Compare prices before you buy. Coolio has a strong sense of style, beats, lyrics and innovations.
Songs begin to lose their edge halfway through, still hardcore enough to scare the mainstream.
A strong album with which Coolio developed his style that would later take rap to the top of the charts in a big way. It takes a thief was his stepping-stone to the big time. His 1995 album Ganstas Paradise, blew the roof off the music scene and became one of the most successful rap crossovers ever, but it was It takes a thief that established Coolio as a respected artisan within the rap genre. Among the last of the Gangsta Rappers, Coolio is one of the few who managed to make this stony genre blossom. Muze Inc. For personal non-commercial use only.