Wednesday, January 28, 2009

$hort's got a brand new bag- Town Bizness

Erik Arnold just wrote a story on Too $hort's new band Town Bizness for SFGate the other day. Might be a good look for OG Ty. Props to Isa!!

When you've had a 25-year career like Too Short's, what's left to accomplish? For the pioneering Oakland rapper - who has 17 solo albums under his belt, many of them gold or platinum - the answer was simple: form a band and make some more high-quality music.

At 42, the guy who enthralled generations of hip-hop listeners with his salacious "Freaky Tales" has matured. And with maturity has come a willingness to expand his musical parameters. With his new project, a fledgling Bay Area supergroup called Town Bizness, nasty-mouthed Too Short has become grown 'n' sexy Todd Shaw. "I don't wanna go back and be raunchy-ass Too Short who just says the most outlandish things to get a reaction," he said during a recent interview at his Oakland studio. . . . (Click here for the complete article)

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

stop leaving Hus quotes in the nah right comments my dude, you had me cracking up on some "who up in here be on the Hus??"

Seriously, just found your blog last week. Keep it pushing.

dameSTATUS (of the currently out of commision blog, cultSTATUS)

from 51/E14, fyi.

wrenagade said...

yo just peeped this from the comment on Fabs free style. the blog is ill and i see we got folks in common ima add you to the scroll. Peace!

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