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It Takes a Thief (album)

It Takes a Thief
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Studio album by Coolio
Released July 19, 1994
Recorded 1993-94
Genre Gangsta rap, West Coast hip hop, G-funk
Length 59:14
Label Tommy Boy/Warner Bros. Records
Producer Paul Stewart, Dobbs The Wino, Rashad Coles, Billy Boy, Crazy Toones, CS Coleman
Coolio chronology
It Takes a Thief
(1994)		 Gangsta's Paradise
(1995)
Singles from It Takes a Thief
  1. "County Line"
    Released: 1993
  2. "I Remember"
    Released: 1994
  3. "Fantastic Voyage"
    Released: March 8, 1994
  4. "Mama I'm in Love Wit' a Gangsta"
    Released: 1994
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 4/5 stars
Entertainment Weekly B+
Robert Christgau (3-star Honorable Mention)
Rolling Stone 4/5 stars

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.

"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.



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