Coolio ‘Gangsta’s Paradise 25th Anniversary’ Re-release

2020 marks the 25th Anniversary of the release of Coolio’s pivotal and best-selling album, “Gangsta’s Paradise.” To celebrate the anniversary, Tommy Boy will re-release this critically-acclaimed album on 2xLP (180 gram, red vinyl) (In limited quantities) and on CD. The release will happen the day before Record Store Day, April 17th, 2020. UPDATE: The release date has been pushed to June 19th, 2020.

The album, originally released in 1995, produced three hit singles: the title track “Gangsta’s Paradise” (first used in the 1995 film Dangerous Minds, starring Michelle Pfeiffer), “1, 2, 3, 4 (Sumpin’ New)”, and “Too Hot.” The album received a Grammy nomination for Best Rap Album, with lead-single “Gangsta’s Paradise”, taking home the Grammy Award for Best Rap Solo Performance in 1996.

Certified 3x platinum by the RIAA in the US, the album’s three singles all went on to hit the Billboard Hot 100, with “Gangsta’s Paradise” hitting the #1 spot as well as many other pop charts around the world. Re-mastered from the original analog tapes by Joe LaPorta at Sterling Sound, the 25th anniversary release also features unreleased mixes of hit single, “1, 2, 3, 4 (Sumpin’ New)”. In addition to vinyl and CD, the re-mastered album will also be released digitally.

Record Store Day 2020 is April 18th Nationwide. Other releases that day will be;

Bone Thugs-N-Harmony – Creepin’ On Ah Come Up
Death Piggy – Welcome To The Record (compilation of Dave Brockie’s pre-GWAR band’s EPs)
Eminem – “My Name Is”/”Bad Guys Always Die”
Fleetwood Mac – The Alternate Rumours (alternate takes for whole album)
Galaxie 500 – Copenhagen (live album from final date of 1990 UE tour)
Judas Priest – British Steel — Limited Edition 40th Anniversary Edition
June of 44 – Engine Takes To The Water and Tropics and Meridians
Kinks – The Kink Kronikles
Meat Puppets – Meat Puppets
Miles Davis – Double Image: Rare Miles From the Complete Bitches Brew Sessions
Odd Future – The OF Tape Vol. 2 (available on neon purple or neon pink vinyl)
Pale Saints – Mrs. Dolphin (first vinyl pressing for Japan-only CD compilation now with more tracks)
Ravi Shankar – Chants of India
Slint – “Breadcrumb Trail” b/w “Good Morning, Captain”
Spacehog – Resident Alien
Sun Ra – Egypt ’71
Terry Hall – Home (1994 solo debut from Specials/Fun Boy 3 frontman)
The Cure – Bloodflowers (picture disc)
The London Suede – The London Suede
The Notorious B.I.G. – It Was All A Dream: The Notorious B.I.G. 1994-1999
The Ramones – It’s Alive II (Live at Victoria Hall, Stoke-On-Trent, Staffordshire, Dec, 29, 1977)
The Replacements – The Complete Inconcerated Live (3LP set featuring a complete live show recorded at University of Wisconsin in 1989)
The Who – Odds and Sods Deluxe (14 bonus tracks)
The Wolfgang Press – Unremembered, Remembered (demos for what would have been the 4AD band’s final album)
Various Artists – This Are Two Tone (classic Two Tone ska comp)
The Specials – The Dubs (three never released dub versions)
Tones on Tail – Pop (first-ever vinyl reissue of post-Bauhaus band)
Tyler, the Creator – Cherry Bomb / Cherry Bomb instrumentals
Various Artists – Sweet Relief: A Benefit for Victoria Williams
Various Artists – The Virgin Suicides (Music From The Motion Picture)
Various Artists – Austin Powers — International Man of Mystery (first time on vinyl, songs from Edwyn Collins, Susanna Hoffs, Broadcast and more)
Wipers – Is This Real–Anniversary Edition