Can’t Stay Away

Too $hort claimed he was retiring in 1996 when he dropped album #10 Gettin’ It, but a

player like $hort couldn’t stay away. After a three-year hiatus, he got back in the game

and on July 11th, 1999, he dropped his 11th studio album aptly named Can’t Stay

Away. Too $hort had been living in Atlanta for several years and this would be the first

of many albums to come that would incorporate ATL’s southern influences alongside

his West Coast Bay Area sound. Jazze Pha, Jermaine Dupri, and NY to ATL

transplant funk lord Erick Sermon contributed to the production along with features by

Memphis’ 8Ball & MJG and Houston’s Scarface. The Bay Area sound would come

from Ant Banks and Quint Black with West Coast features by E-40, B-Legit, Daz, and

Soopa Fly. The album would also introduce several up-and-coming rappers from all

regions of the US dubbed Nation Riders who were signed to Too $hort’s new label

imprint $hort Records. Can’t Stay Away is classic Too $hort, full of more pimp tales

including a sequel to Born To Mack’s Freaky Tales and he don’t stop rappin’ biiiiattch.
Get On Down in partnership with Sony’s CERTIFED is proud to present Can’t Stay

Away for the first time on vinyl.