構成数 | 1枚

合計収録時間 | 00:58:38

Personnel includes: Coolio (rap, background vocals); 40 Thevz (rap); Troy "Talk Box" Mason, The Dramatics, Ras Kass, Lashanda Dendy, Wil Wheaton, Julius Carey, Blue, Diane Gordon, Montell Jordan, Iesha Lot, Terri Tobin, Katrina Harper, Jeffrey Robinson, Alfie Silas, Charlia Boyer, Al Wilson (background vocals); Romeo, J&P Freeman, Ronnie Jones, Stan "The Guitar Man" Jones, Wa Wa Watson, Mr. Guche, Vic C., Keith Williams, Darrel Crooks, Clifford Felix, Athoas Brown, Dwayne Augustine, Mark Cargil, Curtis Boshey, Ronnie King, Vendon Smith. Producers include: Wino, Mr. Dominique De Romeo, Jammin James Carter, I-Roc, and OJI Pierce. Personnel: Coolio (background vocals); 40 Thevz (rap vocals); Iesha Lot, Diane Gordon, Lashanna Dendy, Jeff Robinson, Teri Tobin, Troy Mason, Julius Carey, Blue, Charlia Boyer, Katrina Harper, Al Wilson, Alfie Silas, Montell Jordan, Ras Kass, The Dramatics, Wil Wheaton (background vocals). Audio Mixers: Dave Pensado; Bob Morse . Recording information: Echo Sound. Photographers: Michael Miller ; Stephen Stickler. Unknown Contributor Roles: Vendon Smith; Dwayne Agustine; Mr. Guche; P. Freeman; Marc Cargile; Clifford Felix; Athoas Brown; Ronnie ?; Curtis Boshey; Keith Williams; Jeffery Freeman; Ronnie King; Stan Jones ; Wah Wah Watson; Darrell Crooks. By the late '90s, Coolio began looking like one of the only rap artists that mattered. With Public Enemy out of the picture, the deaths of Tupac and B.I.G., KRS-One doing Sprite commercials and every body else too busy dodging bullets to make music, Coolio found himself the default king of Hip-Hop at the close of the millennium. For his part, it seems Coolio would prefer the role of good-humored Court Jester. Coolio's stream-of-consciousness lyrics often follow disparate tangents to their logical (or illogical) conclusion, with rhyming the only prerequisite. Even so, he manages to get a couple of messages across, such as his comments on the duplicitous nature of the drug smuggler on "Nature of the Business" and his ode to true friends; "Homeboy." The serious nature of these topics is undercut by left-field touches like '70s R&B vocal group The Dramatics crooning "The Devil Is Dope." It's on the all-out party tunes "One Mo", "Throwdown 2000" and "Can I Get Down 1x" that Coolio's soul shines brightest. Rap, after all, began as party music, and King Coolio seems bent on returning it to those glory days.

エディション | PA

録音 | ステレオ (Studio)