Life Is...Too Short

Life Is...Too Short Artist: Too $hort
Label: Jive
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Format: Clean
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 012414121820
EAN: 0012414121820
ASIN: B0000004VI


Release Date: 1992-05-01

Life Is...Too Short


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Tracks:

  1. Life Is...Too Short
  2. Rhymes
  3. I Ain't Trippin
  4. Nobody Does It Better
  5. Mack Attack
  6. Oakland
  7. City Of Dope (Edited Version)
  8. Alias Crazy Rak

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Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars The Oakland Mack is Back.......2007-05-16

After he finally got a major label deal after rappin on the underground for years, Too $hort brings a tight follow up to "Born To Mack" (the only $hort album I don't have that he released from 1988 on). Like all his earlier album the beats are tight and funky and the album is very tight (which he hasn't put out a 4 star album sice 2000). Like all his earlier albums, the song count is short (only 9) but the majority are 5 minutes plus over some funky beats (that $hort provided on all songs with help from al Eaton on 2 or 3). It has 1 classic, 1 I skip, 3 ar eok and the rest are good or real good songs. Guests are on 1 song and do the hook on 1 so like most of his pre retirement albums, you get a lot of $hort Dog. a must have album.

#1 - 9 (tight beat)
#2 - 8
#3 - 7.5 (beat is tight but I ain't really feelin' his rap style on this one)
#4 - 7.5
#5 - 5
#6 - 7.5 (f/ Danger Zone & Rappin' 4-Tay -- tight beat)
#7 - 8.5 (good beat)
#8 - 8.5 (nice beat)
#9 - 10 (CLASSIC over a great beat)

Todd Shaw -- b. 4/29/66 -- b. Los Angeles, CA moved to Oakland, CA
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5 out of 5 stars Too Short...Too Hype!.......2006-06-07

This album is by far one of the greatest "Explicit Lyrics" Albums to date! Deep bass and mellow grooves. This album was not allowed in my house, I smuggled it in; with no regrets! Great CD!

5 out of 5 stars Any Rap fan will love this album.......2006-03-21

All I have to say is great CD. The only thing which is my personal preference is the effects he put on the song "Oakland". Thats just me personally.. Even with that, the CD still with no doubt gets 5 stars. There are not many CD's that you can ride the whole CD but "life is too short" you can. Every single song on the CD is good. Obviously freaky tales, i aint trippen, and life is too short are the best songs. All the others are good too. If you can get this on CD the bass quality is great. The whole CD hits really hard and has a clean bass sound suprisingly considering that the CD is from the 80's. Anyway, another one of my favorite too short ablums. For every Too Short review check out my other reviews

5 out of 5 stars A very groovy oldschool slow rap album - very influential in its day and certainly creative - you'll probably like it!.......2006-01-08

Too $hort's "Life Is...Too $hort" was such an influential album when it came out in the 80's. Too $hort wasn't a great rapper in terms of delivery, but the beats, the grooves and his lyrics were all amazing and new. He essentially created the "slow rap" genre. This is definitely an extremely groovy album that makes for good background music as well. You could practically play this for anyone and they'd probably like it a lot. The beats may not be as heavy hitting as some other rappers, but they're still really good (simple but effective). Too $hort has a very simple delivery which gives him an odd charm - he makes it seem like anybody can rap. The other great thing about him is his lyrics which are always fun to listen to but aren't necessarily about much. He somehow manages to catch your attention really well. Overall this is just a really original and different rap album - it's historical influence definitely adds to its rating. I don't think mainstream rap fans will like it, but those with an open-mind will like it a lot! Highly recommended!

Highlights include:
the entire album!

5 out of 5 stars The Dr. of old school slow rap.......2005-03-22

I recently bought this cd to add to my nostalgic collection. This was some of the first rap music I ever owned. I somehow lost this one through the years. I still enjoy listening to Too Short today. Great slow rap, the inventor of Oakland deep south style. Many tried to duplicate, but merely could imitate.

Hey, Too Short ain't trippin after all these years in the game.

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