Coolio has died

[Mr. Laser Beam]

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No word yet on a cause of death.

 

[Admiral2]

Rule Gangsta's Paradise, my brother...

 

[Amaris]

This one was a surprise. He was only 59.

Rest in peace.

 

[Random_Spock]

Was in shock by this happening.

May he rest in peace.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

In hindsight, it was stupid of me to say something about [Yankovic] doing a parody of 'Gangsta's Paradise". I mean, he did Michael Jackson, he did Prince. You know, people who were definitely more talented than I am. I think Prince did say something... but he wasn't very vocal about it like I was. And it just made me look dumb... It was one of the dumb things I did. And I'm willing to admit I did something stupid.

Regarding "Amish Paradise"

 

[Unicron]

This seems a bit appropriate...

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"Amish Paradise" is possibly one of the best parodies ever written, not least because the Amish aren't likely to watch or complain about it.

 

[CorporalCaptain]

"Gangsta's Paradise" doesn't exist without Stevie Wonder's "Pastime Paradise." It also doesn't exist without the 23rd Psalm.

Still, "Gangsta's Paradise" is hands down among the best songs written in history.

Trite, maybe, to comment on a person's legacy by mentioning their biggest hit, but there it is.

RIP, Coolio.

 

[Set Harth]

 

[The Wormhole]

Regarding "Amish Paradise"

The whole situation with Amish Paradise was a massive miscommunication between all involved. Weird Al had the record label's permission, and mistakenly assumed they had already sought out Coolio's consent. After this incident, Weird Al has made a point to personally get the singer's consent as well as the label's so that he can be certain he isn't offending anyone. I'm not sure if there have been any singers since who have refused Weird Al's request to parody their song. The closest I can think of is actually a record label withdrawing their consent after first granting it, in this case regarding Weird Al's parody of James Blunt's Beautiful. Blunt himself was enthusiastic about being parodied by Weird Al, and even got to hear the parody song, called Pitiful and absolutely loved it. Because of this, Weird Al decided to release the song as a free single, the only legal way he could release it without the label's consent.

Guess I did go off on a bit of a tangent there.