Album dossier / 1987
Born to Mack
Too Short · Hip-Hop/Gangsta Rap
Too Short's breakout fourth album, self-produced and sold out of the trunk of his car in Oakland before Dangerous Music/Jive/RCA picked it up nationally, established the explicit pimp-narrative style of West Coast rap that fed directly into the gangsta rap that followed.
Record facts
- Label
- Dangerous Music
- Producer
- Too Short, T. Bohanon
- Chart peak
- US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums #50
- Notable tracks
- ★ Freaky Tales
- ★ Playboy $hort II
- ★ Partytime
Artist & discography
Complete 1980s Studio Discography
4 studio albums released from 1980–1989 by Too Short. Archived records link directly to full dossiers; remaining releases are queued for harvesting. MusicBrainz source.
Complete track listing · 8 tracks
- Partytime
- Mack Attack
- Playboy Short II
- You Know What I Mean
- Freaky Tales
- Dope Fiend Beat
- Little Girls
- The Universal Mix
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en.wikipedia.org, discogs.com · track listing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Born_to_Mack · cover art: coverartarchive.org
Last enriched: 2026-09-04