Too Short - Shorty the Pimp
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Free Music Notes for Shorty the Pimp
Free Music Review: 5 Star
Hit: 5 Stars
Too Short is the Ultimate PIMP - If you like this album check out Smoke Sessions, Vol. 1 - from his homie Devin the Dude another 5 StarsFree Music Review: The best album ever
Hit: 5 Stars
Short Dogg'z lyrics are funny as hell. A classic CD for the hip-hip fan. The bass and funk are best I've see on any album. BUY IT!Free Music Review: A pimp and a handshake.
Hit: 5 Stars
I'm giving this album 5 stars to show that I have more regard and compassion for Too Short than he seems to have for my gender.Free Music Review: Album Number Seven (Rating: 8 out of 10- -4.0 stars)
Hit: 4 Stars
If you haven't learned already, you'll learn now that Too Short is one of my favorite rappers. Almost everything hes dropped up until 1995 has either been classic or near classic material. Here is his number seven album "Shorty The Pimp", more of the Oakland sounding funk that he is known to put out with the help of his right hand producer Ant Banks, who produced the majority of this album...so you know it's going to be good.
Some tracks that immediately stood out to me were "Hoes" and "No Love From Oakland" two perfect sounding songs. The latter song, Short Dog spits two extremely long verses over a weird Banks beat. "Step Daddy" is a funny song about Short playing the role hooking up with a woman with kids. To me that is the best song on the album. "Hoochie" is another great song produced by D'Wayne Wiggins. The lead singles from this album were "In The Trunk" where Short spits one long verse, and "I Want To Be Free (That's The Truth)" where he rhymes about how bad cops in Oakland are. For all you newcommers to Short, you'll be suprised that he actually rhymed about something else more than sex. Near the end, Ant Banks, Pooh-Man, and Mhisani (Goldy) comes in for "Something To Ride To" where after they rhyme, the beat just plays for an additional six or seven minutes.
Shorty The Pimp is an excellent album, especially if you're a fan of Too Short. Some of the tracks sound dated, but never loose their replay value. Fans of Bay Area rap will like this one. This is a perfect album to get hyped up for whats one of my personal favorite albums Get in Where You Fit In. Peace.
Lyrics: A
Production: A-
Guest Appearances: A
Musical Vibes: A
Top 5 Tracks:
1. Step Daddy
2. No Love From Oakland
3. Something To Ride To (featuring Pooh-Man, Ant Banks, and Goldy)
4. Hoes
5. I Want To Be Free (And Thats The Truth)
Free Music Review: A good introduction to Too $hort
Hit: 4 Stars
I've always been a fan of rap, and the first I heard of Too Short was on the soundtrack for "Juice" with the track "So you wanna be a gangsta", which appears on the Shorty the Pimp Album. After hearing this and "It's Your Life" on the Boyz in tha Hood Soundtrack, I figured I should invest in a full length Too Short release. Shorty the Pimp was my first purchase, and as a whole the album is very good.
Standouts on the album for me are "Step Daddy", "So you Wanna be a Gansta", "No Love From Oakland", "In the Trunk" and "Hoochies". I call these songs standouts as the beats are funky and match well with Too Short's shrewd intellegence.
There are no real weak songs on the album, as Too Short sticks to his game and raps about hoes, macking, and life on the streets - as if you didn't imply this from the title of the album! It's on this basis that you will listen to Too Short. He doesn't do like LL Cool J and sing about respect, and wining and dining, more like hitting a girl up for condom money before the date.
If you haven't heard any of Short's music - the easiest way to describe his style is laid back, with a heavy emphaisis on P-Funk - meaning laid back over some really funky beats! The samples on this site are a clear indication of how each track sounds!
This said the "Extra Dangerous Thanks" at the end of the album might p*ss you off. A lot of rappers back in the day were doing this, a 4-5 minute song listing everyone that helped them with the album, or who they respected, as opposed to throwing a few shout outs at the end of a song, or in a verse! It's not a real problem if you bought the CD - just skip it!
Anyway, I recommend buying it - some of it will make you laugh, some of it will make you think, but overall it is worth listening to!