It Takes a Thief (album)

It Takes a Thief
Studio album by Coolio
Released July 19, 1994
Recorded 1993-1994
Genre Gangsta rap, West coast hip hop
Length 59:14
Label Tommy Boy/Warner Bros. Records
Producer Paul Stewart, Dobbs The Wino, Rashad Coles, Billy Boy, Dobbs The Wino, Crazy Toones, CS Coleman
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Coolio chronology
It Takes a Thief
(1994)
Gangsta's Paradise
(1995)

It Takes a Thief is American rapper Coolio's first album, released in 1994 on Warner Bros. Records.

"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 U.S.

Track listing

  1. "Fantastic Voyage"
  2. "County Line"
  3. "Mama I'm in Love Wit a Gangsta" (featuring LeShaun)
  4. "Hand on My Nutsac"
  5. "Ghetto Cartoon"
  6. "Smokin' Stix"
  7. "Can-O-Corn"
  8. "U Know Hoo!" (featuring WC)
  9. "It Takes a Thief"
  10. "Bring Back Somethin Fo da Hood"
  11. "N da Closet"
  12. "On My Way to Harlem"
  13. "Sticky Fingers"
  14. "Thought You Knew"
  15. "Ugly Bitches"
  16. "I Remember" (featuring J-Ro and Billy Boy)