| | Too Short It's About Time CD Too Short Discography of CDs
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(2-CD set) It's been said by many of Too $hort's fans that if you haven't heard his first three albums, then you've never really heard Too $hort. And that's what we have here: 18 raw, ground-breaking early cuts (1983-88) from the legendary Oaktown rapper
Contains 18 tracks.
Recorded between 1983 & 1988.
Personnel: Too Short (vocals, keyboards); Marvin Holmes (guitar); Greg Levias (keyboards); Jerry Hodges, Tony Edwards, Dean Hodges (background vocals). Too Short It's About Time Songs It's About Time Music Review Average Rating: (5 out of 5 stars)  Too Short's First Three Albums
This is a collection of Too Short's first three albums originally released on 75 Girls Records (Don't Stop Rappin', Players, and Raw, Uncut, and X-Rated. This same compilation was released as "Greatest Hits: The Player Years 1983-1988" in 1993. Recordings are from 1983-1986. Tracks are in a different order from the original albums. In my opinion, some of the production on these, though independently released, is better than on the Jive released albums that followed. This collection brings one back to the days when Run DMC was god and the West Coast had yet to establish it's hip-hop niche. Too Short's rhymes haven't really changed much since these releases which are now over twenty years old. Whether or not that is a good thing, it certainly makes this album very listener-friendly to any Too Short fan. If you have a good system, this stuff hits. Cop and you'll see. Like early Beastie Boys, MC A.D.E. or N.W.A., the bass thumps. Classic joints on this, a must have for any hip-hop fan, which hold their rightful place in hip-hop's golden age.
Submitted by Stephen (Boston, MA) 
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