TOO $HORT – Born To Mack (2023 Reissue) – LP – Green Vinyl

LP – Limited Edition Green Vinyl.

Originally released on July, 20th 1987 on Dangerous Music, Born To Mack is Too $hort‘s 4th studio album and re-released as his first major label release in 1988 on Jive Records. Long out of print on vinyl, this West Coast classic contains the 9+ minute track “Freaky Tales” which Snoop Dogg would state was highly influential, to such an extent that Snoop covered the song in 97 for the hip-hop covers compilation In Tha Beginning.

Too $hort is one of the pioneers of West Coast Hip-Hop, commemorated with a street named in his honor – Oaklands Too $hort Way dedicated in December of 2022. Too $hort continues to make music and plays West Coast classics and upcoming artists on his Rock The Bells radio show Don’t Stop Rappin and is a member of West Coast Pioneers super group Mount Westmore.

Tracklist:

$ide AAA
A1. Partytime [5:05]
A2. Mack Attack [5:50]
A3. Playboy Short II [7:25]
A4. You Know What I Mean [6:10]

$ide XXX
B1. Freaky Tales [9:28]
B2. Dope Fiend Beat [6:28]
B3. Little Girls [6:20]
B4. The Universal Mix [3:48]