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It Takes a Thief (album)

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Released
  
July 19, 1994

Length
  
59:14

Release date
  
19 July 1994

Recorded
  
1993-94

Artist
  
Coolio

Label
  
Tommy Boy Entertainment

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Producer
  
Paul Stewart, Dobbs The Wino, Rashad Coles, Billy Boy, Crazy Toones, CS Coleman

It Takes a Thief (1994)
  
Gangsta's Paradise (1995)

Genres
  
Gangsta rap, Hip hop music, West Coast hip hop, G-funk

Similar
  
Coolio albums, G-funk albums, Other albums

It Takes a Thief is the debut studio album by American rapper Coolio. It was released on July 19, 1994 on Warner Bros. Records. The album received praise for bringing a humorous and lighthearted perspective to often violent and profane themes of typical Gangsta rap.

Contents

"Fantastic Voyage", a hit from the early 1980s, returned to the charts after Coolio released a song of the same name from this album. The song received regular airplay on MTV and became his breakout hit, peaking at #3 in the US. Songs "Smokin Stix", "Can-o-Corn" and "Sticky Fingers" first appeared in the film Poetic Justice.

Track listing

  1. "Fantastic Voyage (Timber mix)" 5:32
  2. "County Line" 2:57
  3. "Mama, I'm in Love wit a Gangsta" (feat. LeShaun) 4:09
  4. "Hand on My Nutsac" 3:28
  5. "Ghetto Cartoon (include's Cleo's Mood)" 3:13
  6. "Smokin' Stix" 3:20
  7. "Can-o-Corn" 3:40
  8. "U Know Hoo!" (feat. WC) 3:51
  9. "It Takes a Thief" 5:06
  10. "Bring Back Somethin' fo da Hood" 3:11
  11. "N da Closet" 3:51
  12. "On My Way to Harlem" 3:13
  13. "Sticky Fingers" 2:59
  14. "Thought You Knew" 3:19
  15. "Ugly Bitches" 4:06
  16. "I Remember" (feat. J-Ro and Billy Boy) 4:47

Samples

  • "Bring Back Somethin Fo Da Hood"
  • "Dem N****s Ain't Playin'" by The Watts Prophets
  • "Seven Minutes of Funk" by The Whole Darn Family
  • "Lover Jones" by Johnny Guitar Watson
  • "Genius of Love" by Tom Tom Club
  • "Ghetto Cartoon"
  • "Cleo's Mood" by Willie Mitchell
  • "Fantastic Voyage"
  • "Fantastic Voyage" by Lakeside
  • "Hand On My Nutsac"
  • "Hihache" by Lafayette Afro Rock Band
  • "It Takes a Thief"
  • "Good Ole Music" by Funkadelic
  • "2001" by The Cecil Holmes Soulful Sounds
  • "I Remember"
  • "Cowboys to Girls" by The Intruders
  • "Tomorrow's Dream" by Al Green
  • "Synthetic Substitution" by Melvin Bliss
  • "One Man Band (Plays All Alone)" by Monk Higgins
  • "Mama, I'm in Love wit a Gangsta"
  • "Mystic Voyage" by Roy Ayers
  • "N Da Closet"
  • "Zimba Ku" by Black Heat
  • "Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)" by Marvin Gaye
  • "Let 'Em In" by Wings
  • "Body Talk" by Eddie Kendricks
  • "Sticky Fingers"
  • "The Payback" by James Brown
  • "Black Man, White Woman" by Richard Pryor
  • "It Feels So Good" by Grover Washington, Jr.
  • "Buffalo Gals" by Malcolm McLaren
  • "Throw Ya Gunz" by Onyx
  • "Thought You Knew"
  • "Hobo Scratch" by Malcolm McLaren and World's Famous Supreme Team
  • "Ugly B****es"
  • "Oh Honey" by Delegation
  • "Smokin' Stix"
  • "You Got It I Want It" by B.T. Express
  • "Who Got Da Props" by Black Moon
  • "County Line"
  • "Mango Meat" by Mandrill
  • "More Bounce to the Ounce" by Zapp
  • "Hit and Run" by Bar-Kays
  • "The Message" by Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five
  • "Children's Story" by Slick Rick
  • "Can-O-Corn"
  • "Everlasting Love" by Rufus & Chaka Khan

    • Songs

    1Fantastic Voyage (Timber mix)5:34
    2County Line2:58
    3Mama I'm In Love Wit A Gangsta (Album Mix)4:10

    References

    It Takes a Thief (album) Wikipedia
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