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Youngstas under 20 will never understand how dope Late 80s/ Early 90s Rap was. Glad I lived it.

Too Short a legend in the game, better recognize!

Too $hort had a unique sound. I miss the days of storytelling in hip-hop/ rap.

ANT BANKS IS THE MOST UNDERRATED WEST COAST PRODUCER WHO NEVER FULLY GOT HIS PROPS FOR HIS TOO SHORT & SPICE 1 E-40 PRODUCTIONS.

Too short helped me over come the first time a bitch cheated on me lol true story,also motivated me to not gangbang and be money oriented.Too short was out here saving lives since the 90s salute from the chi

Hard on the Boulevard is one of my favorite Too $hort tracks never gets old.

Too short was my neighbor in edgewater, nj back in 1998. Too short was the flyest , surrounded always with fly girls, and definitely one of the coolest dudes I ever met.

He aint lying Ant Banks made some dope beats worked with Spice 1 too.

Short Daaaaaawg.... One of the best catz to ever do the damn thang. No question, he a Legend with a capital "L".

That's 1 Of The Reasons 'Pac Said He Left .. Crazier Shit, He Moved To Atlanta & L.A. Too . Smart Moves .

Detroit used to bump this nigga heavy in the late 80s early 90s

I moved from Oakland to west Texas for the same reason. Oakland is full of hate. And he ain't lying about the strip club culture down south... mayne

Get in Where you Fit In is a classic...hands down. One of my favorite albums of all time.

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This series is the Best Too $hort interview ever conducted

Todd Shaw/Too $hort IS THE BAY! He was ahead of his time with an independent mindset. I remember walking to elementary school with my brother listening to Freaky Tales and Dope Fiend Beat with our boom box....our mother would be MORTIFIED if she knew haaaa. Fast forward to his Player's Ball/album release party in Downtown Oakland....I was there! By pure luck, me and my BFF sat with the late great Easy-E and Mrs. Shaw. I still have the photos and my backstage sticker in my photo album. One of the best nights of my life! We won tickets off of KMEL. Oooooh the 80s and 90s were the best times EVER.

I remember those days in East Oakland. They were knocking down real reputable street cats on both sides real heavy!!

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Big Bad Ass Anthony Banks had that trunk funk! Basslines was romping!

Too Short your beats still play in my ride, Orion system pounding 8 subs .... mad respect

"Just Another Day" is my favorite $hort record of all time.

92 93 was damn near bad everywhere from Oakland to New Orleans, Gary Indiana etc.,

Vlad's catchphrase is "At what point...."

My nigga Sir Too Short got 4000 albums!! 😂😂

I was listening to this cat when I was 15, and that was close to 30 years ago. Too Short....Legend. He has so many albums, he sometimes had to stop and go through so many titles to get the right one when answering a question. That speaks volumes.

I don't blame him, his game is all about chillen, his game isn't about killing fools, he did what was right for him, he just looking out for his rear.

California is sooooo over priced! That’s why ppl are leaving CA for Atlanta, Texas, Florida, etc. It’s cheaper to live in the south.

$hort Dog Don't Get The Credit He Deserves Def A Legend!

#TooShort... this interview was the real truth. And The Atlanta part I was living in Atlanta 88-91then back to Richmond, Cali.... then 92- 94 back to Norcross, GA... Turtles Music and Videos and CEMA distribution. He told the real truth, the time frame. I loved it and had a hella lot of fun.! For real.. Ant Banks my man, you told me some key shyt on Engineering and I went and did it.... successfully. Thank you. Good job Short.

Damn he stayed in Atlanta too as a kid. Dude life should be a movie

Too Short Can drop a Album now and go platinum

Too Short is a real chill dude met him couple times and he always got his facts in order!

Great interview, I like the way you keep it real.

Short is one of the realest!

Damn, the label did a divide and conquer on Short for real

P-I-M-P-O-L-O-G-Y...Too Short is and always will be a legend. He was my favorite rapper early on - such a unique sound. One of my fondest memories was front row at his concert at Club Ritz in Cincinnati. I’m still salty he didn’t throw me a mix tape...

Thank you for keeping it real @tooshort coming from a old new fan.......💰💰💰💰

All things considered, I agree with just about everything Too Short said -- in particular, what he mentioned about Oakland & violence: as a Child, I spent part of my formative Years in Oakland, living in various Neighborhoods, between 1984, & 1990 -- at the time, I didn't notice how undesirable the living conditions were, for some of the Residents, including myself, in part -- I was totally oblivious to the Violence, Prostitution, Drug Abuse, & Overall Poverty, that was around me -- it wasn't until I got older, that I realized in large part, how dangerous Oakland was & still is, until this Day: in spite of it all, I still visit, occasionally: for what it's worth, Oakland has a special place in my Heart, somewhat.

Too Short! True OG! CoopDaTrille was Here 💯💯

I remember standing at the bus stop in Sandy Springs and Short passed by in 600 benz on dubs

I'm about to download "gettin it" right now. I played that CD out back in the day!

Oakland is just hella dangerous period .

Get In Where You Fit In is an all-time CLASSIC album! Short and Ant Banks are magic together. Wth happened to Banks?

Too Short Always Had The Best Sound From The Bay 💯

One of the greatest Rappers ever. If you don't know you are missing out big time.

Too Short had a lot of foresight to recognize he had to get out of Oakland. From a business standpoint, he saw that Atlanta was a new area that he could make his kind of music, get a new audience and extend his career. From a social and personal safety perspective, the streets would have been so wild that some young gangster wouldn't have thought twice about letting off on someone and possibly killing him. It's great to see he understood life but sad to see how many of our people are so quick to kill each other over nothing.

Luv his music

Yo, he aint bullshitting... I'm Cuban from Miami and I visited ATL once, was theit for just a week and fell in love with the place, and I didn't even hardly leave Peach Tree Street but it was all I needed to see. That's when the term 'southern hospitality' was illustrated for me

Best interview ever!

Short and Ant Banks had great chemistry. Short's sound really came alive with that Ant Banks bass. When he moved to Atlanta his sound definitely changed. Similar to when Snoop went to No Limit. It just didn't sound right. Short needed Banks the same way Snoop needed Dre. That's not to knock the producers in Atlanta. Dallas Austin was amazing. But certain vocal styles and beat styles are a better match. Ant Bank's beats were slower with a heavy 808 and thundering bass lines. Short's rhymes were made for those kinds of beats.

Just like on Menace to Society moving to Atlanta

blew my mind that Too lived (lives) in Atlanta too, I even saw one of his shows and still didn't know!

Shoutout to Shortdog. True living legend. I used to listen to Born to Mack when I had a paper route.

Too $hort my dude my cousin use to sneak and let me listen to his music in 1985 at 10 years old

Town always been crazy, since the late 60s. East Side Oakland #Rollin100s

Timeless interview 😍😍😍😍😍

Too Short I sat in the spot banging your music salute to you...

8:00 i remember when eric sermon set up the rim shop in atlanta. lot's of rappers moved to atl.

I'd love to see an Interview with Ant Banks at some point! Mad underrated mulit instrumentalist as well.

At 3:36 that’s real in the streets when you got homies on both sides of the table when it’s a war goin on, We love the streets even though the streets don’t love no man!! Shoutout Too Short for always keeping it Player!!

Any banks is a monster on the production side of the game. That was the best too short music them albums

“So you wanna be a gangsta?!”

He got the hell up out of Dodge. Salute. Respect to a legend

The background in this video is awesome.

Nice interview

Leaving California for other cities and states was the norm back in the 90's especially in LA and Oakland due to thousands of bodies being taken away. Boyz In the Hood and Menace II Society really tell it like it was. Tre and Brandi leaving for Atlanta to go to Spelman and Morehouse. Caine, Ronnie, Sharif, and Stacy leaving to Kansas.

LEGENDDDDDD

I'm so glad he shouted out Ant Banks. He was my favorite producer of that era by far. Blanks is THAT DUDE 🔥

One of the greatest to ever do it

Love how he gives Ant Banks the respect he deserves

I first heard Freaky tales in my uncles mini truck, "The Undertaker". 80s was lit in Texas mane. Nemesis, Ghetto boys, T Short, UGK

I was in Oakland when Too Short first started in the mid 80's

so much game in these Too Short interviews gettin dem straight history lessons off dis shit

Short n mac dre r my fav bay rappers

We want a too short and ant banks song!

That background reminds me of the Parents Just Don't Understand video.

Legendary Icon my baby Too Short forever team Too Short.

Old National Highway is where those good ass hot wings at

*TOO SHORT IS A WEST COAST SURVIVER* *LL COOL J IS A EAST COAST SURVIVER* Both did a lot during ‘80z, ‘90z, ‘00z maybe even 2day.

Salute from stockton Cali "😎😎😎

There was a Movement in Atlanta during that time. It was amazing. Not just folks from the Bay. Dudes from New York came through buying building's. Jermain was working with old school rappers like Whodini. Digital Undergroud, Tupac, Arrested Development, Every Black Comedian could be found looking for the party in the party. Everybody was in Atlanta. It was Amazing how Too Shorts house was wide open. I had good times there, at the Hawks games, in the clubs, in the Very Many recording studios. So much good energy and entrepreneurship was in Atlanta.

Politics in the music industry. A lot of these big major record label CEO's think they know what's hot and don't have the ear to the streets.

Im glad he spoke on ant banks. Personally i stopped listening to short once i found out ant banks wasnt on the production. They both had chemistry that fit right in pocket that's missing to this day.

Showin' you love Too $hort, From Big Bad South Los Angeles!

"Getting it" is my favorite song from too short

Cause pimpins been around since the beginning of it

Too short is a Legend

Getting it and Get in where you fit in and Cocktails.. was like three bomb ass albums back to back

Im from Georgia and Too Short was huge in GA in the 90's.

I remember seeing Short pull up in 95 in a Porsche in Decatur. When "Whatcha gon' do" came out with lil Jon and the Eastside Boyz

He did a smartass move and I did not know getit was made in Atlanta

Just another day........Coldest short shit ever! Tells this whole story!

Got love for the O.G. Short Dogg, love them stories over them soul beats

Vlad shut up unless your asking a Question!

He's right. It started at a Dice game at diamond park. That was the beginning of the war between The Village and AF and their various factions and allies.

We still out here in East Oakland. Oakland Cali for life baby

I met him in the late 80's when he used to live down the street from my grandma in Fremont