Gangsta’s Paradise

Name: Gangsta’s Paradise
Duration: 4 min 1 s

~ Recording by Coolio featuring L.V.

Appears on releases

#	Title	Length	Track artist	Release title	Release artist	Release group type	Country/Date	Label	Catalog#
Official
2.3	Gangsta's Paradise	4:02	Coolio	All That Urban	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	AU2004	Warner Strategic Marketing Australia	5046719462
2.14	Gangsta’s Paradise	4:02	Coolio feat. L.V.	Media Markt Collection: Sommerhits Faktor 25	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	DE2004	Warner Strategic Marketing	5050467-0110-2-1
2.13	Gangsta's Paradise	4:01	Coolio	Hip Hop: The 2009 Collection	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	-2009-05-19	Universal Records (UMG subsidiary, “RECORDS” must be a part of the logo; read annotation)
2.2	Gangsta’s Paradise	4:01	Coolio	Anthems: R&B	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB2010-06-27	Ministry of Sound
2.2	Gangsta’s Paradise	4:01	Coolio feat. L.V.	Anthems: R&B	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB2010-06-27	Ministry of Sound
2.2	Gangsta’s Paradise	4:01	Coolio feat. L.V.	Anthems: R&B	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB2010-06-28	Ministry of Sound	MOSCD218
2.2	Gangsta’s Paradise	4:01	Coolio feat. L.V.	Anthems R&B	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB2010	Ministry of Sound	MOSCD218
2.6	Gangstas Paradise	4:00	Coolio feat. L.V.	Pure Hip Hop	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB2011	Warner.ESP	WMTV184
1.20	Gangsta’s Paradise	4:00	Coolio feat. L.V.	Black Flavour Club III	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	-2015-01-23

producer:	Doug Rasheed
vocals:	L.V. (US R&B singer Larry Sanders, known for “Gangsta’s Paradise”)

has remixes:	Gangsta’s Paradise (Candyland OG Version) (Tarraxa Remixed By DJ RADIKAL Feat Cristian Kizomba Paredes Leiva) (Tarraxa Remix By DJ RADIKAL Feat Cristian Kizomba Paredes Leiva) by Coolio (US rapper, actor, chef & record producer) Gangsta's Paradise (Cj Borika Remix) by Cj Borika (Electro) Gangsters Paradise (Candyland's OG Remix) (Candyland's OG Remix) by Coolio (US rapper, actor, chef & record producer) Gangsters Paradise (Hot Pockets bootleg) by Coolio (US rapper, actor, chef & record producer)
sampled by:	Age by Contopp nd #Sloppit# Caramella’s Paradise by Holo Bass (lead vocals) Driven by Contopp nd #Sloppit# Zabaci domaćine by Bad Copy (Serbian hip-hop crew) Пей пиво! by Дискотека Авария
samples:	Pastime Paradise by Stevie Wonder
mash-ups:	A Gangsta’s Blinding Lights of Paradise (Coolio vs. The Weeknd) by Talk Hard Productions Deadly Gangsta Mash-Up by Deadly Guns (Hardcore/gabber dj/producer Michael Augustus) Funk Paradise by Eneff12 Inner Heart + Gangsta's Paradise mashup (Touhou 7.5 + Coolio feat. L.V.) by 466 Stricken in Gangsta’s Paradise (Coolio vs. Disturbed) by Talk Hard Productions
edits:	Gangsta's Paradise (Mike & Me edit) by Coolio (US rapper, actor, chef & record producer)
music videos:	Gangsta’s Paradise by Coolio (US rapper, actor, chef & record producer) feat. L.V. (US R&B singer Larry Sanders, known for “Gangsta’s Paradise”)

part of:	Billboard: Greatest of All Time Hot 100 Songs (number: 98) (order: 99) Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (as of October 2023) (number: 166) (order: 166)

stream for free:	https://open.spotify.com/track/1DIXPcTDzTj8ZMHt3PDt8p [info]
other databases:	https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/titel-details-3110 [info]

recording of:	Gangsta’s Paradise

writer:	Artis L. Ivey Jr. (US rapper, actor, chef & record producer) Larry James Sanders (US R&B singer Larry Sanders, known for “Gangsta’s Paradise”) Doug Rasheed Stevie Wonder

publisher:	IQ Music Ltd. Jobete Music (appears also as: Jobete Msc.) Polygram International (renamed Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. circa 1998)

referred to in medleys:	Road to Bowser’s Paradise
later parody versions:	AlGore Paradise Amish Paradise Canadian Paradise Shepherd's Paradise
later translated parody versions:	Ganske hyggeligt paradis Paratiisihumppa Smurfenpicknick
is based on:	Pastime Paradise
music quoted in:	Alibi