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 Not bad, but not incredible either. A decent effort by Too $hort May 02, 2007
'Chase the Cat' was released in 2001 and was mostly ignored when it was first released. In fact, this is one of Too $hort's least-selling albums, only moving around 45,000 copies. Despite this, it's not an awful album at all. There are quite a few great tracks here, such as 'I Luv', 'Fire', and 'Can I Hit It', but the vast majority of this album is either too derivative, boring, or repetitive. That's not to say it's bad, but that makes this a rather unnecessary album to own, unless you're a die-hard Too $hort fan. The beats on this are interesting, even though it's not the signature funk, and some of the guest artists are good while others are lackluster (ranging from MC Bred, E4, and Tha Eastsidaz to Trick Daddy).
Overall, you can skip 'Chase the Cat' and not miss anything special. If you do buy it, it is a decent listen, and it is much better than his latest disaster 'Blow the Whistle'.
 Dogs Play Jun 30, 2006
Many don't agree with Too $hort's Rap Style... It's all game stop hatin' and buy it again.
Solid album - I give it 3.5 stars as well May 31, 2006
I was one of those who actually LOVED Too Short's first 2 albums out of retirement (Can't Stay Away and You Nasty). However, I was quite dissapointed with this one. Don't get me wrong - it's not a bad album. It's just that it doesn't live up to the high standart set by Short on any of his albums ever since the mid-80's. First of all, the album is too long, and suffers from a few mediocre songs (a first time for Short!). I felt that production on a few songs was a bit uninspired and so were overall quite a few of the songs! What I always loved about previous Too $hort albums, was the versatility - although most of them dealt with pimpin' and sex, you knew you would always get a few songs that dealt with other issues as well. Unfortunately, that does not happen on this album, which is all about pimpin' and sex (other than the last song - no.17 Don't Give Up) - now not that I've got a problem with this topic, but a whole album about that, over some dissapointing beats (only some of them, not ALL) and you get an avarege album by a true legend. Too $hort spits mad game as usual, but he sounds uninspired on this album on quite a few songs. And actually the sonsg I loved the most were "Fire" (feat. Erick Sermon) and "U Stank", songs that sound nothing like typical Too $hort songs - that's what Short failed to do on most of the album - come out with some originality - something he always did on previous album. Overall, about half of the album is trully great, and the other half is... well, about ok and that's it. The song everyone's talking about is "I luv" - well, to me, it's one of the most overrated songs I've heard. The lyrics are weak, noone really impresses, the hook is plain stupid and it features one of the worst beats Daz Dillinger has ever done!... The stand out songs are "Talking Sh__" feat. And Banks and B-Legit, produced by Ant Banks), "Fire" (feat. Erick Sermon), "Don't Ever Give Up" (produced by Tone Capone) and "U Stank" (feat. George Clinton). The other ones are either good or ok (at best).
Another thing - I gotta give it up for Short Dog coming out with another awesome and creative cover (and back) for the album. Just by looking on the internet, you won't get it - you gotta get the CD itslef in order to understand. Great concept.
Overall, I think loyal Too $hort fans will enjoy most of the album, although won't be completely pleased with it. Non-Too Short fans - better get his earlier work. Too $hort knows much better than this.
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3.5 stars for album "#13" - maybe my least favortite $hort album Nov 16, 2005
Just 14 months since his last album, $hort Dog is back with album #13, which is perhaps my least favorite of the 9 of his albums I have. (I'd give 1 - 5 stars, 4 would get 4.5 stars, 2 get 3.5 stars and 2 get 4 stars). For starters, he has a lot of guests (as all his post "retirement" albums do) as well as poorer production (as with most of his post "retirement" albums after the Dangerous Crew split). Of the 16 songs on here, 1 I skip, half are good and half are ok, only 1 real good song. Guests are on 2 of the 16 so alot of the Oakland Pimp isn't to be heard on here. Production is ok and oddly from some better funkier west coast producers, SBX does 6 songs, Taj Tilgham, Ant Banks, and Too $hort all do 2 songs, Daz Dillinger, Meech Wells, Jazze Pha and Toen Capone all do 1 song. I'm a huge fan of $hort but this one I might sway skip over, but it still is a little better then ok, just sub-par for a $hort album.
#1 - 7.5 (dirty song)
#2 - 7.5 (f/ Trick Daddy, Daz Dillinger, Scarface, Joan of Arc -- a version exists w/ Kurupt instead of Trick Daddy -- a decent dirty song)
#3 - 5 (f/ Jazze Pha, Murda One, Packy)
#4 - 8 (some more great $hort Freaky Tales -- another dirty one)
#5 - 8 (f/ Tray Deee, Goldie Loc, Big Tigger, Kokane -- tight beat)
#6 - 6 (f/ MC Breed)
#7 - 8 (f/ Erick Sermon & Crawfish -- nice beat)
#8 -8 (a nice dirty song)
#9 - 7.5 (f/ Dolla Will -- another dirty one)
#10 - 8 (f/ Jazze Pha)
#12 - 6 (f/ E-40 & Butch Cassidy)
#13 - 7.5 (about being a player 4 life)
#14 - 7 (another dirty one)
#15 - 9 (f/ B-Legit, Ant Banks -- great ebat from Banks)
#16 - 8 (f/ George Clinton & Baby D)
#17 - 8
Todd Shaw -- b. 4/29/66 -- b. Los Angeles, CA moved to Oakland, CA
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Short is in the house ! May 22, 2005
CHASE THE CAT, GET IT NOW, WORTH EVERY PENNY, i luvvvv i luvv best song along with chase the cat, cop it now 5 out of 5 piece of art
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