It was Saturday night and some friends and I decided to go
downtown and visit some clubs. First club of the night for us was The Purple Monkey
which had a $10 cover charge. This seemed very high for just a club, but my friend really wanted
one of their famous fish bowls so we paid the cover and entered. Inside there was
the usual assortment of people one would see at this bar on a Saturday night, all standing around,
sipping on fish bowls filled with alcohol while screaming over the sound system to talk to one another. Then suddenly the music stopped and the DJ
got on a microphone asking how the crowd was doing that night. The crowd cheered and the DJ then
introduced Coolio to the stage. Coolio came out and asked the same question the
DJ did. He got the same response and then started to perform some songs.
All I could think while this was happening was “Is this the
Coolio of 'Gangsta’s Paradise' fame?" Rest assured it was him I was seeing play a virtually unadvertised show at a bar on a Saturday night. From what I saw of
the show, it wasn’t bad. At one point there was actually a saxophonist who performed
a solo. I didn’t stay the entire night so I did not see if he performed his hit
song but it’s interesting to realize that this rapper who at one time had one
of the hottest songs on the radio, is now playing shows to crowds that are more there for the alcohol than to see him perform. After "Gangsta's Paradise," he failed to make any albums or songs to achieve him the critical praise he once had and so he became another one hit wonder. And a Juggalo.
Seriously, he’s a Juggalo.
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