Hot! Too Short

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Todd Anthony Shaw(born April 28, 1966), better known by means of that American , , and professional exactly who going his or her vocation at the age with fourteen in East Oakland, Oakland, California .

Career

In the particular quick 1980s, Shaw created made to order music (called "special requests") if you are along with his or her graduating high school friend, Freddy B. In 1985, Too Short had his first release, Don't Stop Rappin' which, along with the following three releases, featured raw, simple drum sounds from your LinnDrum drum machine. In the actual earlier 1990s his / her beats originated largely a Life Is. Too Short , he initiated used replayed proven riffs (rather than samples) together with his beats.

Subsequent function has been mainly collaborative, which include seek advise from Scarface . One connected with his apparent collaborations within this period has been within the track "The World Is Filled." with your classic Notorious B.I.G. album Life After Death ; he / she comes in around the third saying after Diddy plus Biggie. Being presented for the project created the pup to somewhat of a greater target market since well, due to their regular form contrasting greatly with the Mafioso style with the album. He also been seen in on TWDY's strike sole "Player's Holiday" out of his or her 1999 debut album Derty Werk as well as the Can't Stay Away . The record included guest performances through 8Ball & MJG , Jay-Z , Jermaine Dupri , Sean Combs , Daz Dillinger , Lil' Jon , Soopafly , Scarface and also Lil Jon . With the particular 1999 let go associated with Can't Stay Away , Too Short fully came out of pension plus released several innovative albums in the future number of years, nearly all of these people accepting a Dirty South style sound, because he acquired develop into involved with the Southern rap scene. However, your dog don't totally supply upward about their brand funk grooves and also sexually categorical style. New albums published 2000-2003 were Chase the particular Cat (2001), Married into the Game (2003). These albums all charted quite well, when they almost all ended up while in the best 71 from the Billboard 200 , but they will don't perform quite because good as Too Short 's previous 1990s relieves since none of them of these achieved the most notable 10.

In 2004, his sooner 1990 single "The Ghetto" appeared about popular Sabrina: The Animated Series , is usually an 1999 American animated television series determined by Sabrina, your Teenage Witch . Given until this seemed to be a great very famous activity in the time, the particular displaying was acclaimed as to be successful for Too $hort, equally with publicity plus while in the fame created through this song.

For his subsequent album, 2006's Blow your Whistle , Too Short these days needed advantage of the modern rap songs in which had been coming through outside of his or her authentic residence foundation in Oakland. This found fairly of the growing with regard to Too Short the way it peaked with #14 about the Billboard 2 hundred , a lot better as compared with everyone of his former three releases. However, their next releases, for instance 2007's Get Off this Stage , have not been as successful. On October 7, 2008 Too Short ended up being thankful by means of VH1 along at the fifth twelve-monthly "Hip-Hop Honors " along with De La Soul , Slick Rick along with Naughty By Nature .

In 2009, Too Short noted for Daz Dillinger , Lil' Jon , Soopafly , Scarface and also citation wanted ] In 2011, the actual rapper was featured on On My Level ". He shown on rapper Snoop Dogg 's 2011 album, Doggumentary in the track Take U Home.

Up All Nite Records

Too Short runs his / her own document name Up All Nite Records. Artists around the name include , Dolla Will, Boo Ski, Eyob Fantay and also Li'l J & Boi Payton, FX. In addition to be able to making Up All Nite Records, Too Short has been a mentor at Youth UpRising, a class serving at-risk youths for many years.

Too Short inside film

Too Short played your part associated with Lew-Loc inside motion picture Menace II Society .

Too Short in addition has been effective inside the adult video industry, with all the 2003 film Get In Where You Fit In.

Too Short was an interviewee around American Pimp .

In july 2004 Too Short starred in as well as performed the actual song for America's Sexiest Girls .

Too Short in addition has made an appearance within an episode involving .

Too Short manufactured a cameo appearance throughout Jay-z's movie for the reach solitary Big Pimpin'.

Discography Studio albums

1983: Don't Stop Rappin'

1985: Players

1986:

1987: Born to be able to Mack

1989: Life Is. Too Short

1990: Short Dog's with that House

1992: Shorty The Pimp

1993: Get in Where You Fit In

1995: Cocktails

1996: Gettin' It

1999: Can't Stay Away

2000:

2001: Chase your Cat

2002:

2003: Married for the Game

2006: Blow your Whistle

2007: Get off the Stage

2010:

2010:

EPs

2010:

Collaboration albums

2012: (with )

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