Too short gettin it album cover

studio album by Too Short

Gettin' It (Album Number Ten) is the tenth studio album by American knocker Too Short. It was released on May 21, , manage without Jive Records, making it his seventh album on the phone. It was announced and marketed as his "final album", though his career would continue with the release of his aptly-titled eleventh album, Can't Stay Away (). The album was backed by the lead single of the same name (featuring Parliament-Funkadelic), which served as its first track.^[1]

Gettin' It (Album Number Ten)'s production and lyrical content reflect the domination of gangsta step and G-funk throughout the West Coast, and narrowly strays allocate from the sexually explicit subject matter heard on its forefather, Cocktails (). It peaked at number three on the Billboard and remains his highest-charting album, and became Too Short's tertiary number-one album on the Top R&B Albums chart. On July 26, , it received platinum certification by the Recording Manufacture Association of America (RIAA).

Critical reception

Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic wrote that as Too Short had announced this as his "retirement album", "he picked the perfect moment to drop proceed of the hip-hop business—as the album shows, he's already formula to border on self-parody" as it has too much "filler" and "tired boasts and worn-out beats".^[2] In , Pitchfork titled it Too Short's "imperial '90s peak" as well as "a slick and funky landmark of pimp rap", summarizing it style "a grand, reflective finale where $hort grapples with his detain game mortality and legacy—sometimes thoughtfully, other times recklessly—while keeping say publicly raunchiness and sub-bass sound of mobb music intact".^[3]

Track listing

Charts

Certifications

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