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Too Short
CAREER SPAN:
Decade
Album Score
# Albums
Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews for each album.
Overall Band Score:
2.2691
Too Short Album Rankings
1
Too Short never had the skills or technique ofLL Cool JorBig Daddy Kane, but what the Oakland rapper lacks in technique, he's always more than made up for with irresistible, '70s-inspired funk grooves
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2
WithShort Dog's in the House, Oakland's most sexually explicit MC gave his followers more of what he was known for -- X-rated lyrics, a relaxed style of rapping, and addictive, melodic tracks recallin
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3
If hip-hop were a galaxy, Brooklyn, the Bronx, Queens, Manhattan, Strong Island, South Central, Compton and Long Beach would be heavenly bodies large enough to see with the naked eye.
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4
Shorty the Pimpwas Too Short's seventh album. As one would expect from an entertainer with six albums behind him, Too Short had by now perfected his craft.
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5
In the era of the Starr report, can the rhymes of a ribald MC still titillate ears? Maybe not, but Too Short fans still won't be able to resistCan't Stay Away, the Oakland-raised, Atlanta-based rap ve
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6
With a career that dates back to the early ‘80s, Too $hort has outlasted every other rapper from his generation by following the well-worn cliche: if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.
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7
If you want to get back to Cali, bumpin' some Too Short is a good way to start. Too Short's beats emulate funk with the laid back West Coast smooth rhymes.
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11
Not great music, but the less-vile bits of Too $hort's major label debut may have you laughing in spite of yourself.
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16
The X-rated rhymes had become interchangeable by this point, but the music here--crafted by a team of hotshot producers, including Ant Banks , and featuring a guest shot by 2Pac , is Too $hort's best
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17
Can you teach an old dog new tricks? Not lyrically, although Too $hort embraced G-funk here as though he'd invented it.
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18
Oakland, Cal-I-Forn-I-A, home to the original Mack Daddy, Todd 'Too Sheezy' Shaw, is about to be right back on the musical map.
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19
Over a dozen albums into his career by the time Chase the Cat came out in 2001, Too Short had exhausted his ideas years before.
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20
Ever since Too Short returned from his brief retirement in 1999 with Can't Stay Away, he's sounded increasingly comfy with letting his supporting cast flavor his albums, and What's My Favorite Word?
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25
Too $hort continues to cast a long shadow over the pimp-obsessed hip-hop industry, even if he gets little respect for his influence and amazing longevity.
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