Can't Stay Away

Can't Stay Away
Can't Stay Away
Studio album by Too Short
Released	July 13, 1999
Recorded	1998–1999
Studio	Oakland City Studios; Ant Banks Bad Ass Beat Lab in Atlanta, Georgia; Additional Engineering & Mixing: Battery Studios (NYC), D.A.R.P. Studios (Atlanta), Echo Sound (LA), Enterprise Studios (LA), Larrabee Studios (LA), Patchwerk Studios (Atlanta), The Plant (Sausalito, CA), Purple Dragon Studios (Atlanta), Quad Studios (NYC), Track Recordz (LA)
Genre	Hip hop
Length	60:15
Label	Jive
Producer	Too Short; Erick Sermon; Diamond D; Ant Banks; Kenny Flav; Delite; Mike D.; Jermaine Dupri; Jay Mac; Jazze Pha; Lil' Jon; Quinton Banks;
Too Short chronology
Singles from Can't Stay Away
	"Invasion of the Flat Booty Bitches"; Released: September 8, 1998; "More Freaky Tales"; Released: December 22, 1998; "It's About That Money"; Released: 1999;

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Rolling Stone	^[2]
The Source	^[3]

Can't Stay Away is the eleventh studio album by American rapper Too Short. It was released on July 13, 1999, via Jive Records, making it his eighth album on the label. The album received generally positive reviews from critics and was a commercial success, certified Gold on August 13, 1999, only a month after its release. This is Too Short's fourth consecutive album to reach the top of the US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.

The album was preceded by the singles "Invasion of the Flat Booty Bitches" which rose to number 51 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart in September 1998, and "More Freaky Tales" which hit number 3 on the Hot Rap chart in January 1999. A music video was produced for the song "Ain't No Bitches". "It's About That Money" with Sean "Puffy" Combs was released as a single to accompany the album in mid-1999, but it missed the Hot 100 by four places in August.^[4] The Village Voice called out "It's About That Money" and "Here We Go" as the best two songs on the album, the rest are described as Too Short's usual "trunk funk" style.^[5]

^ Alex Henderson (February 23, 1999). "Can't Stay Away - Too $hort | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved July 25, 2015.
^ Lewis, Miles Marshall (April 1, 1999). "Recordings: Too Short – Can't Stay Away". Rolling Stone. No. 809. p. 98. Archived from the original on October 2, 2007. Retrieved July 25, 2015.
^ Burke, Miguel (April 1999). "Record Report: Too Short – Can't Stay Away". The Source. No. 115. New York. pp. 196, 198. Archived from the original on November 29, 1999. Retrieved September 7, 2024.
^ "Too $hort – Chart History: Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Songs". Billboard. Archived from the original on December 29, 2019. Retrieved July 21, 2022.
^ Hunter, Asondra (August 10, 1999). "Longlevity". The Village Voice. Retrieved October 26, 2022.

[1] Alex Henderson (February 23, 1999). "Can't Stay Away - Too $hort | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved July 25, 2015.

[2] Lewis, Miles Marshall (April 1, 1999). "Recordings: Too Short – Can't Stay Away". Rolling Stone. No. 809. p. 98. Archived from the original on October 2, 2007. Retrieved July 25, 2015.

[3] Burke, Miguel (April 1999). "Record Report: Too Short – Can't Stay Away". The Source. No. 115. New York. pp. 196, 198. Archived from the original on November 29, 1999. Retrieved September 7, 2024.

[4] "Too $hort – Chart History: Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Songs". Billboard. Archived from the original on December 29, 2019. Retrieved July 21, 2022.

[5] Hunter, Asondra (August 10, 1999). "Longlevity". The Village Voice. Retrieved October 26, 2022.

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