Too Short recently spoke to PyramidWest about he and fellow Bay Area rapper E-40 planning to release a collaborative project in the coming year.
“We’re both shooting for a 2011, middle-of-the-year release,” Short Dog was quoted as saying.
Too Short and E-40 shared over 10 years as Jive Records labelmates, and while they had their share of collaborations, some fans always wondered why there werenﾒt more group efforts from the Bay Area pair. There was talk once before during their time at Jive of an album between the two tentatively-titled “The History Channel”, but according to Too Short, the same label that brought them together also wanted to keep them apart.
ﾓFor years and years me and E-40 have been friendsﾗbefore we both signed to Jive, during the entire time we both signed to Jive, and we still remain friends to this day,ﾔ Short said, during an interview with PyramidWest. ﾓWhile we were on Jive, we always wanted to make an album together. We figured weﾒre on the same label, lets take it to the label and say, ﾑHey, do an E-40/Too Short album.ﾒ But thatﾒs not what they wanted. To this day, we still donﾒt know why they didnﾒt want us to collaborate, because if we made an album seven or eight years ago, it probably would have been probably much more significant than it would be now.ﾔ
The two have appeared on numerous tracks such as the Ant Banks-produced classics like ﾓRapperﾒs Ball,ﾔ Cali-O,” & “Domestic Violence,”, ﾓShow Me What You Working Wit,ﾔ “Just Like Dope,” as well as also being featured together on Ant Banksﾒ pair of T.W.D.Y. albums on songs like ﾔPervinﾒﾔ and ﾔGame Shootersﾔ. And while about a dozen more collaborations have surfaced recently, including this summerﾒs ﾓBitch,ﾔ Short says thereﾒs even more to come
ﾓWeﾒre defying the odds of what Hip Hopﾒs supposed to be,ﾔ Too Short added. ﾓIﾒm personally 44, and I think Iﾒve got 40 by about two years. And weﾒve got a hot song moving around this summer. Of course weﾒre still entertaining the idea of doing a project together. Youﾒve heard quite a few duets, and we have twice as many songs as that which youﾒve never heard.ﾔ
Short explained that the currently untitled project would likely be released in 2011, after the release of his digital album, Respect The Pimpinﾒ.
ﾓPart of what my legacy is right now is to tear down that stereotype that Hip Hop has an age limit,ﾔ Short explained. ﾓIﾒm doing it to the fullest right along with my man E-40 and a couple other OGﾒs out there [like] Ice Cube.ﾔ
