CAUGHT ME OFF GUARD.. | Coolio - Gangsta's Paradise (feat. L.V.) [Official Music Video] REACTION!

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  • @Elephant_Juice74
    @Elephant_Juice74 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1809

    And to think Coolio just did all that without saying a single cuss word or the N word...

    • @El-ingobernable
      @El-ingobernable 3 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      one reason i listen to NF

    • @lotusfilms6082
      @lotusfilms6082 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Glad you're not out there anymore.🙂🙏

    • @bogdog999
      @bogdog999 3 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      Lots of "Fool!" though. Timeless piece of work.

    • @Elephant_Juice74
      @Elephant_Juice74 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @J Sawya Oh, interesting. I didnt even know there was an original 😋

    • @bethshadid2087
      @bethshadid2087 3 ปีที่แล้ว +55

      Or degrading women as ho's and trash 🙄

  • @susanlawens3776
    @susanlawens3776 3 ปีที่แล้ว +915

    It's deep. People be acting like it's not deep, just because it's a movie soundtrack, but it's real deep. Still gives me chills.

    • @Patti-SolDancer
      @Patti-SolDancer 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Yes, the lyrics are very deep!

    • @morganstarchild5359
      @morganstarchild5359 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Agreed

    • @VelkanAngels
      @VelkanAngels 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      I didn't even know it was a movie soundtrack. I just remember my mom's boyfriend's daughter coming by one evening with this song on a tape, telling them they HAD to hear it and even my mother liked it (even though she doesn't like rap otherwise) and I loved it. :D Had no idea what he was singing about though. My English vocabulary at the time was confined to the alphabet, the numbers, some fruits and animals and "very funny" (or rather, "vewy funny", lol).

    • @purposepassionandlovetv863
      @purposepassionandlovetv863 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I have never listened to music period without being in tune with lyrics especially Hip-Hop. I wouldn't dare vibe to a song and not know what they was talking about. I thought that was the objective.

    • @taoist32
      @taoist32 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@purposepassionandlovetv863 A lot of women loved Macarena, despite not knowing the lyrics. It was about a woman cheating on her boyfriend.

  • @goochma
    @goochma 3 ปีที่แล้ว +288

    A a 52 year old metal head...lol.. I have mad respect for Coolio then and now. This song is as powerful now as it was back in 1995.

    • @marcinmorun
      @marcinmorun ปีที่แล้ว +6

      The song is just as « powerful » as the movie (dangerous minds) from which this song is from. Have you seen it?

    • @goochma
      @goochma ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@marcinmorun Yes I saw it, it was a great movie and the song fits. They don't make them like they used to.

  • @mauradias2862
    @mauradias2862 3 ปีที่แล้ว +415

    The only rap song that I know the lyrics to... once i handed this song request to the Karaoke player...he looked at me twice to confirm the song..I nodded in confirmation..needless to say the crowed were supportive of a 40 year old mom..rapping it flawlessly.. heheheeh the looks on their faces were priceless. :)

  • @deborahchouinard7175
    @deborahchouinard7175 3 ปีที่แล้ว +554

    As a 66 year-old white woman living in Canada, I have a whole list of songs that I can’t really relate to but I love them anyway and this is one of them

    • @hollygolightly1302
      @hollygolightly1302 3 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      Me too. 56 year old white lady from 🇨🇦 ❤

    • @catladygoddess
      @catladygoddess 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Great song that has been on my playlist from the beginning - and I’m a 56 year old white lady from 🇨🇦. Love the message and still resonates today.

    • @josielouwho2607
      @josielouwho2607 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Me too!, I turn 56 in a week! 🇨🇦😂

    • @mjking9019
      @mjking9019 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Soon to be 43 year old white woman in NB Canada. 🇨🇦

    • @jackietaylor6174
      @jackietaylor6174 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      52 year old woman also in Canada 🇨🇦

  • @patriciarodden-kesner6219
    @patriciarodden-kesner6219 3 ปีที่แล้ว +363

    “Tell me why are we to blind to see that the ones we hurt are you and me?” Those words are the most telling. Let’s wake up folks, there’s got to be a better way. Peace ☮️ on Earth goodwill towards men❤️

    • @dalehammers4425
      @dalehammers4425 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Sadly everyone took the exact opposite meaning from the song Coolio was trying to make. He was trying to point out that hood life ruined everyone and they used it as a statement of being hood. He wanted people to wake up and break out of their boundaries that entrapped them in a life that was quite literally killing them.
      Just like everyone keeps saying to listen to Weird Al's Amish Paradise, but Coolie utterly loathed the song and refused to sign off on it even as parody. He felt the concept of the song was too important to ruin with comedy. And I personally agree with him.

    • @thedobsonsexplicitchannel6187
      @thedobsonsexplicitchannel6187 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I hope you get 100 million likes on this comment ❤❤❤👊🏻. So many people are still blind to what is happening around us. So many have nothing else to do but hate. As long as we stay devided by our differences of religion, politics, sexism among others we'll never change anything. But I have to believe we still can if we come together. If I stop believing that what's the point of anything! ❤✌👊🏻

    • @gregwilliams9737
      @gregwilliams9737 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Nice comment

    • @kissmyass549
      @kissmyass549 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I remember 1995 i was at high school when this came out. Seemed a much better, less fascist time than today. Shame no one listened

    • @lightofall
      @lightofall 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      A mennnnn woooooo

  • @giomartino6
    @giomartino6 3 ปีที่แล้ว +66

    This track alone shits on most of everything in today's music industry real honest gangsta rap they dont front they tell it like it is and most important no auto-tune this track is immortalized

  • @danrebeiz4598
    @danrebeiz4598 3 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    Being a white rock musician I remember when this song dropped back in the day it gave me chills. If I’m not mistaken I believe this may be the song that propelled this genre to the highest production tier. I don’t remember any song before this one being produced so richly.
    This song hasn’t lost any of its impact over the years. Still powerful

  • @CH-zu7fn
    @CH-zu7fn 3 ปีที่แล้ว +125

    "Tell me why are we to blind to see that the ones we hurt are you and me."

  • @Cerridwen7777
    @Cerridwen7777 3 ปีที่แล้ว +155

    Lol, as a 45 year old white broad, I still know every word of this song. That's how big that song was.

    • @angelawilliams8401
      @angelawilliams8401 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      40 year old white girl here and this was one that always hit

    • @SparkleKnits
      @SparkleKnits 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      39 year old white girl. Same. This was always the song that got everyone on the dance floor at junior high dances.

    • @fay-amieaspen6046
      @fay-amieaspen6046 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      43 year old White Chick still getting down with Coolio !!!

    • @jmhaces
      @jmhaces 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I know what you mean. I'm a 43 year old rocker white guy and this song's lyrics are burned in my brain for all eternity.

    • @AO-po8kc
      @AO-po8kc 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Broad, chick ....why do you need to demean yourselves?????

  • @MissAngie25
    @MissAngie25 3 ปีที่แล้ว +136

    If you’re going to be a one hit wonder, you’d want it to be to a song like this.

    • @ilovebabyyoda712
      @ilovebabyyoda712 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yeah this song is a MOOD!

    • @SwiggityPeanut
      @SwiggityPeanut 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      but coolio wasnt a one hit wonder though lol hes got plenty of great music.

    • @MissAngie25
      @MissAngie25 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@SwiggityPeanut that most people don’t know other than this track.

    • @SwiggityPeanut
      @SwiggityPeanut 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@MissAngie25 You not wrong, someone I consider a fellow head didnt know Fantastic Voyage was a Coolio song and he knew the words lol

    • @zombieguyproducion
      @zombieguyproducion ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@SwiggityPeanut Having plenty of great music doesn't mean you're not a one hit wonder. Gangstas paradise went nuclear when it came out, none of his other songs ever got big really. One hit wonder just means only one of your songs blew up

  • @JenniferNein
    @JenniferNein 3 ปีที่แล้ว +134

    the song is a masterpiece of writing, rapping and music. While it spoke to the generation that produced the song and the movie it remains relevant today and that is the power of great music it doesn't matter the Genre the platform it will speak to generations, to people and it will live on well past the time frame that produced it, the song is a perfect example of that power.

    • @mcdotterson4103
      @mcdotterson4103 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      th-cam.com/video/1TLFnokO1Oo/w-d-xo.html coolio was weird al to Stevie but he definitely put a good genre spin on it

  • @amvillarreal1980
    @amvillarreal1980 3 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    I we played this song WAY back in the day when I was in marching band. Omg the crowd every time we played this would go crazy!!! Going down memory lane❤️

    • @antoinettelopes
      @antoinettelopes 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That's cool. 🙂

    • @shevawn1973
      @shevawn1973 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Too cool!

    • @VolkXue
      @VolkXue 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      that's kinda what killed Coolio though lol it was too cross over in an era that hip hop crossover wasn't cool.. Well, that and when he admitted to having been a crackhead

    • @JenniferNein
      @JenniferNein 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I played trombone in marching band, jazz band and concert band we played it too and had the same reaction!!!! Glad to see another band person relate!!!

  • @GeeB1
    @GeeB1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    Awwwwwwe.....Coolio - "Gangsta's Paradise".....brings back memories from the summer of 1996.

    • @myongv8124
      @myongv8124 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Me too......

    • @ercsmusic1482
      @ercsmusic1482 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Are you telling me that this Song is 25 years old?

    • @Your_TribalChief
      @Your_TribalChief 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ercsmusic1482 yup.

  • @fatsuperfly
    @fatsuperfly 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Lost my best friend,wont say his name due respect, he died from a drive by, and other friends had the same. I stayed away from that life, but i still think of them and i do miss them till this day. This song may be cheesy to ppl, but I listen to it to remember what i got away from, and respect to those that followed that path. Just stay away from trouble, be yourself but mutable ppl are there for you outside of the gangs.

  • @paulhayes7670
    @paulhayes7670 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    I’ll never forget when I heard this song. It blew my away. The music. The lyrics. Everything. By now you know I’m a musician. To me music has no color it’s all soul. It is so important to listen to everyone who has a powerful message. If we don’t listen nothing will change. You think you got goosebumps. The moment I heard this song years ago my whole mind and body was shaken. This is a classic musically and in Poetry. It speaks to reality. Thanks again for another great reaction to an incredible song.

  • @screamingdogcomedy
    @screamingdogcomedy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +79

    This 40 yr old white chick knows every verse, and sings along LOUDLY every time.
    The looks I used to get doing Uber in Compton were GREAT.

    • @reeferman42078
      @reeferman42078 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Im 42 and fell ur comment! 😜

    • @poison2girly
      @poison2girly 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Girl, same!

    • @screamingdogcomedy
      @screamingdogcomedy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @Lisa Waller Great music knows no age

    • @ImmortalBroken
      @ImmortalBroken 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      42 year old white chick and this was my senior class song. Every time we walked in to an assembly at my high school they played this lol.

    • @cujo9792
      @cujo9792 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hell yeah

  • @reneewilliams2433
    @reneewilliams2433 3 ปีที่แล้ว +208

    This song is in the movie Dangerous Minds(if I’m not mistaken)

    • @AdamKJackson
      @AdamKJackson 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      It is from Dangerous Minds. Mr. Video if you haven't seen the movie I highly recommend it.

    • @seaweedeable
      @seaweedeable 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Great movie.

    • @franceslewis8217
      @franceslewis8217 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes it is in the movie

    • @McSnacks930
      @McSnacks930 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Dangerous minds is such a white savior movie, skip it, even with a 90s lens it is bad optics

    • @Real_LiamOBryan
      @Real_LiamOBryan 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@McSnacks930 If it's a good movie, then who cares if it doesn't tick all the intersectional/S.J.W./identity politics boxes? I guess we need to cancel it because it's not woke enough, huh?
      Edit: I say, watch what you like, don't watch what you don't like, and leave politics out of watching movies/television shows. That's just my opinion, though.

  • @justhere2115
    @justhere2115 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    The fact that you showed us your goosebumps on this song tells us that we have been seeing the real YOU the whole time. You have been genuine since day one!! - thank you!!!

  • @JanieBgrand
    @JanieBgrand 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    This song is pure genius in composition and execution! And the way Coolio delivered the rap in melodic fashion that just built and built towards the end….Well, emotional journey thru music!

  • @lisareed7878
    @lisareed7878 3 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    This song has a personal note to me. You don't know how to stop a freight train in someone's life when they refuse to get off the tracks. You have to be a pitbull. Relentless to fight your way out. Find your way. It's different for everyone but it can be done.

  • @moonknight718
    @moonknight718 3 ปีที่แล้ว +128

    The sample in this song is from Stevie Wonder's "Pastime Paradise."

    • @jonnylumberjack6223
      @jonnylumberjack6223 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      thank fuck for you - so glad someone giving Stevie his props!

    • @dagoelius
      @dagoelius 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Which Stevie borrowed from Bach's prelude No.2 in C Minor.

    • @jonnylumberjack6223
      @jonnylumberjack6223 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@dagoelius I did not know that, cheers! Off to check out Bach now 🙂

    • @moonknight718
      @moonknight718 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@dagoelius That is really cool. I did not know that!

    • @dport62
      @dport62 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Yep It's on one of Stevie's many great albums: "Songs in the Key of Life."

  • @aelfricpaugauiran4559
    @aelfricpaugauiran4559 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    “Power and the money,money and the power,
    Minute after minute,hour after hour”.
    One of my favorite!
    90’s baby!

    • @rainer250
      @rainer250 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      The 1990s was a kickass decade.

  • @slb6977
    @slb6977 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Now i know what getting old feels like. It feels like watching kids hear the music i've loved my whole life for the first time. And now that im standing here on the top of the mountain....I couldnt be happier.

  • @nicepunk00
    @nicepunk00 3 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    This song is a masterpiece.

  • @dsreyth
    @dsreyth 3 ปีที่แล้ว +89

    I just seeing you close your eyes and get lost in the music. Whether it's Tool, Mozart, Coolio, etc. I think we all love it, Brother!

  • @brynneholt1990
    @brynneholt1990 3 ปีที่แล้ว +84

    TLC’s Waterfalls has a similar message, albeit about a broader range of topics.

    • @natashadefoe7035
      @natashadefoe7035 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I like Unpretty by them too

    • @mokane86
      @mokane86 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      And Weird Al does a cover of both 😆

    • @TheJbgo
      @TheJbgo 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I replayed that song for hours straight on my Walkman when it came out.

    • @XcaptainXobliviousX
      @XcaptainXobliviousX 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      and if you wanna go oldschool, Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five were saying it on The Message way back in '82. you can still hear 'the message' echoing through time in tracks like Ganga's Paradise, among others. and more people are listening as the years go on. but it takes time.

  • @I.am.Meo.
    @I.am.Meo. 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Hard to believe it came out 25 years ago. And L.V. singing the chorus so sweetly...what a great song. I still love it!!

  • @stevenjefferies9415
    @stevenjefferies9415 3 ปีที่แล้ว +76

    Dude, I get goose bumps exactly when you do almost every time. The OG Gangster Rap Anthem. Amazing stuff. I loved this back in the day. Hell I love it today.

    • @jabreck1934
      @jabreck1934 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      It was a good day- Ice Cube.-
      Was my favorite back in the day

    • @jbjacobs9514
      @jbjacobs9514 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      OG Original Gangster by Ice-T...just sayin!

  • @lottelarsen2918
    @lottelarsen2918 3 ปีที่แล้ว +100

    "He didnt knock " 😢😢
    (People who have watched the movie will get it)
    Rest in peace Emilio 😢❤🙏(Wade)

    • @shikatsu
      @shikatsu 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      That made me so fricking mad....auuugh

    • @crystalford5964
      @crystalford5964 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      O I know 😥 honestly if o would've been her the cops would have been called cuz I would've punched him

    • @babysluss68
      @babysluss68 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Because he didnt knock???? she was rightly so very mad, she was making progress thrn boom literally.

    • @tonysanders2332
      @tonysanders2332 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      "What should I tell them? If they don't want to die, remember to knock?" :(

    • @babysluss68
      @babysluss68 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@tonysanders2332 that headmaster was a dick lets face it, just wish he had stayed at hers longer and gone with her, she wouldnt let that happen:(

  • @CieloAzulEstrella
    @CieloAzulEstrella 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    “ as I walk through the valley of shadow of death, I take a look at my life an realize there ain’t much left”. True , life isn’t promised . Not easy for many. Sad but true. Mmm this song can make one come back to reality and out of ones own daily life “ bubble “ of daily living where we are our own “ world/ universe “ and shows us that other ppl do still exist that there is a reality where ppl exist other than in our own lives. That bad things can and are still happening in a day to day basis weather it involves us or not... we get consumed in our own world and forget that others still exist and sometimes misery, mishaps, accidents and life threatening situations still happen and may cross in each other’s path, causing turmoil, death, pain and makes us wake up and connect to reality, the facts that things happen, that life is short/fleeting and at times painful. but we are not alone we can extend a hand to each other... though the song is sad it makes me feel strong instead.

  • @jennymcraw
    @jennymcraw 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    67 year old white woman here. Coolio! One of my favorite poets! Fine reaction.

  • @LA-fz5qw
    @LA-fz5qw 3 ปีที่แล้ว +536

    You should now to “Weird Al” Yankovic Amish Paradise since this is so fresh in your mind

  • @timrichards6761
    @timrichards6761 3 ปีที่แล้ว +58

    This is a classic! Unique sounds & styles blended together with a powerful message. I gotta use it cuz it's true...
    IT'S BRILLIANT!
    👍✌❤

  • @lacyedesouza2144
    @lacyedesouza2144 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    The movie that connected to this song is called “ Dangerous Minds” starring Michelle Pfeiffer.

  • @vannaty7
    @vannaty7 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Coolio went from rapper, to Chef, and Cookbook author. Dudes actually hella smart too! You need to check out the movie Dangerous minds. That song is in the movie, as well as actress Michelle Phieffer, the woman in this video. Another great video my friend, Anna

  • @deannar6
    @deannar6 3 ปีที่แล้ว +100

    If you liked the message of this song, then you would probably appreciate P.O.D.-Youth of a Nation. Pretty good message in that one.

    • @Speculativedude
      @Speculativedude 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      True, very underrated song.

    • @andyv2209
      @andyv2209 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Great song

    • @sersastark
      @sersastark 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes

    • @CP110
      @CP110 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Speculativedude It was high on the list of multiple charts around the world, definitely not underrated...

    • @Speculativedude
      @Speculativedude 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@CP110 I get what you are saying, but it usually isn't a song a lot of people think about. That's what I mean.

  • @crandyran
    @crandyran 3 ปีที่แล้ว +84

    Your quote: “In order to get better you gotta listen, soak shit up.” That’s just genius! Seriously! That’s the way I try everyday to live my life... my philosophy... try to go into someone else’s world and understand where they are coming from and by being so open minded to appreciate all this awesome music you are listening to you are inspiring others to LISTEN to one another and do the same. THANK YOU!!!

    • @gregwilliams9737
      @gregwilliams9737 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hell of a comment

    • @lindamaemullins5151
      @lindamaemullins5151 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      ❤️

    • @notinmycountry991
      @notinmycountry991 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yup. I try to tell people all the time; shut the f up and listen to people worth listening to. You learn and realize so much.

  • @cindylou3205
    @cindylou3205 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    This is one of the most abused and misused songs I've ever heard. This isn't a song about promoting gang life, either real or the insincere version in pop culture. It's a testimony to how messed up it is, how hard it is to learn anything else growing up in it, and the damage it does both to self and community. It's also partnered with a movie that admittedly has some white savior going on but also humanized kids in inner city schools and tried to show that they aren't the lost causes everyone writes them off as. It's one of the few songs that I get pissed off about when someone sings along happily to it. Thank you for listening to the lyrics.

  • @linarandel
    @linarandel 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Shoutout from Sweden here! I love,love,love your reactions, you make laugh everytime! I think I’ve seen almost all of your uploads, but this is the first time I’ve actually heard you sing, and I must say that you really have a very good voice, hope to hear more! 💕😀

  • @jeremyduncan4612
    @jeremyduncan4612 3 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    the brother in the background doing the chorus line is beast mode

  • @mud2294
    @mud2294 3 ปีที่แล้ว +65

    The best part of this song is that it doesn't have a single curse.
    You can hit hard and deep without them.

    • @illusion-of-choice
      @illusion-of-choice ปีที่แล้ว

      Except this 2:55

    • @etoileshine1011
      @etoileshine1011 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@illusion-of-choice Fool isn't a cuss word it's the same as calling someone a idiot.

  • @LadyMacbeth56
    @LadyMacbeth56 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The movie and the this sing are super deep. I watched when it came out in 95. Not a dry eye in the whole theater. Even the men where in tears.

  • @lepoetress
    @lepoetress 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    The original by Stevie Wonder is powerful and sadly, still seems relevant. Songs in the Key of Life was a monster album. Nearly every song a banger!!

  • @missp6778
    @missp6778 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    When you screamed “23!!” I died 😂😂😂😂

  • @julihayes7905
    @julihayes7905 3 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    "23!?!?!?" That cracked me up! 😂

    • @lightofall
      @lightofall 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hahahaha sammme

    • @lf170
      @lf170 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah, he's not 23. The character telling the "story" is 23.

  • @cole1062
    @cole1062 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    i remember this was one of the first songs i heard. my dad use to be embarrassed to play it in his nicer neighborhood. litterally one of the best songs of all time.

  • @timothykulak5556
    @timothykulak5556 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This was the JAM. I remember this playing 10 times a day, everyday on MTV during the summer of 95’, along with Shaggy - Mr bombastic. The following year all I remember being played on MTV was Bone Thugs - Crossroads and Tupac - California love

  • @susanbenson4201
    @susanbenson4201 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Hell yeah, this song and TLC’s Waterfalls, same year, blew up!!! Both of them so socially conscious.

    • @screamingdogcomedy
      @screamingdogcomedy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Waterfalls, maaaannnn... I haven't heard that song in a long while. Bet I still know the words though! I'm about to fo find out... thank you for the reminder!!!

    • @susanbenson4201
      @susanbenson4201 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Love that song!

  • @jabreck1934
    @jabreck1934 3 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    - it was a good day- Ice Cube

    • @jacqueline4514
      @jacqueline4514 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Didn't have to use my AK, LOL!!!

    • @jabreck1934
      @jabreck1934 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@jacqueline4514 right!!!
      I think it's the best known lyric in gangster rap. Even people that don't listen to rap know the line

    • @nickmorse2277
      @nickmorse2277 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      My name in lights on the Good Year Blimp 👊

    • @jacqueline4514
      @jacqueline4514 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jabreck1934 Ha! Yes, and it still sounds good!

    • @gwillis01
      @gwillis01 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Another vote for listening to "It was a good day" by Ice Cube

  • @ketomom4637
    @ketomom4637 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I’m a child of the 70’s, 80’s rap is the only rap! True talent and passion!

  • @cindycindy2894
    @cindycindy2894 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Some years ago my daughter in law took my son and some friends to Vegas for his 30th birthday. At some point they went into a little bar. Coolio happened to be hanging out there. They all wound up playing beer pong together !

  • @ChicagoDog1
    @ChicagoDog1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    You're honesty is relieving and a huge part of what makes you relatable. I smoke with you every day. Thanks for the company and the good music.

  • @TheSami92a
    @TheSami92a 3 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    "23 !?!?!?! YOU LOOK OLD AS.." LOL Coolio was 32 at the time

    • @stoneyp3748
      @stoneyp3748 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Lol

    • @Gutslinger
      @Gutslinger 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Damn. And here I thought he was actually 23 in that video since I was a kid. 😆

    • @vinniemoran7362
      @vinniemoran7362 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      He's telling the story of the kids depicted in the film.

    • @Gutslinger
      @Gutslinger 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@vinniemoran7362 So there's 23 year olds in highschool?

    • @vinniemoran7362
      @vinniemoran7362 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@Gutslinger Watch the guy (in the movie) he's actually singing about. He's no 16 year old.

  • @liliks14
    @liliks14 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Coolio is a real one who doesn't mince his words . truth bombs everywhere with zero warnings

  • @anglerfish61
    @anglerfish61 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    And the sad thing is Coolio never made it out. He is serving a sentence right now for I think drug trafficking

  • @MrSpaceAngel
    @MrSpaceAngel 3 ปีที่แล้ว +64

    Stivie Wonder let them sample his song "Pastime paradise" with one requirement - there must be not a single dirty word on the song.

    • @FromMeToYou77
      @FromMeToYou77 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      It doesn't always have to be dirty word's.

  • @KingTen91
    @KingTen91 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    This was my first hip hop cd.
    I was 10 years old. Lived with my dad up to that point before he sent me to live with my mom. She had started dating all black guys after my dad. She was with this guy who had just got out of prison for 10 years. When I was older he explained to me he was og blood. I don't have any experience with gangs or being in one but it was pretty surreal going to the club with him years later and having dudes come up to him every other song buying him drinks and shit and just showing respect. I guess he was somebody to them. I mean he was to me too but not on that level.
    Anyway, rewind. I was 10 years old, mom was visiting with friends (getting high) I was little white boy walking to the basketball court at the gov. housing with some of the other kids that lived in the apt she was going to (kids know to get out the house when shit like that's going on) and I fell behind for some reason. Can't remember. But I do remember looking down and finding this cd on the ground. Most of the cd didn't work because it was scratched so badly but this song played perfectly because I listened to it over and over and over again. I loved this song. My ears weren't trained enough to listen to that fast paced of lyrics yet. All my dad listened to was country and rock so rap was a new league. But even tho I couldn't tell what he was saying it spoke to me. I can't wait to play this song, amongst many others, for my children.

  • @Tinyoak2
    @Tinyoak2 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'm from middle of nowhere America and met my husband in the Army. He's from Brooklyn, NY and is the reason I can now name a chunk of 80's & '90's rap, hip hop, and R&B artists. The one thing he told me about Rap when we met was " Don't just hear it....Listen to what he (she) is saying". Coolio, TLC, Outkast, and Busta Rhymes were among my favorites. You might also like 'I'll C U when you get there." It has a similar message.

  • @ww21943
    @ww21943 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I feel like everyone my age (35) knows this song. It blew up when it came out.

  • @JennRighter
    @JennRighter 3 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    It's weird, listening to this song now hits much different than back then. The rap I listened to was the earliest days of Three Six Mafia, Trina, of course Ice Cube and Snoop and Dr. Dre, etc and before that N.W.A and so on. So I remember this song being much softer than it actually is, I guess versus the rest of what I was listening to. This is a REALLY good song.

  • @Ottawajames
    @Ottawajames 3 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    You should design a shirt that has your arm with goosebumps that says "Chills Activated"
    Any graphic artists out there? Send this man this design

    • @BeverlyHighland
      @BeverlyHighland 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Like this? imgur.com/AJenCYX
      I'm no expert at photoshop, but I'm pretty proud of this.

    • @simplyamazed4059
      @simplyamazed4059 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@BeverlyHighland Yes!! Please put it under regular comments so Leo sees it. I don't think he has time to read replies.

    • @BeverlyHighland
      @BeverlyHighland 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@simplyamazed4059 will do

    • @donakmarie
      @donakmarie 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @ Beverly Hyland, that’s perfect. Hell it⚡️s Brilliant!!!

    • @loricreel2463
      @loricreel2463 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@BeverlyHighland NICE!

  • @moonchild848
    @moonchild848 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    "HE'S 23?? 23?? I died laughing..

  • @christinaweinmangeriatrics1689
    @christinaweinmangeriatrics1689 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Yasss this is a classic. When this came out we all loved it.

  • @nanip2029
    @nanip2029 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    So excited you reacted to this, another great vid!🥰🎶👍🏼
    Can we all just take a moment to acknowledge how smokin' hot Michelle Pfeiffer is??? 😍

    • @babysluss68
      @babysluss68 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      she was on graham norton explaining how her kids get embarassed cos bruno used Michelle Pfeiffer that white gold in his song lol.

    • @angelabennett-engele1977
      @angelabennett-engele1977 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      She was my first girl crush! Haha!

  • @katieoberst490
    @katieoberst490 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I'm a handicapped, Midwestern, white chick in her 30s and I still remember all the words to this song lol. Music in the '90s was so awesome!!

  • @christopherlane5238
    @christopherlane5238 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This is one of those songs that takes me away and puts me RIGHT in the singers shoes. I can see the entire story in my minds eye. Thats not MY imagination, thats Coolio directing my thoughts and visions. Always a great song.

  • @nuggets4life430
    @nuggets4life430 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I love your emotion brother. Rest in Peace Coolio you music will never be forgotten.

  • @rb7007
    @rb7007 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    LOL! Yeah, he didn't look 23 at all!
    But it's such a great song! Coolio was very underrated in my opinion.
    I Love 90s Hip Hop!

  • @CrashCourseFarm
    @CrashCourseFarm 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Ok Leo .. now your doing it !! (48) white female ... and this song has been in my playlist NO MATTER WHAT PHONE / IPOD / MP3 ETC .. device I have ever had .... WATCH THE MOVIE !!
    suggestion Bonz Thug and harmony ...
    CROSSROADS

    • @sonjacottle788
      @sonjacottle788 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Same!!!! Except I’m 41, but yes to everything else!!!
      And yes please do Bone!!!!!

  • @Gutslinger
    @Gutslinger 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I loved this song since I was a kid. 29 now.. I remember playing this in my truck when I was 18 to show a friend (RIP) my sub system. Felt a kinda embarrassed playing it for him at the time, because I didn't know or have much rap, and figured that this song was probably something a casual out-of-date rap fan would be thumping. This and "Dear Momma" by Tupac. Lol
    Still love this song and that bass line that's playing through the verses.

  • @sersastark
    @sersastark 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    That's LEGENDARY actress Michelle Pfeiffer. This was from the movie Dangerous Minds where she played a marine officer brought into an inner city HS to straighten out a class that no one else would teach.

  • @Ottawajames
    @Ottawajames 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    Whoa...This takes me waaay back... Try "I wish" by Skee-Lo

    • @screamingdogcomedy
      @screamingdogcomedy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Oh man... I wish I was a little bit taller

    • @jerryhansen5116
      @jerryhansen5116 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I wish I was a baller.

    • @tookallyourmoney
      @tookallyourmoney 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I wish i had a girl who looked good, i would call her.

    • @tracyjohnson5023
      @tracyjohnson5023 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jerryhansen5116 🤣 I haven't thought about that song by Lil Troy in many years. Thank you for reminding me

  • @b2theran
    @b2theran 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I just posted this on Facebook the other day saying it was one of the best songs ever. If it still hits you 25 years later it's a classic banger. This still hits. Sorry for the additional comment lol

  • @tammymeade160
    @tammymeade160 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you for all your reactions!!❤ absolutely love your channel! Keep doing what you do!!!❤❤

  • @dethcat1312
    @dethcat1312 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I'm a huge metalhead, always have been, this is my all time favorite rap song, ppl are always shocked cuz I know it word for word. I bought the soundtrack long ago just for this song, it's badass

  • @desertdiver7614
    @desertdiver7614 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This won a Grammy for that movie. LV was from a gangsta rap group South Central Cartel outta L.A. in the 90's

  • @lisafraley386
    @lisafraley386 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Check out the movie Dangerous Minds with Michelle Pfieffer from the 90's, this song is on that soundtrack : )

  • @scoochman82
    @scoochman82 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I showed the wife a couple of your reaction videos and she was rolling! Especially to your Ram Jam one. Appreciate the content and reaction vids. This one was long over due...I was 13 when it came out and it was my first exposure to the rap genre.

  • @jenniferhoward574
    @jenniferhoward574 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love that you did this! The songs message still resonates today.

  • @klaptongroovemaster
    @klaptongroovemaster 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Now you need to do Weird Al's "Amish Paradise." They say Coolio got butthurt about it at first, but eventually found his sense of humor.

    • @RyanREAX
      @RyanREAX 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      He has no reason to get butt hurt when he stole the sample from Stevie Wonder.

    • @kanteannightmare
      @kanteannightmare 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Coolio did hate it though...

    • @tracyjohnson5023
      @tracyjohnson5023 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@RyanREAX Coolio used the sample with permission from Stevie. Supposedly Coolio got butt hurt because in his opinion the Amish parody took away from and made a joke of the message in coolios song.

    • @richerDiLefto
      @richerDiLefto 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Weird Al didn’t mean to use the song without permission and apologized for it later. He was told by the record company he had permission, but by the time he found out there was a miscommunication and he didn’t have the blessing of Coolio himself, the parody was already produced and put out into the world.

  • @jillbrown1276
    @jillbrown1276 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I really wish you’d react to Aretha Franklin “nessun dorma”
    One of the most famous opera singer was supposed to sing this song but ended up sick. Aretha stepped up and said: I can do this.. hold my phone!

    • @shannonbryan2191
      @shannonbryan2191 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      And she slayed! I second this request!

    • @valvergano313
      @valvergano313 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Pavarotti did it justice every, single, time that he did sing it. Lui non dormiva mai. "Nessun dorma"...sempre nel mio cuore ❤

  • @derekhardy7116
    @derekhardy7116 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Much love and respect to you and what you do. Keep keepin it real bro. You're fantastic!

  • @leannjent51
    @leannjent51 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This was MY JAM back in the day! RIP Coolio! ♥️

  • @maisiemc8130
    @maisiemc8130 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    This song uses Stevie Wonders "pasttime paradise"..great songs
    Live your reaction

  • @marilynk30
    @marilynk30 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    Love this song! This is from the movie Dangerous Minds! Great flick!

    • @tjtampa214
      @tjtampa214 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Great movie, great song. 🌷

    • @jhnorrell3280
      @jhnorrell3280 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Great movie

    • @toniannalimena3580
      @toniannalimena3580 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I agree 👍

    • @Annonymous0283745
      @Annonymous0283745 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      The movie was trash. I was one of her students. None of it ever happened.

    • @tracyjohnson5023
      @tracyjohnson5023 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Annonymous0283745 really? So LuAnn wasn't a good teacher?

  • @cherylhaynes3960
    @cherylhaynes3960 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    1995 was a great year for music. When my twins turned 21, I threw a 1995 music themed party for them. This song was the number one song that year. Yeah, I’m old. 😁

  • @jarred3636
    @jarred3636 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    LMFAO I don’t know how I came across this video but the “23?!” Had me rolllling 😂😂😂

  • @Jillyconjem
    @Jillyconjem 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This song has been playing in my head the last few days. Glad you’re reacting to this. You have to do Weird Al’s version now, too. (You have an amazing voice, btw.)

  • @mva5493
    @mva5493 3 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    the song was part of the Dangerous mind soundtrack

  • @philstone3859
    @philstone3859 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    You are absolutely right about listening. Especially with the kind of music you’re listening to now. You HAVE to find out what the artist is trying to say, the meaning behind the song. Some bands much more than others. Very, very important with some bands. The message is just as important as the song structure itself.
    And it just builds on your comprehension and enjoyment. If you have a song that sounds great and then figure out the powerful lyrics, it just blows you away. That’s what it’s about. We all get pickle skin. 🎆

  • @terrycollins7001
    @terrycollins7001 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Get goosebumps every time I hear this song. So glad my cuz got out.

  • @tomheinrichs7058
    @tomheinrichs7058 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    M.V, The song is the theme song for the profound 1995 movie “Dangerous Minds”.
    If you watch one more movie this year make sure that’s the one.
    It is well worth the watch.

  • @bkind2all76
    @bkind2all76 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Whoa seen those chill arms good today Leo👍

  • @gregwilliams9737
    @gregwilliams9737 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Absolutely ❤ how you let these songs hit you my friend... You Are Brilliant my friend... this was an Anthem to a lot of us....

  • @longhaullulu4814
    @longhaullulu4814 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    As your channel has grown, I have witnessed you grow. I get a since of joy watching your reactions. I love experiencing those aha moments with you.

  • @joaoferraz2826
    @joaoferraz2826 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    🔥🔥🔥🔥

  • @craigc1463
    @craigc1463 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Reaction Paradise! Another solid Mr.Video post, Leo!!

  • @pepethefrog6809
    @pepethefrog6809 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I can't listen to the version anymore where L.V ain't going "Ain't no gangsters living in paradise" at the end. That just adds so much more to the song.

  • @florenciaalvarez3213
    @florenciaalvarez3213 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Highly recommend that you see Dangerous Minds. This song was the main song on the soundtrack that’s why Michelle Pfeiffer is in the video. Michelle was in Scarface! Great song! Great movie. Sincere and honest reaction! Love ya lots Leo! ❤️🥰