Cocktails (album)
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| Cocktails | ||||
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| Released | January 24, 1995 | |||
| Recorded | 1994 | |||
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| Length | 1:07:35 | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Los Angeles Times | [2] |
| Rap Pages | 8/10[3] |
Cocktails is the ninth solo studio album by American rapper Too Short. It was released on January 24, 1995, via Jive Records—making it his sixth LP for the label. The recording sessions took place at Dangerous Music, at DARP Studios in Atlanta and at Battery Studios in New York. The album was produced by the Dangerous Crew, B. Turner and L.A. Dre. It features guest appearances from 2Pac, Ant Banks, Baby DC, Father Dom, Illegal, L.A. Dre, MC Breed, Old School Freddy B, and the rest of the Dangerous Crew.
The album debuted at number six on the Billboard 200 and atop of the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, with the first-week sales of 101,000 copies in the US.[4] It received Gold certification by the Recording Industry Association of America on March 27, 1995, and was certified Platinum on January 6, 1997. Its lead single, "Cocktales", made it to number 69 on the Billboard Hot 100, number 43 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and number 3 on the Hot Rap Songs charts.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Ain't Nothing Like Pimpin'" |
| The Dangerous Crew | 6:46 |
| 2. | "Cocktales" |
| Shorty B | 6:06 |
| 3. | "Can I Get a Bitch" (featuring Ant Banks) |
| Ant Banks | 5:12 |
| 4. | "Coming up Short" |
| Pee-Wee | 5:42 |
| 5. | "Thangs Change" (featuring Illegal and Baby D) |
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| 6:07 |
| 6. | "Paystyle" |
| The Dangerous Crew | 5:44 |
| 7. | "Giving Up the Funk" (featuring The Dangerous Crew) |
| Ant Banks | 5:14 |
| 8. | "Top Down" |
| Ant Banks | 5:07 |
| 9. | "We Do This" (featuring 2Pac, MC Breed and Father Dom) |
| The Dangerous Crew | 5:51 |
| 10. | "Game" (featuring Old School Freddy B and L.A. Dre) |
| L.A. Dre | 5:16 |
| 11. | "Sample the Funk" |
| Too $hort | 6:54 |
| 12. | "Don't Fuck for Free" |
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| 3:35 |
| Total length: | 1:07:35 | |||
- Sample credits
- Track 7 contains a sample of "Disco to Go" written by George Clinton and William Collins and performed by the Brides of Funkenstein.
- Track 11 contains a portion of the composition "Funky Worm" written by Gregory Webster, Marvin Pierce, Bruce Napier, Clarence Satchell, Leroy Bonner, Marshall Jones, Ralph Middlebrooks and Walter Morrison.
Charts
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Certifications
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| United States (RIAA)[9] | Platinum | 1,000,000^ |
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^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. | ||
