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Shorty The Pimp is also a stand out project for producer Ant Banks who did many of the beats for the project, his first working with Too $hort with many more to follow over the next decade\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Get On Down","offers":[{"title":"Orange LP","offer_id":50488956780875,"sku":"2056812","price":32.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/TOO_SHORT_Shorty_The_Pimp_LP_dd3d1a78_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727634211"},{"product_id":"life-is-too-hort","title":"Life Is...Too $Hort","description":"\u003cp\u003eA pioneer of hardcore rap music, one cant talk about the West Coast hip-hop scene without mentioning Todd Anthony Shaw, better known by the stage name Too $hort. A veteran of the genre, Too $hort’s discography is one filled with tracks about pimping, drug use, promiscuity, and unapologetically explicit language. (His 1985 record \u003ci\u003eDon't Stop Rappin\u003c\/i\u003e is notoriously one of the first to use the word bitch on a track.) He's released nearly 20 albums over the course of his 35-year career and collaborated with artists as varied as Jay-Z, UGK, 50 Cent, Lil Jon, he's even been one of the few musicians to work with both 2Pac and The Notorious B.I.G., in the middle of their infamous feud. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eToo $horts works were largely a cult phenomenon during the early years of his career, but 1988’s \u003ci\u003eLife Is... \u003c\/i\u003ebroke him into a mainstream audience, and gave him his most critically acclaimed release. (Not to mention his highest-selling to date.) The album stood out in its field, at a time when re-sampling old-school funk and R\u0026amp;B singles was the name of the game, Too $hort instead opted to take established riffs and hooks from those singles and re-create them with studio musicians and drum machines. The album cemented Too $horts status among MCs, and the title track itself would even be re-sampled in tracks by rappers UGK, hip-hop-influenced rock group Sublime, and even Too $hort himself on later singles.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Get On Down","offers":[{"title":"Blue | LP","offer_id":50502207111499,"sku":"1133192","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"CD","offer_id":57290364125515,"sku":"R2509-9334","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/5b192cea-2c2f-4b0e-9184-ffb41af35c6d_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727789346"},{"product_id":"born-to-mack-2","title":"Born To Mack","description":"\u003cp\u003eOriginally released on July, 20th 1987 on Dangerous Music, \u003ci\u003eBorn To Mack\u003c\/i\u003e is Too $hort's 4th studio album and re-released as his first major label release in 1988 on Jive Records. Long out of print on vinyl, this West Coast classic contains the 9+ minute track \"Freaky Tales\" which Snoop Dogg would state was highly influential, to such an extent that Snoop covered the song in ‘97 for the hip-hop covers compilation \u003ci\u003eIn Tha Beginning. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eToo $hort is one of the pioneers of West Coast Hip-Hop, commemorated with a street named in his honor - Oakland’s Too $hort Way dedicated in December of 2022. Too $hort continues to make music and plays West Coast classics and upcoming artists on his Rock The Bells radio show Don't Stop Rappin and is a member of West Coast Pioneers super group Mount Westmore.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Get On Down","offers":[{"title":"Green LP","offer_id":50529088667979,"sku":"2013438","price":29.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/TOO_HORT_Born_To_Mack_LP_3c5c3c2d_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1728062549"},{"product_id":"gettin-it","title":"Gettin' It","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1996, after 14 years in the game that started with Too $hort and Freddy B selling tapes out of the trunk of their car in East Oakland, Too $hort announced he would be retiring. On May 21, 1996, Too $hort released his 10th studio album Gettin' It with the lead single of the same name featuring Parliament Funkadelic. Retirement was more of a hiatus as Too $hort got back in the game in 1999 with the appropriately named album Can't Stay Away. If Gettin' It was going to be Too $hort's last album, he was going off on a high note by earning his 6th Platinum record. In addition to having Parliament Funkadelic contribute to two songs, Ant Banks and Shorty B are back with their laid-back Bay Area funk along with some G-Funk contributions by Colin Wolfe, L.A. Dre, and Spearhead X. Too $hort delivers another Bay Area classic full of nasty pimpin' rhymes with dope features by MC Breed, Erick Sermon and Rappin' 4-Tay. Previously only available on promo vinyl, Get On Down in partnership with Sony's CERTIFED is proud to present a proper vinyl release of Gettin' It in an orange swirl-colored vinyl run packaged in a gatefold jacket with a foldout lyric sheet.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Get On Down","offers":[{"title":"Black LPx2","offer_id":50531287302475,"sku":"2212299","price":42.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/TOO_SHORT_Getting_It_LP_0637008c_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1728102889"},{"product_id":"get-in-where-you-fit-in-qt","title":"Get In Where You Fit In","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eGet In Where You Fit In\u003c\/em\u003e was originally released in October of 1993 and would be his fourth album in a row to be certified platinum. Production was handled by Ant Banks and The Dangerous Crew, which featured live instrumentation, incorporated P Funk samples, and G Funk synths.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe lead single \"\u003cem\u003eI'm a Player\u003c\/em\u003e\" sampled Bootsy Collins' funky bass of \"Hollywood Squares\" and Quincy Jones' son QDIII produced the epic Bay Area G Funk laden classic track \"\u003cem\u003eJust Another Day\u003c\/em\u003e\". And it wouldn't be a Too $hort record without some pimp and sex tales like \"\u003cem\u003eBlow Job Betty\u003c\/em\u003e\", \"\u003cem\u003eAll My Bitches Are Gone\u003c\/em\u003e\", and the upbeat \"\u003cem\u003eGotta Get Some Lovin\u003c\/em\u003e\".\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBay Area legends Spice 1, Ant Banks, and Mhisani aka Goldy join in on the posse cut \"\u003cem\u003eThe Dangerous Crew\u003c\/em\u003e\" followed by a track with more Bay Area legends Rappin' Ron and Ant Diddley Dog dissin' ex Dangerous Crew member MC Pooh on the title track.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Get On Down","offers":[{"title":"2LP - Purple-in-Clear","offer_id":51843995599179,"sku":"R0319-3994","price":42.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/2000x2000bb_3afd8682-0ac1-4259-8d9d-f3017bd55763.jpg?v=1747667432"},{"product_id":"cant-stay-away","title":"Can't Stay Away","description":"\u003cp\u003eToo $hort claimed he was retiring in 1996 when he dropped album #10 Gettin' It, but a player like $hort couldn't stay away. After a three-year hiatus, he got back in the game and on July 11th, 1999, he dropped his 11th studio album aptly named \u003cem\u003eCan't Stay Away\u003c\/em\u003e. Too $hort had been living in Atlanta for several years and this would be the first of many albums to come that would incorporate ATL's southern influences alongside his West Coast Bay Area sound. Jazze Pha, Jermaine Dupri, and NY to ATL transplant funk lord Erick Sermon contributed to the production along with features by Memphis' 8Ball \u0026amp; MJG and Houston's Scarface. The Bay Area sound would come from Ant Banks and Quint Black with West Coast features by E-40, B-Legit, Daz, and Soopa Fly. The album would also introduce several up-and-coming rappers from all regions of the US dubbed Nation Riders who were signed to Too $hort's new label imprint $hort Records. Can't Stay Away is classic Too $hort, full of more pimp tales including a sequel to Born To Mack's Freaky Tales and he don't stop rappin' biiiiattch.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Get On Down","offers":[{"title":"2LP - Big Mack","offer_id":51948958187851,"sku":"R3660-9096","price":43.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/TooShort-Can_tStayAway.jpg?v=1748897889"}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/collections\/too-short.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}