I've been an underground Hip Hop fan for decades, but I'm only recently come to really appreciate Too Short. He just don't stop rappin'. No other MC has such long and tight flow. Barely any chorus. And also spoken so clearly and simply. Just ridiculous good. Not yet the GOAT in my opinion, but I do now think that your estimation of him be definitely worthy of respect.
Also., it HITS!! I used to put this song on my parents home stereo (which was a surprisingly powerful system from the late 70’s, a Sansui receiver with 120 watts RMS per channel, connected to Bic Ventura speakers, which were 12” subs) I was like 13 when this came out. I’d put on this tape, and it would be so loud that the whole house and the neighbors house would shake. The bass drops about 10 seconds in…. And it’s just amazing. The beat is ridiculous (pretty sure Ant Banks produced it) and $horts raps are clear, legendary (8 woofers in the trunk beatin’ down the block… I mean come on, that is just historical if you ask me) and most of all he straight up reps the bay and is real as fuck. This in in my top 10 songs of all time in any genre (and I listen to many different types of music) 10/10
BS, cause what did he have to go through, that million other guys hadn't go through too? Just another poser and if it was about the message, why carrying all that gold and posing like a bitch? He is no king, not even a prince, but showing of like he was. TRUE messages never needed such posing, or have you ever seen Pac wearing such crap?
That slouch walk!!! My dudes older brother promoted shows here in Ohio. We passed out fliers and I got to meet him way back in 87 doing a sound check. I bust a couple raps. 14 years old. Then after the show him and as boys come into our local grocery store, we was buying pops and snacks, he remembers me and hollers out "aye little Toledo, where the the liquor section?" I showed him right where and he signed a 1 dollar bill for me.
@@Ispeakthetruthify No doubt yo, my list crazy...check this out my #1 Emcee of all time is Lord Finesse, which is unheard of but my favorite Rapper of all time is Nas, which means Esco comes 2nd place
Oh men those days dis music was underground in south africa .police find u playing dis stuff ,jail was ur home. Big up to my brother who introduce me to too short music &my former homeboyz we use to rock dis music.
I love watching these old videos i grew up watching. I do get a kick out of the styles and the things that were so cool back then but now are just funny like beepers and those brick cell phones
Bubba pacha All 💯 true!!! However, back in the day, we though it was the best thing ever. We absolutely had it all, didn't we??? Now looking back we can see that it didn't even compare to today's technology. And the funny thing is that in another 25-30 years, if we are lucky enough to live that long, we will look back on 2021 and be talking about just how good we though we had it... again!!! Different eras and old trends really are a funny thing!!!
OG's white black latino all u all remember a piece of car audio called an Epicenter frequency boost .We turn it up to get sum low end from shorty the pimps earlier stuff..Best rapper west coast beside Dre
My wife and her friend flew out of Detroit Metro this morning and Too Short and his posse was fly out made me go back and let ook this song up takes me way back
ALWAYS REMEMBERED , NEVER FORGOTTEN !!! , MR. ENRIQUE FRANCIS AKA D.J. UNIVERSE AKA CRAZY RAK . THANKS FOR GIVING MC"S A PLATFORM TO SHINE SUCH AS RONDO ON THE ALBUM YOU PRODUCED TITLED "ON THE REAL TIP". THAT SONG HE DROPPED TITLED "BORN TO DIE" WAS A STAND OUT TRACK FOR ME OFF THAT ALBUM AND WAS MY FIRST INTRODUCTION TO HIS RHYMES. I"VE BEEN A FAN OF HIS EVER SINCE THANKS TO YOU MY BROTHER ! I WAS SHOCKED AND SADDENED TO LEARN OF YOUR PASSING YEARS BACK DUE TO A FIRE IN A BUILDING. YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS IN MUSIC AND IN PEOPLES LIVES SUCH AS RONDO"S HAVE NOT GONE UNNOTICED OR UNAPPRECIATED ! I KNOW YOU"RE LOOKING DOWN AND SEEING HOW FAR HE"S COME AS AN ARTIST AND BEING A POSITIVE HUMAN BEING AS AN ADULT AND I"M SURE IT HAS PUT A SMILE ON YOUR FACE. THANKS FOR PLANTING THOSE SEEDS AND HELPING YOUNG MEN LIKE RONDO EXPRESS THEMSELVES THROUGH MUSIC . TO THIS DAY HE MAINTAINS PUTTING OUT MUSIC THAT HAS A MESSAGE . I REALLY LIKE A SONG HE DID CALLED "REDEMPTION". HE ALSO HAS MADE VIDEOS TALKING ABOUT HIS LIFE IN HOPES OF HELPING HIS LISTENERS THAT MAY ALSO BE EXPERIENCING SIMILAR PROBLEMS IN THEIR LIVES. THANKS AGAIN FOR PROVIDING LIGHT TO PEOPLE LIKE RONDO THAT WERE IN A DARK PLACE GROWING UP. GOD BLESS ! , ONE LOVE ! , MY BROTHER !
I won't lie. I have a restored 84 Buick LeSabre sedan with a Kenwood head unit, and all Alpine everything else. 2 12"s in the trunk. I bump this joint with the windows down