Coolio Album: “Cool Magnifico [Clean]”

Coolio in my opinion has basically been gettin better and better as his carrer has gone but his amount of fame and radion play has been a bit up and down. This album has coolios showing a bit more maturity in some songs like "what is an mc" but he also has some fun and catchy songs like "I like girls"(possibly my favourite track", this album also has a few well credited artists such as B-real of cypress hill, daz dillinger of the dogg pound and krayzie bone of bone thugs n harmony. I highly reccomend this album to any fan of coolio's.

Coolio is back with his first album since 1997's "My Soul" and he returns with a very solid, but underrated album. Since "Gangsta's Paradise" came out in 1995, Coolio hasn't gotten the props he deserves. I'll go through the tracks.

1.Shake It Up - Bouncy party type track. Not bad, pretty catchy (3.25/5)

2.Gangbangers (Ft Daz and Spade) - I like this beat. It's mellowed out and cool, but you have to be in a type of mood for it (3.25/5)

3.What Is A MC - Coolio brings heat on this one. A funky beat with some elements of rock and catchy lyrics make this one of the best on the album (4.5/5)

4.Show Me Love - Very nice track with a great message. A laid back Coolio pledges to fellow homeboys to chill out and don't trip. Don't hate (4/5)

5.Ghetto Square Dance - You could almost call this one a classic. Great uptempo party rap song reminescent of "Ooh La La" (4.75/5)

6.I Like Girls - Props to DJ Tommek for making such an original beat and it has me stunned. I have mixed opinions on the beat, which is weird but at the end of the day it's cool. (4/5)

7.Still Be Mine - Actually don't mind the beat, but it's to simple and get's very boring. (3/5)

8.Sunshine - Not a fan of this one (2/5)

9.Island Hop - I find this to be an entertaining fresh beat and it does remind me of tropical islands and exotic women (4.25/5)

10.The Gambler (ft Kenny Rogers) - Something very different and wasn't a fan when i first heard it on the album. But it grew on me. many criticise, but i give coolio his props, it's cool (4.5/5)

11. The Partay - Not bad, that's about all i can say (3.5/5)

12. Somebody Gotta Die (ft Krayzie Bone) - Not my type of beat but looking with an open mind it's not a bad beat (3.25/5)

13. Hear Me Now - Now this is some killer G-Funk. I love the beat and coolio flows pretty well on this one too. Kinda sounds like a "Fredwreck" (producer) type beat. (4.5/5)

14. Knockout Kings - Not a fan (3/5)

15. Skirrt (ft B-Real) - Love this one too, top beat and some great rapping. One to bump in ya trunk. 4.25/5.

The 2 bonus tracks you can skip, don't know why they were added!

This is a great album from front to back. The first track is my favorite but Sunshine is great too, I highly recommend for any Coolio fan!

this is a good coolio album.

the bass in the music is wild, the production is cool, and u can party to it.

coolio also shows that he is better when he did "hip pop".

this is a must have