Artist
Too $hort
Too $hort is a hip-hop artist from Los Angeles, California, USA formed in 1966. 24 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Hip-Hop · Los Angeles, California, USA · Best hip-hop albums
- 24
- Releases
- 1983–2018
- Active years
- 1966
- Formed
Artist
Too $hort is a hip-hop artist from Los Angeles, California, USA formed in 1966. 24 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Hip-Hop · Los Angeles, California, USA · Best hip-hop albums
Most popular
The Pimp Tape
2018
No Trespassing
2012
History: Mob Music
2011
Still Blowin'
2010
Get Off the Stage
2007
I Love the Bay
2007
Blow the Whistle
2006
The Mack of the Century...: Too $hort's Greatest Hits
2006
It's About Time
2003
Married to the Game
2003
What's My Favorite Word?
2002
Chase the Cat
2001
You Nasty
2000
Can't Stay Away
1999
Gettin' It (album number ten)
1996
Cocktails
1995
Get In Where You Fit In
1993
Shorty the Pimp
1992
Short Dog's in the House
1990
Life Is... Too $hort
1988
Born to Mack
1987
Raw, Uncut and X-Rated
1986
Players
1985
Don't Stop Rappin'
1983
Born in Los Angeles, but an Oakland resident by the age of 14, Too Short was the first West Coast rap star, recording three albums on his own before he made his major-label debut with 1988's gold album Born to Mack; his next four all went platinum. Anticipating much of the later gangsta phenomenon, he restricted his lyrical themes to tales of sexual prowess and physical violence, with the occasional social message track to mix things up. After the release of Gettin' It (Album Number Ten) in 1996, Too Short decided to retire, his status assured as one of the most successful solo rappers of the 1980s and early '90s, although that decision would prove short-lived. Life Is...Too Short Born Todd Shaw on April 28, 1966, Too Short grew up in L.A.'s South Central; soon after his family moved to Oakland in the early '80s, he began selling tapes out of the back of his car. Signed to the local label 75 Girls, in 1983 he released his first proper album, Don't Stop Rappin'. Three albums followed in the next two years, after which Too Short formed his own Dangerous Music label with friend Freddy B. He recorded Born to Mack in 1986, and sold more than 50,000 copies just by riding around the regi…