Cocktails (album)

Cocktails
Studio album by
Too Short
ReleasedJanuary 24, 1995 (1995-01-24)
Recorded1994
Studio
Genre
Length1:07:35
Label
Producer
Too Short chronology
Get in Where You Fit In
(1993) 		Cocktails
(1995) 		Gettin' It (Album Number Ten)
(1996)
Singles from Cocktails
  1. "Cocktales"
    Released: 1994
  2. "Paystyle"
    Released: 1995
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Los Angeles Times[2]
Rap Pages8/10[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.

  1. ^ Hamilton, Andrew. "Cocktails - Too $hort | Album | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved September 24, 2024.
  2. ^ Gold, Jonathan (January 22, 1995). "Too Short in the Heart of Rap Beast : TOO SHORT, "Cocktails"; Jive (***)". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved September 24, 2024.
  3. ^ Akwanza (May 1995). "Flippin da Traxx". Rap Pages. Vol. 4, no. 5. p. 26. ISSN 1063-1283.
  4. ^ Mayfield, Geoff (February 11, 1995). "Between the Bullets". Billboard. Vol. 107, no. 6. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. p. 94. ISSN 0006-2510.