Can't Stay Away is the eleventh studio album by American rapper Too Short. It was released on July 13, 1999, via Jive Records, making it his eighth album on the label. The album received generally positive reviews from critics and was a commercial success, certified Gold on August 13, 1999, only a month after its release. This is Too Short's fourth consecutive album to reach the top of the US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.
The album was preceded by the singles "Invasion of the Flat Booty Bitches" which rose to number 51 on Billboard Hot 100 chart in September 1998, and "More Freaky Tales" which hit number 3 on the Hot Rap chart in January 1999. A music video was produced for the song "Ain't No Bitches". "It's About That Money" with Sean "Puffy" Combs was released as a single to accompany the album in mid-1999, but it missed the Hot 100 by four places in August. The Village Voice called out "It's About That Money" and "Here We Go" as the best two songs on the album, the rest are described as Too Short's usual "trunk funk" style.
Track listing
Credits
8Ball – Composer, Featured Artist Yaku Allen – Composer B-Legit - Composer, Featured Artist, Guest Artist, Performer Sonny B – Keyboards, Producer Badwayz – Performer, Primary Artist Ant Banks – Composer, Engineer, Keyboards, Mixing, Producer Quinton Banks - Producer (tracks 6, 8, 9, 17) Black – Keyboards (5)(tracks 6, 8, 9), Performer Quint Black – Composer, Performer, Primary Artist Al Block – Performer, Primary Artist Don "DJ Snake" Brown - Mixing Horace Brown – Guest Artist, Performer Larry Busacca – Photography Josh Butler – Engineer Harry Wayne "K.C." Casey – Composer George Clinton – Composer Tom Coyne – Mastering Mike D. – Composer, Engineer, Keyboards, Producer Jay Da Sinnusta – Harmonica Diamond D – Composer, Producer Daz Dillinger – Featured Artist, Performer Jermaine Dupri – Remixing E-40 – Composer, Featured Artist, Guest Artist, Performer 8Ball and MJG – Guest Artist, Performer, Primary Artist Richard Finch – Composer Soopa Fly – Featured Artist G-Side – Primary Artist Nick Gamma – Art Direction Eric Gast – Engineer Seth Glassman – Composer Wellington "Tech" Gray – Engineer Xavier Hargrove – Composer Chaz Harper – Digital Editing Hellakilla – Primary Artist David Jackson – Composer Jay-Z – Composer, Featured Artist, Guest Artist, Performer
Jazze Pha – Composer, Keyboards, Producer, Vocals (Background), Vocals (tracks 1, 2, 6, 7) Gerald Johnson – Composer K.B. – Additional Vocals Dennis Lambert – Composer Lil' Jon – Featured Artist, Performer, Producer Lil' Jon & the Eastside Boyz – Featured Artist Lil' Kim – Performer Craig Love – Guitar Andrew Lyn – Assistant Engineer, Mixing Assistant Jay Mac – Composer, Keyboards, Producer Juree Manning – Vocals (Background) Robin Mays – Engineer MJG – Composer, Featured Artist, Performer Mo-Suave – Producer Murda One – Performer, Primary Artist Kevin Parker – Engineer Charles Pettaway – Composer, Guitar Playa Playa – Performer, Primary Artist Brian Potter – Composer Puff Daddy – Featured Artist, Guest Artist, Performer Shabba Ranks – Featured Artist, Guest Artist, Performer Scarface – Composer, Featured Artist, Guest Artist, Performer Torrance Scott – Bass, Composer, Guitar, Guitar (Bass: tracks 6, 8, 15, 17) Erick Sermon – Composer, Keyboards, Producer, Programming Russell Simmons – Composer Slink Capone – Performer, Primary Artist Suege – Vocals (Background) Suge and Otis – Vocals (Background) T-Mix – Engineer Taj "Mahal" Tilghman – Composer, Drums, Engineer, Keyboards, Mixing, Producer Too $hort – Composer, Primary Artist Carlos Warlick – Engineer Dwayne Wiggins – Featured Artist, Guest Artist, Guitar, Performer Zu - Performer, Primary Artist
Charts
Weekly charts Chart (1999) Peakposition
Year-end charts Chart (1999) Position US Billboard 200 165 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) 55
Certifications
See also List of number-one R&B albums of 1999 (U.S.)
References