The Essential Too $hort

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Tracklist

1▼Digital Media
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Freaky Tales
drum machine [808] programming:
Silky C
producer:
Ted Bohanon and Todd Shaw (Too $hort)
mixer:
Howard Johnston (engineer, co-owner “Different Fur Recording”) and Todd Shaw (Too $hort)
keyboard:
Too $hort
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Dangerous Music (Too $hort & Dangerous Crew) (in 1987) and Zomba Recording Corp. (not strictly a label - avoid adding releases here) (in 1989)
produced for:
Dangerous Music (Too $hort & Dangerous Crew)
recorded at:
Different Fur Recording in San Francisco, California, United States
edit of:
Freaky Tales (extended extended remix) by Too $hort
instrumental versions:
Freaky Tales (Short Short short remix) by Too $hort
recording of:
Freaky Tales
lyricist, composer and arranger:
Todd Shaw (Too $hort)
publisher:
Dangerous Music (Too $hort & Dangerous Crew) and Willesden Music Inc. (BMI-affiliated, merged into Zomba Enterprises, Inc.)
Too $hort9:32
2I Ain’t Trippin’
co-producer:
Al Eaton
producer:
Todd Shaw (Too $hort)
mixer:
Al Eaton and Todd Shaw (Too $hort)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Zomba Recording Corp. (not strictly a label - avoid adding releases here) (in 1988)
co-produced for:
One Little Indian Productions
recorded at:
One Little Indian Music in El Cerrito, California, United States
recording of:
I Ain’t Trippin’
lyricist and composer:
Todd Shaw (Too $hort)
publisher:
Willesden Music Inc. (BMI-affiliated, merged into Zomba Enterprises, Inc.)
Too $hort6:39
3City of Dope
co-producer:
Al Eaton
producer:
Todd Shaw (Too $hort)
mixer:
Al Eaton and Todd Shaw (Too $hort)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Zomba Recording Corp. (not strictly a label - avoid adding releases here) (in 1988)
co-produced for:
One Little Indian Productions
recorded at:
One Little Indian Music in El Cerrito, California, United States
recording of:
City of Dope
writer:
Al Eaton and Todd Shaw (Too $hort)
publisher:
Willesden Music Inc. (BMI-affiliated, merged into Zomba Enterprises, Inc.)
Too $hort55:31
4Life Is… Too $hort
co-producer:
Randy Austin (co‐founder of Dangerous Music) and Ted Bohanon
producer:
Todd Shaw (Too $hort)
mixer:
Al Eaton and Todd Shaw (Too $hort)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Zomba Recording Corp. (not strictly a label - avoid adding releases here) (in 1988)
co-produced for:
Dangerous Music (Too $hort & Dangerous Crew)
recorded at:
One Little Indian Music in El Cerrito, California, United States
recording of:
Life Is… Too Short
lyricist and composer:
Todd Shaw (Too $hort)
publisher:
Willesden Music Inc. (BMI-affiliated, merged into Zomba Enterprises, Inc.)
Too $hort4.54:34
5Short but Funky
producer:
Keenan “The Maestro” Foster and Too Short (Too $hort)
mixer:
Al Eaton and Too $hort
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Zomba Recording Corp. (not strictly a label - avoid adding releases here) (in 1990, in 1991) and Zomba Recording LLC (in 1990)
recorded at and mixed at:
One Little Indian Studios in El Cerrito, California, United States
samples:
High by Skyy
recording of:
Short but Funky
writer:
Damon Edwards and Keenan Foster
publisher:
Willesden Music Inc. (BMI-affiliated, merged into Zomba Enterprises, Inc.)
Too $hort4:13
6The Ghetto
producer and mixer:
Al Eaton and Too Short (Too $hort)
additional vocals:
Gerald Levert (soul singer, songwriter and producer)
background vocals:
Gary Mackey, Danny McLane and Duane Patton
vocals:
Too $hort
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Zomba Recording Corp. (not strictly a label - avoid adding releases here) (in 1990) and Zomba Recording LLC (in 1990)
recorded at and mixed at:
One Little Indian Studios in El Cerrito, California, United States
edit of:
The Ghetto (extended version) by Too Short (Too $hort)
music videos:
The Ghetto by Too $hort
recording of:
The Ghetto (Too $hort)
writer:
Al Eaton, Donny Hathaway, Leroy Hutson and Todd Shaw (Too $hort)
publisher:
ATCO, Don‐Pow Music, Willesden Music Inc. (BMI-affiliated, merged into Zomba Enterprises, Inc.) and Zomba Enterprises, Inc.
quotes music from:
The Ghetto (Donny Hathaway)
Too $hort45:01
7Ain’t Nothin’ but a Word to Me
producer:
Sir Jinx
mixer:
Al Eaton and Too $hort
additional guitar and additional keyboard:
Hami Wave
guest vocals:
Ice Cube
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Zomba Recording Corp. (not strictly a label - avoid adding releases here) (in 1990) and Zomba Recording LLC (in 1990)
recorded at and mixed at:
Echo Sound Studios in Los Angeles, California, United States
recording of:
Ain’t Nothin’ but a Word to Me
writer:
Anthony Wheaton, O’Shea Jackson and Todd Shaw (Too $hort)
publisher:
Gangsta Boogie Music and Willesden Music Inc. (BMI-affiliated, merged into Zomba Enterprises, Inc.)
Too $hort feat. Ice Cube4:48
8In the Trunk
producer and mixer:
Ant Banks and Too $hort
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Zomba Recording Corporation (not strictly a label - avoid adding releases here) (in 1992)
produced for:
Dangerous Music (Too $hort & Dangerous Crew)
instrumental versions:
In the Trunk (LP instrumental) by Too $hort
recording of:
In the Trunk
writer:
Stuart Jordan (American rap artist, songwriter & producer) and Todd Shaw (Too $hort)
publisher:
Willesden Music (Publishing company, affiliated with BMI)
Too $hort5:49
9I Want to Be Free (That’s the Truth)
producer and mixer:
Ant Banks
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Zomba Recording Corporation (not strictly a label - avoid adding releases here) (in 1992)
recorded at and mixed at:
One Little Indian Studios in El Cerrito, California, United States
samples:
I Want to Be Free by Ohio Players
recording of:
I Want to Be Free (That’s the Truth)
writer:
J.R. Bailey (singer and songwriter), Mel Kent, Todd Shaw (Too $hort) and Ken Williams (songwriter)
Too $hort5:49
10So You Want to Be a Gangster
producer and mixer:
Ant Banks
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
MCA Records, Inc. (do not use as a release label! a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.) (in 1991) and Zomba Recording Corporation (not strictly a label - avoid adding releases here) (in 1992)
recording of:
So You Want to Be a Gangster
writer:
Richard Serrell (415 member & Death Row rapper Richard Serrell), Todd Shaw (Too $hort) and Grover Washington, Jr.
publisher:
G.W. Jr. Music, Inc., Three Brothers Music (publishing company. Not for release label) and Willesden Music (Publishing company, affiliated with BMI)
Too $hort34:04
11I’m a Player (Street version)
producer:
The Dangerous Crew (hip hop group formed by Too $hort)
mixer:
Ant Banks and Todd Shaw (Too $hort)
bass and guitar [lead guitar]:
Shorty B (American rap artist, songwriter & producer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Zomba Recording Corporation (not strictly a label - avoid adding releases here) (in 1993)
recorded at and mixed at:
Dangerous Studios in United States
samples:
Hollywood Squares by Bootsy’s Rubber Band
recording of:
I’m a Player (1993, “Get In Where You Fit In”)
writer:
Bootsy Collins (US funk musician & songwriter), Gary Cooper, George Clinton, Jr. (US funk musician) and Todd Shaw (Too $hort)
publisher:
Bridgeport Music (publisher), Rubber Band Music and Zomba Songs Inc.
quotes music from:
Hollywood Squares
Too $hort5:59
12Blowjob Betty
producer:
The Dangerous Crew (hip hop group formed by Too $hort)
mixer:
Ant Banks and Todd Shaw (Too $hort)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Zomba Recording Corporation (not strictly a label - avoid adding releases here) (in 1993)
recorded at and mixed at:
Dangerous Studios in United States
recording of:
Blowjob Betty
writer:
Todd Shaw (Too $hort)
publisher:
Zomba Songs Inc.
Too $hort5:26
13Money in the Ghetto
producer:
The Dangerous Crew (hip hop group formed by Too $hort)
mixer:
Ant Banks and Todd Shaw (Too $hort)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Zomba Recording Corp. (not strictly a label - avoid adding releases here) (in 1993, in 1994)
recorded at and mixed at:
Dangerous Studios in United States
samples:
Hollywood Swinging by Kool & the Gang
recording of:
Money in the Ghetto
writer:
Todd Shaw (Too $hort)
publisher:
Zomba Songs Inc.
Too $hort5:44
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