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Too Short
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Product Details

  • Audio CD (January 24, 1995)
  • Original Release Date: January 24, 1995
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Explicit Lyrics
  • Label: Jive
  • ASIN: B000000528
  • Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (28 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #49,737 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Song TitleArtist Time Price
listen  1. Ain't Nothing Like Pimpin'Too $hort 6:48$0.99 Buy Track
listen  2. CocktalesToo $hort 6:06$0.99 Buy Track
listen  3. Can I Get A BitchToo $hort duet with Ant Banks 5:12$0.99 Buy Track
listen  4. Coming Up $hortToo $hort 5:42$0.99 Buy Track
listen  5. Thangs ChangeToo $hort featuring Malik and Jamal from Illegal and Baby D 6:08$0.99 Buy Track
listen  6. Paystyle (LP Version)Too $hort 5:44$0.99 Buy Track
listen  7. Giving Up The FunkToo $hort featuring The Dangerous Crew 5:14$0.99 Buy Track
listen  8. Top Down (LP Version)Too $hort 5:07$0.99 Buy Track
listen  9. We Do ThisToo $hort featuring 2PAC, MC Breed and Father Dom 5:51$0.99 Buy Track
listen10. GameToo $hort duet with Old School Freddy B 5:16$0.99 Buy Track
listen11. Sample The FunkToo $hort 6:54$0.99 Buy Track
listen12. Don't Fuck For FreeToo $hort 3:35$0.99 Buy Track


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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Can't Get Enough, April 4, 2002
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.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars What about Top Down, December 8, 2003
By Graham Brown (FYSHWICK, ACT Australia) - See all my reviews
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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
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars "Been Mackin For Years and Ain't Fell Off Yet", June 10, 2000
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.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Some Really GREAT songs, so don't miss out
For years I ignored this cd, primarily due to ignorance. There are a handful of really great songs on here, so I highly suggest picking it up. Read more
Published 6 months ago by BigFatBlackLady

5.0 out of 5 stars 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 Stars
Published 15 months ago by Christian Anderson

4.0 out of 5 stars Album Number Nine (Rating: 9 out of 10- -4.5 stars)
Comming off the phenomonal and one of my personal favorite albums Get in Where You Fit In, Short Dog hits us with his ninth album Cocktales in late '94/early '95. Read more
Published 23 months ago by Chandler

5.0 out of 5 stars Possibly Too $hort's Best Album - A Must Own!
1995's excellent 'Cocktails' is the funkiest, freakiest album in Too $hort's entire discography. This is a lengthy album, and features well over an hour of tight bass, freaky sex... Read more
Published 23 months ago by Southside Ace

5.0 out of 5 stars So Much Funk!
1994-1995 was an awesome period in hip-hop. Too Short definitely gets his pim strut on real big here. Read more
Published on May 15, 2007 by G-Funk 4ever

5.0 out of 5 stars His Best!!!
OK...Get In Where You Fit In was my favorite, I have to say that this is his Best Album. The beats are very good and bump endlessly. Read more
Published on September 30, 2006 by Jimmy Garcia

5.0 out of 5 stars One of Short's better CD's
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. Read more
Published on March 21, 2006 by Josh Weinwurm

3.0 out of 5 stars An Evolutionary Step for Short Dogg
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... Read more
Published on January 10, 2006 by Sam Dembow

5.0 out of 5 stars By far his best album
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. Read more
Published on December 7, 2005 by Randy Williams

5.0 out of 5 stars Album "#9" is his 2nd best -- maybe 4.5 stars
2 years since he dropped my favorite of his albums, $hort is back with my 2nd favorite of his 9 albums of his that I own. Read more
Published on November 16, 2005 by G$

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