It Takes a Thief (album)

It Takes a Thief
Studio album by Coolio
Released	July 19, 1994
Genre	West Coast hip hop gangsta rap G-funk
Length	59:14
Label	Tommy Boy
Producer	Paul Stewart, Bryan Wino Dobbs, 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
"County Line" Released: October 5, 1993 "I Remember" Released: 1994 "Fantastic Voyage" Released: March 1994 "Mama I'm in Love Wit' a Gangsta" Released: 1994

It Takes a Thief is the debut studio album by American rapper Coolio.^[1] It was released on July 19, 1994, on Warner Bros. Records. The album received praise for bringing a humorous and lighthearted perspective to the 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 No. 3 in the US. Songs "Smokin Stix," "Can-o-Corn," and "Sticky Fingers" first appeared in the film Poetic Justice.