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]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Can't Stay Away"	4:28
2.	"Ain't No Bitches"	4:54
3.	"Don't Stop Rappin'" (featuring 8Ball & MJG)	5:51
4.	"Here We Go" (featuring Jay-Z and Jermaine Dupri)	4:42
5.	"More Freaky Tales"	5:08
6.	"You Might Get G'eed" (featuring E-40, Daz Dillinger, and Soopafly)	5:22
7.	"Good Life" (featuring Jazze Pha)	3:55
8.	"Longevity" (featuring Scarface, K.B., Otis & Shug)	4:00
9.	"How Does It Feel" (featuring D'wayne Wiggins)	4:31
10.	"What Happened to the Groupies" (featuring B-Legit)	5:35
11.	"Invasion of the Flat Booty Bitches"	4:26
12.	"Can't Stay Away (Outro)"	1:32
13.	"It's About That Money" (featuring Puff Daddy)	4:45
14.	"Nation Riders" (performed by Slink Capone, Murda One, G-Side, and Playa Playa)	4:44
15.	"G-2000" (performed by Badwayz, Zu, Al Block, and Hellkilla)	4:34
16.	"Don't Trust Her" (performed by Badwayz)	4:36
17.	"In the Studio" (performed by Quint Black)	2:54

Credits

8Ball – Composer, Featured Artist
Yaku Allen – Composer
B-Legit - Composer, Featured Artist, Guest Artist, Performer
Sonny B – Keyboards, Producer
Badwayz – Performer, Primary Artist
Ant Banks – Composer, Engineer, Keyboards, Mixing, Producer
Quinton Banks - Producer (tracks 6, 8, 9, 17)
Black – Keyboards (5)(tracks 6, 8, 9), Performer
Quint Black – Composer, Performer, Primary Artist
Al Block – Performer, Primary Artist
Don "DJ Snake" Brown - Mixing
Horace Brown – Guest Artist, Performer
Larry Busacca – Photography
Josh Butler – Engineer
Harry Wayne "K.C." Casey – Composer
George Clinton – Composer
Tom Coyne – Mastering
Mike D. – Composer, Engineer, Keyboards, Producer
Jay Da Sinnusta – Harmonica
Diamond D – Composer, Producer
Daz Dillinger – Featured Artist, Performer
Jermaine Dupri – Remixing
E-40 – Composer, Featured Artist, Guest Artist, Performer
8Ball and MJG – Guest Artist, Performer, Primary Artist
Richard Finch – Composer
Soopa Fly – Featured Artist
G-Side – Primary Artist
Nick Gamma – Art Direction
Eric Gast – Engineer
Seth Glassman – Composer
Wellington "Tech" Gray – Engineer
Xavier Hargrove – Composer
Chaz Harper – Digital Editing
Hellakilla – Primary Artist
David Jackson – Composer
Jay-Z – Composer, Featured Artist, Guest Artist, Performer

Jazze Pha – Composer, Keyboards, Producer, Vocals (Background), Vocals (tracks 1, 2, 6, 7)
Gerald Johnson – Composer
K.B. – Additional Vocals
Dennis Lambert – Composer
Lil' Jon – Featured Artist, Performer, Producer
Lil' Jon & the Eastside Boyz – Featured Artist
Lil' Kim – Performer
Craig Love – Guitar
Andrew Lyn – Assistant Engineer, Mixing Assistant
Jay Mac – Composer, Keyboards, Producer
Juree Manning – Vocals (Background)
Robin Mays – Engineer
MJG – Composer, Featured Artist, Performer
Mo-Suave – Producer
Murda One – Performer, Primary Artist
Kevin Parker – Engineer
Charles Pettaway – Composer, Guitar
Playa Playa – Performer, Primary Artist
Brian Potter – Composer
Puff Daddy – Featured Artist, Guest Artist, Performer
Shabba Ranks – Featured Artist, Guest Artist, Performer
Scarface – Composer, Featured Artist, Guest Artist, Performer
Torrance Scott – Bass, Composer, Guitar, Guitar (Bass: tracks 6, 8, 15, 17)
Erick Sermon – Composer, Keyboards, Producer, Programming
Russell Simmons – Composer
Slink Capone – Performer, Primary Artist
Suege – Vocals (Background)
Suge and Otis – Vocals (Background)
T-Mix – Engineer
Taj "Mahal" Tilghman – Composer, Drums, Engineer, Keyboards, Mixing, Producer
Too $hort – Composer, Primary Artist
Carlos Warlick – Engineer
Dwayne Wiggins – Featured Artist, Guest Artist, Guitar, Performer
Zu - Performer, Primary Artist

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1999)	Peak position
US Billboard 200^[6]	5
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)^[7]	1

Year-end charts

Chart (1999)	Position
US Billboard 200^[8]	165
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)^[9]	55

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)^[10]	Gold	500,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

^ 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.
^ "Too Short Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved October 23, 2014.
^ "Too Short Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved October 23, 2014.
^ "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1999". Billboard. Archived from the original on January 24, 2015. Retrieved June 26, 2021.
^ "1999 The Year in Music". Billboard. Vol. 111, no. 52. December 25, 1999. p. YE-56. Retrieved June 26, 2021.
^ "American album certifications – Too Short – Can't Stay Away". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved January 7, 2024.

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[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.

[ac_Billboard200_Too_Short-6] "Too Short Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved October 23, 2014.

[ac_BillboardRandBHipHop_Too_Short-7] "Too Short Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved October 23, 2014.

[8] "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1999". Billboard. Archived from the original on January 24, 2015. Retrieved June 26, 2021.

[9] "1999 The Year in Music". Billboard. Vol. 111, no. 52. December 25, 1999. p. YE-56. Retrieved June 26, 2021.

[United_StatesToo_ShortCan't_Stay_AwayalbumCertRef-10] "American album certifications – Too Short – Can't Stay Away". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved January 7, 2024.

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Discography
Albums	Don't Stop Rappin' Players Raw, Uncut and X-Rated Born to Mack Life Is... Too Short Short Dog's in the House Shorty the Pimp Get in Where You Fit In Cocktails Gettin' It (Album Number Ten) Can't Stay Away You Nasty Chase the Cat What's My Favorite Word? Married to the Game Blow the Whistle Get off the Stage Still Blowin' No Trespassing The Pimp Tape The Vault
EPs	Respect the Pimpin'
Collaboration albums	History: Function Music History: Mob Music Snoop Cube 40 $hort
Compilation albums	Greatest Hits, Vol. 1: The Player Years, 1983–1988 Nationwide: Independence Day Bible of a Pimp
Singles	"The Ghetto" "Short But Funky" "I'm a Player" "Money in the Ghetto" "Cocktales" "Gettin' It" "Call Me" "Invasion of the Flat Booty Bitches" "Shake That Monkey" "Blow the Whistle"
Featured singles	"Rapper's Ball" "Bia' Bia'" "Bossy" "Life of da Party" "Bitch" "On My Level" "First Date" "Girls" "Loyal" "Or Nah"
Related articles	The Dangerous Crew