Can't Stay Away

1	Can't Stay Away 4:28
2	Ain't No Bitches 4:32
3	Don't Stop Rappin' / Too $hort 5:51
4	Here We Go / Too $hort Jermaine Dupri Remix 4:27
5	More Freaky Tales 5:08
6	You Might Get G'eed / Too $hort 5:22
7	Good Life 3:53
8	Longevity / Too $hort 4:28
9	How Does It Feel / Too $hort 4:30
10	What Happened To The Groupies / Too $hort 5:35
11	Invasion Of The Flat Booty Bitches 4:26
12	Can't Stay Away (Outro) 1:32
13	Here We Go / Too $hort Bonus Track / Lil' Jon Remix 4:27
14	Nation Riders / Too $hort 5:02
15	G-2000 / Too $hort 4:30
16	Don't Trust Her / Badwayz 4:36
17	In The Studio / Quint Black 2:54

Barnes & Noble

The year was 1996, and with the release of his tenth album, GETTIN' IT, Oakland-bred rap legend Too $hort shocked the hip-hop world by announcing his retirement. But, surprise, it didn't last long. After re-negotiating with his label, Jive Records, and getting his own imprint, $hort Records, rap's reigning pimp has returned with the aptly titled CAN'T STAY AWAY. Never straying far from his patented hit-making formula, $hort's songs, like "You Might Get G'eed" (featuring Daz, E-40 & Soopa Fly) and "What Happened to the Groupies" (featuring B-Legit), are fitting additions to his catalogue of raunchy material. Able to mesh the new with the old (three of $hort's mid-80's standards are updated here: "Don't Stop Rappin'," "Freaky Tales," and, yes, "Invasion of the Flat Booty Bitches"), Todd Shaw's solid new album proves that his career shows no signs of slowing down. Elliott Sharp

All Music Guide

Too Short was 33 when Can't Stay Away came out in 1999, and for a rapper, that's old age. Many MCs have seen their fortunes decline considerably by the time they hit 30, although Short managed to have more longevity than most of his peers. The Oakland rapper had claimed that 1996's Gettin' It would be his last album, but obviously, he wasn't ready to give up rapping just yet. You won't find anything groundbreaking on this CD -- Short continues to combine sexually explicit rhymes with a relaxed, laid-back style of rapping and melodic, sleek tracks that recall the funk and soul music of the '70s. Many hip-hop writers argued that his formula had long since grown tiresome, and to be sure, Short is cheating himself creatively by being so predictable and not trying something different. Nonetheless, he still comes up with some infectious, catchy grooves here and there, and there are times when his off-color humor is still fairly amusing -- "Invasion of the Flat Booty Bitches" and "More Freaky Tales" are definitely good for a few laughs. Much of the album finds Short featuring various rappers who were signed to his Too Short label; clearly, he was a smart enough businessman to reason that even if his own popularity faded, he could make money putting younger MCs to work. Can't Stay Away is far from Short's best album, but it has its moments -- and it's an album that many of his diehard fans will probably want despite its limitations and shortcomings. Alex Henderson