0nline 3 роки тому

      me too

    • @foodcraic2670
      @foodcraic2670 3 роки тому

      lol

  • @BackseatCharlie
    @BackseatCharlie 2 роки тому +14

    The story telling is so good too!
    First verse: his life as a gangsta
    Second verse: he sounds hopeless
    Third verse: how they're use for agenda
    That's how I understood it, correct me if I'm wrong.

  • @cornflakegirl1718
    @cornflakegirl1718 3 роки тому +10

    This is poetry... Miss the 90's.
    Greetings from Buenos Aires, Argentina 🇦🇷♥️.

  • @mariambabakhanians
    @mariambabakhanians 3 роки тому +68

    Michelle was so beautiful at this stage in her life, still is

  • @bpfromowc
    @bpfromowc 3 роки тому +70

    This was a huge hit back in the day. It's still good.

  • @Dags470
    @Dags470 3 роки тому +16

    As a 53 y/o white boy, I absolutely love this song.
    Volume cranked, preferably in the dark, and I always pretend I can sing.
    Love it.

  • @gducharme6354
    @gducharme6354 3 роки тому +36

    When rap actually had a true message and talent.

  • @ozzyrocks666
    @ozzyrocks666 3 роки тому +127

    I'm not really into rap or hip hop or all that, but this song is one of the greatest ever! think this song will be remembered for ever

    • @TruckStopLayby
      @TruckStopLayby 3 роки тому +3

      I think it is officially the best selling rap song ever.

    • @elinorkhilifi4685
      @elinorkhilifi4685 3 роки тому +1

      Agree 100

    • @heavnnnsent
      @heavnnnsent 3 роки тому +1

      I didn't know Stevie Wonder originally did a version of the song and that's where the music came from. This happens to be one of my favorite songs it's so beautiful

  • @rondoisbeast999
    @rondoisbeast999 3 роки тому +134

    The 90’s are by all accounts the golden age of hip hop. You should definitely dive deeper

    • @peachsangria8704
      @peachsangria8704 3 роки тому +1

      can you say that a little louder...

    • @rainer250
      @rainer250 3 роки тому +2

      Golden age in general. Music, television, that decade was the best to grow up in.

    • @jciwallcrawler3673
      @jciwallcrawler3673 2 роки тому

      80s was the golden age of rock. CHANGE MY MIND

  • @anthony91688
    @anthony91688 Рік тому +7

    RIP to an all time great and a pioneer

  • @Copasyetic
    @Copasyetic Рік тому +9

    R.I. P. to Coolio! He was truly an OG !

  • @mobydickhead6953
    @mobydickhead6953 3 роки тому +43

    The best part of this song is the last line. “If they can’t understand then how can they reach me?? I guess they can’t, I guess they won’t. I guess they front. That’s why I know my life is out of luck fool!”
    Gives me chills. ❤️
    90’s music was the best in my opinion.

  • @streamerforfun6224
    @streamerforfun6224 3 роки тому +69

    This was our standard rap symphony song before, that is why some of the rap lyrics in todays music just have us shaking our heads in disappointment.

    • @georgehasleftthebuilding6621
      @georgehasleftthebuilding6621 3 роки тому +1

      Great way to put it!! Grandmaster Flash n Sugar Hill to Biggie Hypnotize. The flow all stopped being fluid after Tupac, well to me anyway.
      Em has still got though.

    • @anonymousone2843
      @anonymousone2843 3 роки тому +3

      I see Cardi B and her Stallion friend and just get so mad. I will take my TLC ladies anyday if I want to hear some good rapping girls! Today's rap is junk.

    • @horsefootrot8044
      @horsefootrot8044 3 роки тому

      Yeah well said.👏👏

    • @b4tsy716
      @b4tsy716 3 роки тому

      @@anonymousone2843 i agree 100%

  • @diazcoelho
    @diazcoelho 3 роки тому +7

    I remember getting on the bus every morning to go to school and this song would play, everyone would quiet down to listen to it and then would get loud again after it was over. That was the impact it had on the kids coming from the hood on our way to a middle school outside from the hood.

  • @NokMTG
    @NokMTG 2 роки тому +4

    Back in the 90s, we all listened to great music like this, from Rap to metal it didn't matter. I remember Coolio with Keenan and Kel lol miss those simple times

  • @nancycontreras945
    @nancycontreras945 3 роки тому +59

    Let me tell you someting, I´m a high school teacher in Argentina and I see this everyday in the classroom. Its so sad to talk to children with no hope in theirs lifes about their future, living in slums and poor cities, their are so hopeless, without a good parent to guide them or teach them about love and selfrespect. Breaks my heart to know that I cant help them, they are growing up in front of my eyes and I can see a bad future for each one. All I can do its trying to teach them that they are better than all this shit, and putting my love and hope in each one. This song makes me cry always.

    • @concernedannoyed4662
      @concernedannoyed4662 3 роки тому +4

      I am Sorry that you and They are put in such a situation.
      It should not happen, Hopefully one day this will change !
      Stay Safe Everyone

    • @nancycontreras945
      @nancycontreras945 3 роки тому +2

      @@concernedannoyed4662 thanks for your kind words!

    • @maimee2angel
      @maimee2angel 3 роки тому +3

      I work in better school where kids coming from middle to high income. I’m not saying they don’t have problems, but most of the the time their problems are about grades, which school they aiming to, fighting with friends/bf/gf. Not about food money or gang fighting. So everytime I listened to teachers complaining about students, I wonder how will they survive teaching kids with worse condition.
      Anyway... send my supports to you from far away. I am sure your students will remember you and what you teach them. Maybe just a little bit of hope is what they need to start their life to better future.

    • @nancycontreras945
      @nancycontreras945 3 роки тому +1

      @@maimee2angel thank you so much for your kind words. To know that we support each other, even if we are so far away, encourages me to be a better teacher. Bless you!

    • @gisejunkhead3711
      @gisejunkhead3711 3 роки тому +1

      Te entiendo hermana! En Arg ya no tenemos esperanzas de nada.

  • @Sanity851
    @Sanity851 3 роки тому +79

    I'm here for the comments... Seeing how many people disbelieve he's never heard this 😂 I feel so old seeing the generation after mine not knowing such iconic masterpieces

    • @lindseyf2307
      @lindseyf2307 3 роки тому +6

      I’m 29, grew up in Canada and the US and hadn’t heard this song before! Apparently we unicorns exist!😂

    • @brucejohnson411
      @brucejohnson411 2 роки тому

      Good call

    • @kvbstudios316
      @kvbstudios316 2 роки тому +1

      I get a kick out of watching this generation find our music. I live for reactions to Rage, Audioslave, Pearl Jam, SOAD, any early 90s rap and hip hop…We are the World is a fun one to watch them find.

    • @Sanity851
      @Sanity851 2 роки тому +1

      @@kvbstudios316 i havent watched any We are the World. But that is on my to do list now lol

  • @twanphanijphand6429
    @twanphanijphand6429 Рік тому +7

    Rip Coolio 🙏. This is a great song

  • @netajones2098
    @netajones2098 3 роки тому +15

    "Rap don't hit like this nowadays, just flowing and rhyming and the message is there" when you said that I said "Yes, thank you!" That's the perfect way to describe it. God I miss rap like this, makes me old I guess lol

  • @ificouldiwouldliveunderwat7058
    @ificouldiwouldliveunderwat7058 3 роки тому +6

    As a German girl (now woman) who went to school in the 90s I can sing this song from beginning to end

  • @Takecareofyourbusiness
    @Takecareofyourbusiness 3 роки тому +73

    The song is from a movie called "Dangerous Minds" with Michelle Pfeiffer,really good movie

    • @P5YcHoKiLLa
      @P5YcHoKiLLa 3 роки тому +6

      It's not a good movie, it's another example of Hollywood's "White Saviour" mentality. As if black people can't solve their own problems, they need a blonde white women to swoop in and save the day.

    • @znk0r
      @znk0r 3 роки тому +14

      @@P5YcHoKiLLa this happens... some people actually help regardless of race or upbringing. Based on a real life person. Also that school is mixed, just happen that teacher is white... Not sure you saw the movie...

    • @avanoosterhout8397
      @avanoosterhout8397 3 роки тому +1

      @@P5YcHoKiLLa But, hey... Michelle Pfeiffer, man :-)

    • @meganarnold4668
      @meganarnold4668 3 роки тому +11

      @@P5YcHoKiLLa it’s an excellent movie! It’s about HUMANITY. Caring enough to help those who get tossed to the side! That’s what matters. Screw these social constructs that are based off of opinions and NOT facts. (Systematic racism) which by the way, is a theory not fact. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 🤦🏼‍♀️

    • @katherineschmidt2075
      @katherineschmidt2075 3 роки тому

      It was about whites, blacks, Hispanics, Mexicans. About all, we all Have to get along no matter what we look like and do, no opinion is wrong or right, just different. We all have our own brains and ways of thinking.

  • @Winnib7479
    @Winnib7479 Рік тому +2

    This is from the movie Dangerous Minds in 1995 and sample of Stevie Wonders Pastime Paradise from 1976. Coolio died on 9/29/22 which is the anniversary of Steve's song.

  • @leonardoD81
    @leonardoD81 2 роки тому +8

    This is real classic rap. Not like today's unintelligible rap music. We need more music like this in rap today. Beat makes sense. Lyrics make sense. One of my favs. Check out the movie Dangerous Minds.

  • @juliebowness3299
    @juliebowness3299 3 роки тому +37

    Never been much of a fan of rap music but when this song came out I really loved it. The film with Michelle Pfeiffer is brilliant. So glad you reacted to this one J

  • @the_minimalistic_adventure
    @the_minimalistic_adventure 3 роки тому +162

    Even if you're not a fan of rap/hip hop, you have to have a love for this song. It's such a damn classic. 90's hip hop was amazing. Nothing like today's shitty rap.

    • @kiurte1239
      @kiurte1239 3 роки тому +3

      Just because you don't like it doesn't mean that it's shit

    • @the_minimalistic_adventure
      @the_minimalistic_adventure 3 роки тому +9

      But it truly is... it's meaningless lyrics. What makes people enjoy it so much are the repetitive catchy beats and hooks.

    • @OmarEmadHamdy
      @OmarEmadHamdy 3 роки тому +5

      @@the_minimalistic_adventure Not all of them have meaningless lyrics , I love old school rap but there are a lot of good rappers right now too.

    • @xxyambuxx1968
      @xxyambuxx1968 3 роки тому

      @@kiurte1239 Pepega clap

    • @tygrys96
      @tygrys96 3 роки тому

      When this came out I was in high school..white kid from Europe just moved to USA..but we sang this in our cars while we cruised in Detroit..Hell, know the lyrics till today :) Great song!

  • @tanyasluckinski7088
    @tanyasluckinski7088 3 роки тому +1

    One of your best vids so far that I’ve seen❣️

  • @gina3498
    @gina3498 3 роки тому

    Ive been binge watching your reactions.your very interactive.i like it

  • @guilhermeaandrade
    @guilhermeaandrade 3 роки тому +49

    🤔"Why can't hiphop be like this nowadays?"
    Couldn't agree more.

  • @deelawson4551
    @deelawson4551 3 роки тому +101

    Really need to check out Bone Thugs and Harmony-Crossroads

  • @mariajesna
    @mariajesna 3 роки тому

    This is the song that moved me towards hip hop.
    Very word is so true and with heart.
    Just got reminded of this song again...
    Thank you

  • @robertasirgutz8800
    @robertasirgutz8800 2 роки тому +2

    This song never gets old. Michele Pfeiffer's reaction is great in the movie.

  • @jurgenvandenbergh5082
    @jurgenvandenbergh5082 3 роки тому +34

    This was the song that gave hiphop worldwide recognition overnight.

  • @chrisstone2567
    @chrisstone2567 3 роки тому +13

    This song was the soundtrack to the movie Dangerous Minds, which is where a lot of the clips came from throughout the vid. Really worth a watch as it is all about inner city kids and the hardships they face. Glad you enjoyed it.

  • @chenejansen3592
    @chenejansen3592 2 роки тому +2

    an all time classic!!! LOVE this song, brings back childhood memories!

  • @carlavandermeer9732
    @carlavandermeer9732 Рік тому +1

    Such a beautiful song and so poetic, his voice was hypnotic.

  • @Cat425
    @Cat425 3 роки тому +48

    This is a sample of Stevie Wonder’s song”Past Time Paradise “

    • @cmoney1629
      @cmoney1629 3 роки тому +4

      Tell em.. and coolios song is great. But stevies is a masterpiece.

    • @ujimajame4601
      @ujimajame4601 3 роки тому

      "Past Time Paradise": ua-cam.com/video/_H3Sv2zad6s/v-deo.html

    • @peterbrown6453
      @peterbrown6453 3 роки тому +1

      I’d say tribute more than sample

    • @tenhirankei
      @tenhirankei 3 роки тому +1

      That's why it sounded so familiar to those not into Hip-Hop!

  • @kimberlinibambini1988
    @kimberlinibambini1988 3 роки тому +123

    Yes J- please always listen to originals before doing Al’s parodies- and yes- 80’s snd 90’s hip hop/rap is the best! My opinion! ❤️💜✌️✨

    • @Zubareffstream111
      @Zubareffstream111 3 роки тому +5

      You do know this isn't the original right?
      Stevie Wonder wrote it.

    • @jancw
      @jancw 3 роки тому +1

      I agree. Especially when the subject matter is heavy.

    • @susanbruton6645
      @susanbruton6645 3 роки тому

      What she said

    • @reallymysterious4393
      @reallymysterious4393 3 роки тому

      Weird Al's version is WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA better - LOL :)

    • @Kaefer1973
      @Kaefer1973 3 роки тому +1

      Yes, no matter if it's a song where the original is as good, better or worse than the Weird Al version, it's always better to hear the original first.

  • @maureenriley8630
    @maureenriley8630 3 роки тому

    Hi 👋 I luv this song thank u for sharing and giving us your reactions we luv it

  • @lindseyf2307
    @lindseyf2307 3 роки тому +8

    People: I’m 29, grew up in Canada and the US and hadn’t heard this song before! Apparently we unicorns exist!😂
    I’m so happy I’ve heard it now though!

  • @loisalanoa6342
    @loisalanoa6342 3 роки тому +52

    Good flow, great theme, and the tune is actually from Stevie Wonder’s “Pastime Paradise”. As a matter of fact, check out Stevie Wonder’s album “The Songs in the Key of Life”. That whole album is golden.

    • @ZeeZee9
      @ZeeZee9 2 роки тому +1

      Oh this was sampled?

    • @LittleMelianna
      @LittleMelianna 2 роки тому +1

      @@ZeeZee9 yes, and they performed this song together ;)

    • @chaz2869
      @chaz2869 2 роки тому +1

      Stevie Wonder actually does a live performance with Coolio. It’s easy to find on UA-cam.

  • @iCazZiStronZi
    @iCazZiStronZi 3 роки тому +116

    How have you made it this far in life without hearing this song not even ONE TIME ?!?!!

    • @anndownsouth5070
      @anndownsouth5070 3 роки тому +7

      He should also watch the movie.

    • @marcoceccarelli6415
      @marcoceccarelli6415 3 роки тому +5

      Forza Italia

    • @slgraycolsg
      @slgraycolsg 3 роки тому +7

      He says at the beginning that he’s heard pieces of this song but has never heard the entire song from beginning to end.

    • @mimibee626
      @mimibee626 2 роки тому

      What radio station has played this in the last 10 years?

    • @iCazZiStronZi
      @iCazZiStronZi 2 роки тому

      @@mimibee626 z103.5, 93.5. Usually played during way back mixes.

  • @martinmillar7137
    @martinmillar7137 Рік тому +1

    Rest in paradise coolio from a Celtic fan... you'll never walk alone 💚💙💚

  • @jeffreykennedy1266
    @jeffreykennedy1266 2 роки тому +1

    This was a huge song. It was all over the radio down here in Australia 🇦🇺

  • @nickyblack3278
    @nickyblack3278 3 роки тому +10

    A goosebump song. Brings the tragedy of so many young lives lost right home.

  • @vtbmpskier5400
    @vtbmpskier5400 3 роки тому +62

    Nas "If I ruled the world"
    Arrested Development "Tennessee"
    Black crowes "she talks to angels"
    Puddle of mudd "blurry"
    Collective Soul "shine"

  • @jockmanning9462
    @jockmanning9462 2 місяці тому

    Great reaction man , from Plymouth England❤️

  • @14charmedone
    @14charmedone 3 роки тому +3

    Coolio is amazing. He was in an episode of the Nanny with Fran Drescher rapping a song in the living room.

  • @xanajak
    @xanajak 3 роки тому +52

    "Why can't hip-hop be like this nowadays, man?" .... Oh, man, if only you lived thru rap back in the '80s, you'd know the truth. You can spend a few weeks reacting to the forefathers of rap: Boogie Down Productions, EPMD, Ice T, Slick Rick, Kool Moe Dee, LL Cool J, Biz Markee, MC Lyte, Public Enemy, Stetsasonic, Beastie Boys, and so many others.

    • @elfuego2210
      @elfuego2210 3 роки тому

      down the rabbit hole he goes..

  • @TheDivayenta
    @TheDivayenta 3 роки тому +60

    This song is by Stevie Wonder! Coolio sampled! Now listen to Stevie’s.

  • @Niki91-HR
    @Niki91-HR 3 роки тому +1

    boy, am I glad that I grew up as a kid in the 90s with this music. I am not even a hip hop fan but certain stuff till this day is dope..... waaaaay better what we hear today in the radio etc. Long live 90s music :)

  • @stevemcqueen1136
    @stevemcqueen1136 3 роки тому

    Ohhhh this song...it's just magic. Always gives me goosebumps not matter how many times I listen to it.

  • @Sil_P
    @Sil_P 3 роки тому +7

    "Dangerous Minds" is one of those movies that you can watch over and over! This song though will forever be a classic!

  • @mikaelpeltonen96
    @mikaelpeltonen96 3 роки тому +25

    Grandmaster Flash & Furious Five: The Message (1982)

  • @ninawest8
    @ninawest8 2 роки тому

    You see so authentic, I really enjoy your reactions😎

  • @karenroberts2505
    @karenroberts2505 2 роки тому

    There is a message, much like poetry. Love it, miss this type not like now. Classic

  • @gravyboat2370
    @gravyboat2370 3 роки тому +12

    The intro of this song gives me shivers when I hear it . Great tune ...great film

  • @ragjamrock
    @ragjamrock 3 роки тому +53

    You should have started with the original "Pastime Paradise" by Stevie Wonder.This was a huge hit for Coolio.👍

    • @Drawkcabi
      @Drawkcabi 3 роки тому +1

      Yes!!!
      Then he'll have the final piece that makes this song so special!

  • @azmanda1887
    @azmanda1887 3 роки тому

    Here in Singapore.. Till this day, exactly yesterday this song played out of our station. Still a hit, big hit with today's standards. Dang.. All those years passed since i first heard this amazing song.. Still gives me the awesome vibes everytime

  • @tupufolasa1170
    @tupufolasa1170 3 роки тому +1

    Loved your reaction. Made me feel like I was watching it for the first time. True story 🙂🔥

  • @mst1740
    @mst1740 3 роки тому +13

    The chorus is a sample of Stevie Wonder's song. This was huge when it first came out. As you asked for hip hop/rap songs with a message, check out White Lines.

  • @patrickschrag3200
    @patrickschrag3200 3 роки тому +17

    Usher - "U got it bad", "Yeah!", & "U don't have to call"
    Outkast - "Mrs. Jackson" & "The Whole World"
    Mark Morrison- "Return Of The Mack"
    definitely songs too checkout

  • @clarakam3858
    @clarakam3858 3 роки тому

    This song remember me of those days ...ohhh i know the lirics by heart to these day ..stil know the lirics after so many years 😢 thank you for memories 🥰👏

  • @cdp029
    @cdp029 3 роки тому

    Love your channel man. You're real.

  • @dazo69
    @dazo69 3 роки тому +24

    Another song written by Stevie Wonder - Pastime Paradise from songs in the key of life.

    • @oskarobit
      @oskarobit 3 роки тому +2

      YES! That's the one and only "whatever" paradise. Long live Stevie!

  • @geordigirl40
    @geordigirl40 3 роки тому +11

    This came from the film Dangerous minds, brilliant film

  • @peachsangria8704
    @peachsangria8704 3 роки тому

    nothing i love more than these reaction videos...youngns listening to the classics for the 1st time...
    i also can't help but think of the weird Al version of this song....

  • @1wingedangel597
    @1wingedangel597 3 роки тому +1

    I can’t believe some people have not heard of this beast of a song. I’m not even from America but this song was huge and still popular where I’m from. Wow. Even Michelle is a popular actress and her name is on some of the huge hits

  • @BridewellSeniorTube
    @BridewellSeniorTube 3 роки тому +20

    "A Tribe Called Quest" is a typical early hiphop group from the early 90s! Put one of their tracks on Jayvee ;)

    • @luisafrance1635
      @luisafrance1635 3 роки тому

      Unfortunately, kids nowadays miss the best musics ever!

  • @SlayQueenQ
    @SlayQueenQ 3 роки тому +38

    If you like 90’s Hip Hop you should check out....
    Cypress Hill - Insane in the Brain
    Luniz - I got 5 on it
    Mark Morrison - Return of the Mac

    • @luisafrance1635
      @luisafrance1635 3 роки тому +3

      By the way, your children are cute!💓🙏

    • @RTCLR123
      @RTCLR123 3 роки тому +2

      Great checklist! Cheers

    • @jeffreym68
      @jeffreym68 3 роки тому

      Cypress Hill 100%

    • @peterpooper
      @peterpooper 3 роки тому

      Everyone who listens to 90s rap should know these songs. Or even artists

    • @stephencolwell6288
      @stephencolwell6288 3 роки тому

      @@peterpooper I loved Return Of The Mac.

  • @margaretkent5872
    @margaretkent5872 11 місяців тому

    Truly one of my favorite hip hop songs. Not only tight but really deep

  • @daniellewallis4302
    @daniellewallis4302 3 роки тому

    I'm lovin it. I grew up with this music... Glad you can have privelage of hearing this