Born to Mack is the first full-length album by Too Short, and his first major album release. The album was released on July 20, 1987. This album was re-released by Jive Records after the success of Raw, Uncut, and X-Rated. It was originally released in the summer of 1987 by Dangerous Music and in 1988 through Jive/RCA, although Jive Records logos did not appear on it until it was released on compact disc in 1989. Born to Mack is the first full-length album by Too Short, and his first major album release. The album was released on July 20, 1987. This album was re-released by Jive Records after the success of Raw, Uncut, and X-Rated. It was originally released in the summer of 1987 by Dangerous Music and in 1988 through Jive/RCA, although Jive Records logos did not appear on it until it was released on compact disc in 1989. false 2023-07-15 17:30:36 1987 1987-06-20 1987-06-20 51 Hip Hop 114746 2132897 45c43601-4c62-40ab-b4a0-c45bd999d68c 8e0fe7bd-bd17-4d25-9b68-1e6a60705477 40ee8439-12cf-331c-b289-9c1ca6d739b8 /media/data/media5/Music/Too $hort/Born to Mack/folder.jpg Too $hort Too $hort 1 1 05:09 1 2 05:55 1 3 07:29 1 4 06:15 1 5 09:36 1 6 06:34 1 7 06:25 1 8 03:50 Todd Anthony Shaw (born April 28, 1966), better known by the stage name Too Short (stylized as Too $hort), is an American rapper and record producer. He became famous in the West Coast hip hop scene in the late 1980s, with lyrics often based on pimping and promiscuity, but also drug culture and street survival. This is respectively exemplified in his most popular songs "Blow the Whistle" and "The Ghetto". A pioneer of West Coast hip hop, Shaw began recording in 1983, cultivating a large following in his native Oakland. In 1987, his fourth album Born to Mack attracted the attention of Jive Records, who signed him and distributed the album nationally. His subsequent 1988 album Life Is...Too Short was highly successful, going double platinum, and he remained prominent into the 1990s. Jive