"It's All the Way Live (Now)" is a song by American rapper

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. It was released in May 1996 as the lead single to the ''Eddie'' soundtrack. The song became Coolio's fifth top-40 single and his fourth to achieve at least a gold certification from the

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for sales of 500,000 copies. The song sampled "It's All the Way Live" by funk band Lakeside, his second single to both sample and take the name from a Lakeside song after his 1994 hit, "

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". Despite being one of Coolio's biggest hits, the song did not appear on his 2001

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compilation. This was due to the fact

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, who released the ''Eddie'' soundtrack, owned the rights to the song.

Critical reception

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'' rated the song three out of five, describing it as "a smoothly-produced cover" from the new basketball comedy ''Eddie''. They also noted that the original recorders, Lakeside, perform on the track too.

Single track listing

#"It's All the Way Live (Now)" – 3:36 #"1, 2, 3, 4 (Sumpin' New)" (Timber mix) – 3:21

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

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