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Shorty the Pimp
Hip-Hop · 1992 · 12 tracks

Shorty the Pimp

Too $hort

Heavy 808s and deadpan Oakland swagger. The blueprint for West Coast pimp rap, balancing street-level storytelling with trunk-rattling funk for the late night cruise.

July 14, 1992 · Jive

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A heavy, unhurried confidence that feels like a slow-motion tour of the inner city at night.

Tracklist · 12 Tracks
01
Intro: Shorty the Pimp
0:42
02
In the Trunk
5:49
03
I Ain’t Nothin’ but a Dog
4:49
04
Hoes
6:23
05
No Love From Oakland
8:25
06
I Want to Be Free (That’s the Truth)
5:49
07
Hoochie
4:19
08
Step Daddy
4:23
09
It Don’t Stop
4:22
10
So You Want to Be a Gangster
4:05
11
Something to Ride To
11:57
12
Extra Dangerous
4:11
Moments Worth Listening For
The hypnotic bassline of In the Trunk that feels specifically engineered to test the limits of a car's suspension.
The massive eleven-minute sprawl of Something to Ride To which transforms from a song into a meditative atmospheric state.
The stark social realism of I Want to Be Free where the production strips back to let the narrative weight land.
Where This Album DepartsEach spoke is a trait. The orange shape shows where this album pulls away from — or holds to — the rest of the artist’s catalogue. Tap for more.

How does Shorty the Pimp sound next to the rest of Too $hort's catalogue?

Analog Warmth+1.2σ

The production is pushed notably harder into analog warmth than this artist usually allows.

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