Customer Reviews

Cocktails

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3 star:		(2)
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1 star:		(1)

 

 

Too Short never fails to impress me. He is the most consistent mc in the game, has near the most albums by a solo artist and has never dropped a garbage album. Cocktails is no different. Mackadocious pimp rhymes has made Too Short a living legend. He is definitely in the top ten best emcees ever and this is one of his better albums. Cocktails has more updated beats than was on his previous releases. Are they better? Yes and No. The beats have lost that touch of funk ( not as much of it in these songs ) and opts for more bumpable mainstream sound. It's either good or bad depending on your tastes in beats. To me they are equally bumpable. Too Short drops classic lines in songs such as Cocktales, Ain't Nothing But Pimping-a hilarious chorus, Thangs Change-where he drops knowledge on women degrading themselves, premarital sex, and sex on TV and how it is destroying youth, Can I Get A B!tch, Paystyle, etc. etc. Too Short lets other producers such as Ant Banks and The Dangerous Crew handle the majority of the beats. Tupac Shakur shows up for a guest appearance on We Do This, one of the best songs on the cd, along with MC Breed, Jamal & Malik from Illegal and Ant Banks. Overall this is a classic Too $hort album. Short Dog doesn't disappoint and keeps it real. I recommend it.

If it aint the most funky bass bangin hip hop track around then what is. Who cares about the raps, when the bass line is this funky nothing else matters. Quite a good album from start to finish but track 8, funk with a capital bass. As usual the Ant Banks tracks are the choice cuts obviously starting with Top Down then Can I get a Bitch and Giving Up the funk respectively. Not as consistantly enriched with funk as hes previous 2 albums overall, its still from start to finish a full on listen making him the funkiest rapper alive. Top Down cannot be matched in my opinion for funk

This line came from the song "I'm a playa", and it holds true. I mean the guy uses the same few rhymes over and over again, but gosh darn it, he holds down as one of the tighest rappers ever. This was one of the few rap CDs that I could push play and let it go. With guest appearences by 2Pac, MC Breed, Freddy B, and Ant Banks, this album was off the hook. I did not think there could be an album to top "Get in Where You Fit in" but this came mighty close.

Cocktales is one of Shorty's best CD's in my opinion. You can ride the to the whole CD except for Thangs Change. Besides for that one song the CD is great. It also features a song by 2pac and MC breed a good mix of cali. Not too much to say about cocktails except for a good album name for Short and overall a A- CD. My favorite song is coming up short then top down. Obviously i've gotta reccommend almost every short album cause im a fan but this CD is good even if your not a true fan like me. Beeyatch! For every Too Short review check out my other reviews

This in my opinion is his finest album. An ablum where you don't have to hit the Fast forward button once, every track is worth the playtime. With a smooth blend of bass line beats with tales of pimpin' to compliment that...it can't be beat. 5 stars.

2 years since he dropped my favorite of his albums, $hort is back with my 2nd favorite of his 9 albums of his that I own. Packed with some of the best production I ever heard on an album (that Dangerous Crew funk) and some of the best dirtiest song I ever heard on here. Of the 12 songs, 2 are classics, 2 or 3 are almost classic material, 3 are ok, and the rest are good or great songs. Guests are not on all the songs like newer albums, they get down with $hort on 5 songs. Production is just unbelievably funky and out of this world as Dangerous Crew members do 11 of the 12. The Dangerous Crew, the always great Ant Banks and Too $hort each do 3 songs, Shorty B, Spearhead X and Pee Wee each do 1. A must have rap album for fans of real rap and fans of that funky west coast music.

#1 - 8.5
#2 - 9.5 (great Freaky Tales from $hort -- dirty song w/ great beat)
#3 - 9.5 (f/ Ant Banks who also provides a great beat -- another dirtier song)
#4 - 8.5 (tight beat -- hook is kind of annoying)
#5 - 8.5 (f/ Mr. Malik & Jamal of Illegal, Baby D & Tempest-- nice beat)
#6 - 9 (tight beat)
#7 - 7.5 (f/ Ant Banks, Goldy, Pee Wee)
#8 - 10 (CLASSIC -- UNREAL BEAT from Ant Banks)
#9 - 10 (CLASSIC -- f/ 2Pac {R.I.P.}, MC Breed, Father Dom -- great beat)
#10 - 7.5 (f/ Old School Freddie B -- tight beat)
#11 - 8 (nice beat)
#12 - 7.5 (dirty song w/ good beat)

Todd Shaw -- b. 4/29/66 -- b. Los Angeles, CA moved to Oakland, CA
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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 Stars

The best Too Short album ever. Every song is tight and has phat bass.

Musically, "Cocktails" is Too Short's strongest album. Featuring maybe two of his best songs, "Aint Nuthin' Like Pimpin'" and "Cocktales," the album is this album is musically balanced with very good (and often amusing) lyrics. An underrated rap classic and a must have for any fan.

I recently purchsed this album after buying all the albums Short recorded before it. I saw the video for Top Down and thgouht the beat was tight so i coped the album cuz you cant go wrong with Short dogg. After bumpin Top Down for 20 minutes, I went on to listen to the album. It is funky, but with a different touch of funk than say Shorty the Pimp or Get In Where You Fit In. Dont get it twisted, this is definetly some straight Cokeland funk, but you can tell Short is moving away from his old school roots in testing new sounds and beats. I do have to give credit though to Ant Banks, that fool can never make a bad funk beat. Him and Short together is like a dynamic duo never heard in the rap game. Especially in the Bay Area. Top Down is definetly the thumper of this album. His raps are on point because you will want to bump these beats all over town. Too $hort is one of those rappers you just are not ashamed of. He has street cred, pimpin' game, and has produced some of the funkiest, tightest bass loops around. Too bad this was the last true funk album before $hort got a lil wanksta on us all.