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...Selling Coolio...
...COOLIO Gangsta's Paradise wins rap award with antiviolence plea, repeated in hip acceptance...
...songs, others merely groups of oldies). They're a smart example of marketing synergy: the movie helps sell the album; the album helps sell the movie. And it's working: the sound tracks for Batman Forever (with a hit single by U2) and Dangerous Minds (with one by rapper Coolio) have been among the summer's best sellers...
There are up-and-coming rappers out there who are making albums worth listening to: Coolio (who has been called post-gangsta) and Warren G (gangsta lite), to name two. Nonetheless, the hip-hop veterans who make up Public Enemy continue to offer listeners a choice -- their brand of adventuresome, committed music vs. the often degrading work of their successors...