Coolio – The Very Best

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Label:	Tommy Boy – TFCK-87732
Format:	CD, Compilation
Country:	Japan
Released:	Mar 23, 2001
Genre:	Hip Hop
Style:	Gangsta, Pop Rap, Thug Rap

Tracklist

1	Fantastic Voyage (Timber Mix) Remix – Joey Gardner Written-By – F. Alexander, Jr., M. Woods, Jr., M. Craig, N. Bervers, O. Stokes, S. Shockley, T. Shelby, T. McCain	5:34
2	Sumpin' New Producer – Poison Ivey Written-By – A. Sear*	3:22
3	Ooh La La La Musician – Mr Guche, Keith Williams Written-By – D. Manno, D. Warren, G. Jones, L. Dunbar, R. Shakespeare	4:07
4	N Da Closet Written-By – F. Wilson, J. Nyx, K. Wakefield, M. Gaye	3:52
5	Get Up Get Down Mixed By – Mark Nathan (6) Vocals [Additional] – Leek Ratt, Malika (2), PS, Ras Kass, Shorty (2), WC Written-By – B. Maupin, H. Hancock, L. Petty, P. Jackson, W. Rooney, W. Calhoun*	5:33
6	One Mo Backing Vocals [Background Vocals] – Troy "Talkbox" Mason Musician – Romeo, J&P Freeman, My Neighbor Ronnie* Rap [Additional Rap Vocals] – 40 Thevz Written-By – C. Frantz, L. Evon, L. Weymouth, M. Tules, S. Stanley, T. Weymouth	3:45
7	Mama, I'm In Love Wit A Gangsta Featuring – LeShaun Written-By – M. Isley, R. Ayers	4:10
8	Too Hot Backing Vocals [Background Vocals] – J.T. Taylor Written-By – G. Brown*	3:39
9	Can I Get Down Producer – Ray Parker Jr., Wino Written-By – R. Parker*	3:45
10	County Line	2:58
11	Gangsta's Paradise Backing Vocals [Background Vocals] – Trinna Simmons Featuring, Backing Vocals [Background Vocals] – L.V.* Mixed By – Kevin Davis Producer – Doug Rasheed Written-By – D. Rasheed, L. Sanders, S. Wonder*	4:03
12	My Soul Musician – Athoas Brown, Mark Cargil* Producer [Associate] – Kelvin "K2Dat" Taylor* Written-By – G. Vannelli*	4:17
13	Sticky Fingers	3:00
14	Smilin' Backing Vocals [Background Vocals] – Baby G Co-producer – Reece Carter Instruments [All] – Romeo, Jammin' James Producer – Dominic Aldridge "Romeo"* Written-By – S. Stewart*	4:10
15	Hit 'Em Producer – I-Roc, Jammin James Carter* Written-By – D. Wimbley, D. Robinson, M. Morales, S. Williams (8), S. Charles	4:24
16	I Remember Co-producer – Spoon, Coolio Featuring – Billy Boy, J-Ro Of The Alkaholiks Producer – Gary "G-Luv" Herd* Written-By – A. Green, K. Gamble, L. Huff, Mitchell*	4:48
17	For My Sistas Backing Vocals [Background Vocals] – Lashanna Dendy* Bass – Andrew Gouche Guitar – Darryl Crookes* Mixed By – Oji*	4:28
18	C U When U Get There Backing Vocals [Background Vocals] – Alfie Silas, Charlia Boyer, Jeffrey Robinson, Katrina Harper Featuring [Feat.] – 40 Thevz Musician – Curtis Boshey, Mark Cargile*, Ronnie King, Vendon Smith	5:12

Companies, etc.

Licensed From – Tommy Boy Music
Manufactured By – Toy's Factory Records, Inc.
Produced For – Jams R Us
Produced For – Poison Ivey Music
Produced For – Adwin Productions
Produced For – Wino Funk Music
Produced For – Straight Ahead Entertainment
Produced For – 100% Legit Entertainment
Produced For – Oji Music
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Tommy Boy Music
Copyright © – Tommy Boy Music
Published By – T-Boy Music
Published By – Boo Daddy Publishing
Published By – Portrait/Solar Songs, Inc.
Published By – Circle L Publishing
Published By – Screen Gems-EMI Music Inc.
Published By – Tom Browne Publishing, Inc.
Published By – Roaring Fork Music
Published By – Music Corporation Of America, Inc.
Published By – Oji Music
Published By – Grace Jones Enterprises, Ltd.
Published By – PolyGram International Publishing, Inc.
Published By – Jobete Music Co., Inc.
Published By – Stone Diamond Music Corp.
Published By – Lek Ratt Music
Published By – Fat Jizzy Music
Published By – PS Productions (2)
Published By – Basspipe Music
Published By – Wino Funk Music
Published By – Orul Ceks Music
Published By – Hancock Music
Published By – Duitall Music
Published By – Pookie Straughter Music
Published By – Bar-Kays Music
Published By – Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp.
Published By – Roy Ayers Ubiquity
Published By – WB Music Corp.
Published By – EMI April Music Inc.
Published By – Bovina Music, Inc.
Published By – Second Decade Music
Published By – Raydio
Published By – Gambi Music Inc.
Published By – Black Bull Music, Inc.
Published By – Tee Girl Music
Published By – Large Variety Music
Published By – Madcastle Productionz
Published By – PolyGram Music Publishing, Inc.
Published By – AHMP 926 Music
Published By – Almo Music Corp.
Published By – Sugar Hill Music
Published By – Straight Ahead Entertainment
Published By – Mijac Music
Published By – Kuwa Music
Published By – Irving Music, Inc.
Published By – Al Green Music, Inc.
Published By – EMI Blackwood Music Inc.
Published By – Maverick Music Inc.
Recorded At – Echo Sound
Mixed At – Larrabee Sound Studios
Mixed At – Echo Sound

Credits

Artwork – Kobayashi Taxi
Backing Vocals [Background Vocals] – Coolio (tracks: 12, 15), Gat* (tracks: 1, 4), Ras Kass (tracks: 12, 15)
Bass – Clinton Sands* (tracks: 4, 7, 16), Stan "The Guitar Man" Jones* (tracks: 1, 5, 13)
Compiled By [Tracks] – Takashi Futatsugi
Guitar – Stan "The Guitar Man" Jones* (tracks: 5, 8)
Keyboards, Bass – "Roy Dog" Pennon* (tracks: 5, 8)
Lead Guitar – Stan "The Guitar Man" Jones* (tracks: 1, 13)
Liner Notes [Lyrics Translated By] – Miyuki Watanabe Myrthil
Liner Notes [解説] – 二木崇*, 八田誠
Mixed By – Bob Morse (tracks: 6, 8, 9, 15, 17), Dave Pensado (tracks: 3, 12, 18), Rob Chiarelli (tracks: 2, 14)
Musician – Dwayne Augustine (tracks: 12, 18), Stan "The Guitar Man" Jones* (tracks: 6, 12, 15)
Producer – Brian Dobbs "The Wino"* (tracks: 5, 8), Dobbs The Wino (tracks: 1, 4, 7, 10, 13), James Carter "Jammin' James"* (tracks: 2, 14), Mr. Dominique De Romeo (tracks: 6, 12, 18), Oji Pierce (tracks: 3, 17)
Recorded By – Bob Morse (tracks: 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18)
Written-By – A. Jones* (tracks: 6, 10), A. Ivey* (tracks: 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10, 12, 13, 15, 16, 18), A. Ivey, Jr.* (tracks: 2, 5, 8, 11, 14, 17), B. Dobbs* (tracks: 1, 5, 8 to 10, 13), C. Allen* (tracks: 6, 10), C. Jasper* (tracks: 7, 17), C. Chase* (tracks: 6, 13), D. Aldridge* (tracks: 6, 12, 14, 18), E. Fletcher* (tracks: 6, 13), E. Isley* (tracks: 7, 17), F. Thompson* (tracks: 6, 10), H. Henderson* (tracks: 6, 10), H. Straughter* (tracks: 5, 6, 18), J. Alexander* (tracks: 6, 10), J. Carter* (tracks: 14, 15), J. Austin* (tracks: 5, 12, 15), L. Dodson* (tracks: 6, 10), L. Smith* (tracks: 6, 10), M. Straughter* (tracks: 5, 6, 18), M. Bradford* (tracks: 5, 9), M. Bynum* (tracks: 6, 10), M. Glover* (tracks: 6, 13), M. Beard* (tracks: 6, 10), O. Isley* (tracks: 7, 17), O. Pierce* (tracks: 3, 17), R. Isley* (tracks: 7, 17), R. Isley* (tracks: 7, 17), S. Guy* (tracks: 6, 10), S. Robinson* (tracks: 6, 13), W. Stewart* (tracks: 6, 10)

Notes

Track 1:
Published by T-Boy Music/Boo Daddy Publishing/Portrait-Solar Songs, Inc./Circle L Publishing (ASCAP).
Sample of "Fantastic Voyage" performed by Lakeside.

Track 2:
Produced for James R Us and Poison Ivey Music.
Published by T-Boy Music/Boo Daddy (ASCAP)/Screen Gems-EMI Music, Inc. (BMI).
Contains elements from "Thighs High (Grip Your Hips More)" (Browne/Smith/Bunch/Grusin). Tom Browne Publishing, Inc./Roaring Fork Music (admin. by Music Corporation Of America, Inc.) (BMI). Performed by Tom Browne. "Wikka Wrap" (Sear). Screen Gems-EMI Music, Inc. (BMI). Performed by The Evasions.

Track 3:
Produced for Adwin Productions.
Published by T-Boy Music LLC/Boo Daddy Publishing (ASCAP)/Oji Music (BMI)/Grace Jones Enterprises/PolyGram International (ASCAP).
Recorded at Echo Sound.
Mixed at Larrabee.

Track 4:
Published by T-Boy Music/Boo Daddy Publishing/Jobete Music Co, Inc. (ASCAP)/Stone Diamond Music Corp. (BMI).
Contains elements from "Inner City Blues (Makes Me Wanna Holler)" performed by Marvin Gaye and "Body Talk" performed by Eddie Kendricks.

Track 5:
Produced for Wino Funk Music.
Published by T-Boy Music/Boo Daddy Publishing/Lek Ratt Music/Fat Jizzy/PS Productions/Basspipe Music (ASCAP)/Wino Funk Music/Opul Ceks Music/Hancock Music (BMI).
Contains an interpolation from "Chameleon" (Hancock). Hancock Music (BMI).

Track 6:
Produced for Straight Ahead Entertainment.
Published by T-Boy Music LLC/Boo Daddy Publishing (ASCAP)/Du It All (BMI)/Lek Ratt Music/Pookie Straughter (ASCAP)/Bar-Kay Music/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp (BMI)/PolyGram International (ASCAP).
Recorded at Echo Sound.
Mixed at Larrabee.
Contains elements of "Wordy Rappinghood" as performed by The Tom Tom Club.

Track 7:
Published by T-Boy Music/Boo Daddy Publishing/Roy Ayers Ubiquity, Inc. (all rights admin. by WB Music Corp)/EMI-April Music, Inc./Bovina Music, Inc. (ASCAP).
Contains elements from "Mystic Voyage" performed by Roy Ayers and "Coolin Me Out" performed by The Isley Bros.

Track 8:
Produced for Wino Funk Music.
Published by T-Boy Music/Boo Daddy Publishing (ASCAP)/Wino Funk Music/Second Decade Music (admin. by Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp) (BMI).
Contains an interpolation from "Too Hot" (G. Brown). Second Decade Music (admin. by Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp) (BMI).

Track 9:
Published by T-Boy Music LLC/Boo Daddy Publishing/Wino Funk Music/Fat Jizzy (ASCAP)/Raydio (BMI).
Recorded and mixed at Echo Sound.

Track 10:
Published by T-Boy Music/Boo Daddy Publishing (ASCAP)/Wino Funk/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (BMI)/Gambi Music, Inc.
Contains elements from "Hit & Run" performed by The Bar-Kays and "Childrens Story" by Slick Rick and "The Message" performed by Grandmaster Melle & The Furious Five.

Track 11:
Published by T-Boy Music/Boo Daddy Publishing/Jobete Music Co., Inc./Black Bull Music, Inc. (ASCAP)/T-Girl Music/Large Variety Music/Madcastle Productionz/PolyGram Music Publishing (BMI).
Contains a sample from "Pastime Paradise" (S. Wonder) Jobete Music Co., Inc./Black Bull Music, Inc. (ASCAP). Performed by Stevie Wonder.

Track 12:
Produced for Straight Ahead Entertainment.
Associate producer [...] for 100% Legit Entertainment.
Published by T-Boy Music LLC/Boo Daddy Publishing/AHMP 926 (ASCAP)/Du It All (BMI)/Almo Music (ASCAP).
Recorded at Echo Sound.
Mixed at Larrabee.

Track 13:
Published by T-Boy Music/Boo Daddy Publishing (ASCAP)/Sugar Hill Music/Wino Funk (BMI).
Contains elements from "Buffalo Gals" performed by Malcolm McLaren.

Track 14:
Produced for Straight Ahead Entertainment and Jams R Us Productions.
Published by T-Boy Music/Boo Daddy Publishing (ASCAP)/Jams R Us Productions/Straight Ahead Entertainment/Mijac Music (admin. by Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp) (BMI).
Contains an interpolation from "You Caught Me Smiling" (Stewart). Mijac Music (admin. by Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp) (BMI).

Track 15:
Published by T-Boy Music LLC/Boo Daddy Publishing/AHMP 926 (ASCAP)/Jams R Us (BMI)/Kuwa (ASCAP).
Recorded at Echo Sound.
Mixed at Larrabee.

Track 16:
Published by T-Boy Music/Boo Daddy Publishing (ASCAP)/Irving Music, Inc./Al Green Music, Inc./Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp./Mijac Music/EMI-Blackwood Music, Inc. (all rights admin. by Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp.) (BMI).
Contains elements from "Tomorrow's Dream" performed by Al Green.

Track 17:
Produced for Oji Music.
Published by T-Boy Music/Boo Daddy Publishing/Oji Music/Maverick Music, Inc./Bovina Music, Inc./EMI-April Music, Inc. (ASCAP).
Contains an interpolation from "Make Me Say It Again Girl" (R. Isley/O. Isley/R. Isley/E. Isley/C. Jasper) Bovina Music, Inc./EMI-April Music, Inc. (ASCAP).

Track 18:
Produced for Straight Ahead Entertainment.
Published by T-Boy Music LLC/Boo Daddy Productions (ASCAP)/Du It All (BMI)/Lek Ratt Music (ASCAP)/Pookie Straughter Music (ASCAP).
Recorded at Echo Sound.
Mixed at Larrabee Studio.

40 Thevz appear courtesy of Mercury Records.
J.T. Taylor from Kool & The Gang appears courtesy of Curb/Legend.
Ras Kass appears courtesy of Patchwerk/Priority Records.

Manufactured by Toy's Factory, Tokyo, Japan.
Licensed from Tommy Boy Music.
℗ © 2001 Tommy Boy Music.

Comes with obi, includes foldout leaflet and booklet. Booklet contains liner notes in Japanese, lyrics in English with Japanese translations.
Track duration from PC.

Track 1 title listed as "Fantastic Voyage (Timber Mix)" on leaflet and back inlay and as "Fantastic Voyage" on booklet.
Track 2 title listed as "Sumpin' New" on leaflet and back inlay and as "Sumpin' New (1, 2, 3, 4)" on booklet.
Track 9 title listed as "Can I Get Down" on leaflet and back inlay and as "Can I Get Down 1X" on booklet.
Track 14 title listed as "Smilin'" on leaflet and back inlay and as "Smilin" on booklet.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode (Text): 4 988061 877327
Mastering SID Code: IFPI L223
Mould SID Code: IFPI 39A6
Matrix / Runout: TFCK-87732 1M2 C 11
Rights Society: JASRAC
Rights Society: ASCAP
Rights Society: BMI

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