Too $hort - Shorty the Pimp [Clean]

Primary Artist
Too $hort
Album Title
Shorty the Pimp [Clean]
Release Date
July 28, 1992 
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Review by Mtume Salaam
Shorty The Pimp was Too Short's seventh album. As one would expect from an entertainer with six albums behind him, Too Short had by now perfected his craft. Though his focus was still on womanizing and pimping, by 1992 the rest of the rap world had caught up with the Oakland rapper's explicit brand of boasting and bragging. Aware of this, Too Short had gradually begun adding battle rhymes ("In the Trunk"), social commentary ("I Want to Be Free"), and cautionary tales ("So You Want to Be a Gangster") to the mix. Read More