Cocktails (album)

Cocktails
Studio album by
Too Short
ReleasedJanuary 24, 1995 (1995-01-24)
Recorded1994
Studio
Genre
Length1:07:35
Label
Producer
Too Short chronology
Get in Where You Fit In
(1993) 		Cocktails
(1995) 		Gettin' It (Album Number Ten)
(1996)
Singles from Cocktails
  1. "Cocktales"
    Released: 1994
  2. "Paystyle"
    Released: 1995
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Los Angeles Times[2]
Rap Pages8/10[3]

Cocktails is the ninth solo studio album by American rapper Too Short. It was released on January 24, 1995, via Jive Records—making it his sixth LP for the label. The recording sessions took place at Dangerous Music, at DARP Studios in Atlanta and at Battery Studios in New York. The album was produced by the Dangerous Crew, B. Turner and L.A. Dre. It features guest appearances from 2Pac, Ant Banks, Baby DC, Father Dom, Illegal, L.A. Dre, MC Breed, Old School Freddy B, and the rest of the Dangerous Crew.

The album debuted at number six on the Billboard 200 and atop of the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, with the first-week sales of 101,000 copies in the US.[4] It received Gold certification by the Recording Industry Association of America on March 27, 1995, and was certified Platinum on January 6, 1997. Its lead single, "Cocktales", made it to number 69 on the Billboard Hot 100, number 43 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and number 3 on the Hot Rap Songs charts.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Ain't Nothing Like Pimpin'"
The Dangerous Crew6:46
2."Cocktales"
  • Shaw
  • Jordan
Shorty B6:06
3."Can I Get a Bitch" (featuring Ant Banks)
Ant Banks5:12
4."Coming up Short"
Pee-Wee5:42
5."Thangs Change" (featuring Illegal and Baby D)
6:07
6."Paystyle"
  • Shaw
  • Jordan
  • Gooden
The Dangerous Crew5:44
7."Giving Up the Funk" (featuring The Dangerous Crew)
Ant Banks5:14
8."Top Down"
  • Banks
  • Miller
Ant Banks5:07
9."We Do This" (featuring 2Pac, MC Breed and Father Dom)
The Dangerous Crew5:51
10."Game" (featuring Old School Freddy B and L.A. Dre)
  • Shaw
  • Anthony Adams
L.A. Dre5:16
11."Sample the Funk"
Too $hort6:54
12."Don't Fuck for Free"
  • Shaw
  • Britton Turner
  • Breed
  • Too $hort
  • B. Turner
3:35
Total length:1:07:35
Sample credits

Charts

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[9] Platinum 1,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

See also

References

  1. ^ Hamilton, Andrew. "Cocktails - Too $hort | Album | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved September 24, 2024.
  2. ^ Gold, Jonathan (January 22, 1995). "Too Short in the Heart of Rap Beast : TOO SHORT, "Cocktails"; Jive (***)". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved September 24, 2024.
  3. ^ Akwanza (May 1995). "Flippin da Traxx". Rap Pages. Vol. 4, no. 5. p. 26. ISSN 1063-1283.
  4. ^ Mayfield, Geoff (February 11, 1995). "Between the Bullets". Billboard. Vol. 107, no. 6. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. p. 94. ISSN 0006-2510.
  5. ^ "Too hort Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved September 24, 2024.
  6. ^ "Too hort Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved September 24, 2024.
  7. ^ "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1995". Billboard. Archived from the original on January 23, 2015. Retrieved October 21, 2021.
  8. ^ "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 1995". Billboard. Archived from the original on October 3, 2015. Retrieved October 21, 2021.
  9. ^ "American album certifications – Too Short – Cocktails". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved September 24, 2024.