Too $hort: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert
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- Опубліковано 16 лют 2022
- NPR Music's Tiny Desk series will celebrate Black History Month with Tiny Desk (home) concerts featuring legends in the world of R&B, jazz, gospel, and hip-hop. Each artist in this legacy lineup has helped to define Black music as we know it and will be performing a Tiny Desk concert for the first time.
LaTesha Harris | February 17, 2022
In his Tiny Desk (home) concert, Too $hort asks: "How many artists you know that got relevant records in five decades?" The Oakland rapper answers by performing seven songs from his own discography, showcasing his extensive (yet still underrated) contributions to the growth of hip-hop on the West Coast. The expedition opens on a quiet, reflective note with a performance of $hort's influential 1990 single "The Ghetto" before roaring to life with 1988's "Life Is... Too $hort." From his spot in downtown LA, BoomBox Studios, $hort delivers a dynamic, funk-laden performance, seamlessly cycling through scenes of women-chasing debauchery and politically-minded meditation.
Of course, Too $hort's set list shows off the development of his sound, but it also underscores hip-hop's evolution from a socially polarizing genre to a touchstone of cultural capital. Combined with an enthralling presence of persona, $hort's jaw-dropping lyrics and minimal delivery influenced West Coast peers, like Snoop Dogg and Lil B, and beyond, like Lil Jon and UGK; his career, one of moving cassettes with local independent success to moving multiple platinum albums with national acclaim, established the Bay Area as a credible rapping hotspot, pushing the boundaries of hip-hop. Too $hort honors this history by shouting out his many collaborators over the years and sharing his legacy as a hip-hop titan with a spirited group of musicians - notably Curtis Crump Jr. and Techdizzle who steal the show with, respectively, their sax and drum work on "Gettin' It" and "Blow The Whistle." It's a monumental moment for the Tiny Desk, and for those wondering, there's more than enough of Too $hort's favorite word to celebrate with.
SET LIST
"The Ghetto"
"Life Is ...Too $hort"
"Gettin' It"
"Blow the Whistle"
"Ain't My Girlfriend"
"Big Sexy Thang"
"Big Subwoofer"
MUSICIANS
Too $hort: vocals
Robert L. Mitchell "Techdizzle": music director / drums
Curtis Crump Jr.: keys
Frank Abraham: bass
Ash Jangda: guitar
Maurice Smith: vocals
CREDITS
Recording Engineer: Migui Maloles
Monitor Engineer: Mateo Rodriguez
Mixing Engineer: Zach "Ekzakt" Perry
Directed By: Patrick "Embryo" Tapu
Camera Operator: Bryan Ramos and Robert Teegarden
Editor: Bryan Ramos
Coloring: Bryan Ramos
Gaffer: Mike Nelli
Grip: Jeremy Kemp
TINY DESK TEAM
Producer: Abby O'Neill
Video Producer: Joshua Bryant
Audio Mastering: Josh Rogosin
Tiny Production Team: Bobby Carter, Kara Frame, Maia Stern, Ashley Pointer, Sofie Hernandez-Simeonidis
Executive Producer: Keith Jenkins
Senior VP, Programming: Anya Grundmann
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Love you Mr. Too Short Sir!!!
Need to get ELZHI FROM THE SLUM .anyone that dilla rocked with should be allowed..I'm just saying.
I Totally Agree
One Love ❤
Whoever locked in this ICON and Legend needs a raise. NPR yall out did yallselves with this one. Now lets get DJ Quik on here!!!!
Dj Quik next please!
Quik would break the NPR internet.
Yessss
We on the same page! I love me some DJ Quik.
Yes I have asked for Quik as well!!!!!!!
The Tiny Desk we didn’t know we needed.
Truth✌🏼👊🏻
Facts
Right!!! 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾
Hating is a disease
💯 Absolutely
Homie playing keys AND blowing the whistle is a legend for this
The whistle was a stage, keyboard was doing the work if you watch closely.
Exactly
And sax!
Along with short he's the star!
Those of us over 40 ARE JAMMING!!! THIS MAN survived hip hop's wildest era. All due respect to a LIVING LEGEND 💯. Tiny desk ALWAYS comes through. 😍❤😍
N my late 20s fam grew up on short
Super Facts!
Been bumping Short since 1986. It was tapes back then, remember that?
@@philliphuigen1282 yep and having to dub your friend's tape using 2 boom boxes bc your parent wouldn't let u buy it🥰😂
@@texasgirlmomx2342 Yes they didn't play alot of the music on the radio then, so the only way you got to hear it was if some one gave you a dubbed/mixtape or a bootleg copy. Under 40 probably don't even know what a bootleg is anymore.
Plenty of rappers have copied his style, but there is only one Too $hort. 🐐🐐🐐
This performance was clean and amazing 👏👏🤙🤙🙂🙂🙂
First El DeBarge, now Too Short. That Tiny Desk don't miss!
YESSSS🙋🏽💐💐💐💐💜
Ikr!
cuz they understand music🔥🔥
At. ALL!
Facts!!!
The saxophone on Gettin' It was so COLD!!! Band sounds great.
Yasssssssss
Around 7 minutes!
Ice cold ❄❄
So cold it gave me goosebumps!
Yes, Ole boy went to the keys after that!
Too Short had homie up front working. Two keyboards, a sax, AND a whistle.
😆😆😅😅😊😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣
And a bassist and guitarist - top notch performance 👌🏽 representing the bay nonstop
Now if they get DJ Quik on Tiny Desk....🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Yep!❤❤❤❤
🤯❤❤❤❤❤
Let's do that
oh yes oh yes !
That would be incredible 🔥🔥🔥
Loving rap music with live instruments 🔥🔥🔥
It’s
The way!
Me tooooooooo!!! Yessss!
SO GOOD!!!
Hip hop not rap.
@@jfc4798 not really
I have been here all five decades bumping Too Short! Dude is a living legend! 💿💯🏆
Remember when his teeth were rotting out of his mouth ?
Yes sirrrr🙏 Real Hip Hop
@@milesjohnson5487they call you yuckmouth , you refuse to brush 😂
Nancy knows about teeth
Dude on the vocals is killing it!
Dude on the vocals bro? Thats Sir Too Short comin straight from Oakland!
@@The_One_Cosmos lol i think he is referring to the dude singing. Not Short dawg 🤦🏿♂️
Same feeling here 🙏🏽👊🏽🙌🏽🎤🎤🎤
Only Too Short can sit down while rapping and still be banging
Good point…well and 2Chainz whole tour when he was injured…think of any others?
Just like Scarface
That bass is heavy, sitting there in the pocket! Great musicians.
Such good tone
@Rap Fan Businessman you'd do well!
That's what I'm hearing first too
The bass kept nudging at my soul all through.
Nah he didn't quite get that bassline in The Ghetto... The way it was enhanced in the sample is what made that song a hit. He did all that jazz mess instead of just doing what was supposed to be done...
Crazy! His voice hasn't changed in years. Still great!
It's completely changed.
@@DefSquadFan not at all
@@raycashmilwaukee He sounds hoarse and he rapping in a different pitch.
I was born in ‘85, and I’m just now realizing this man was part of the soundtrack to my life 🔥🔥🔥🔥💜💜💜💜💜
2 $hort is 2 Real!!!
Same year...but I knew!!! lol
‘79 here - Too Short was my male role model growing up. He’s the reason I had game with the ladies. Kids these days can’t talk/hook up with girls. They need someone guiding them like I had.
That 18 minutes was too short!!!
Backup vocals Maurice Killin it!!!
Too Short needs to do a tour with a live Band!
He's outlasted them all. Dope house band and vocals
Man I came for Short Dawg and stayed for the Band them guys was on point 😊
My parents were appalled I was listening to stuff like this growing up and now it's all the way live on NPR. Generational youth culture is wild lol 🙏💜
Live band takes the rap game to a entirely different level. With an Icon like Too Short, live music takes it over the top, for sure.
Nice!
Yes Indeed
The lead guitar...
Rap Music Forever!!!
OMG this is exactly what I was looking for. Listening to Too Short for over 2 decades. “Break out the instruments and stay away from the samples”! Brother is living by his words.
He is 4 decades in
He said it. I been down for all 5 decades
Too Short is one of the first rappers i remember from my childhood. This mane a pioneer MC!!!
Whoever books the rap acts @ tiny desk is like, the one cool person at NPR 😂
NO JOKE!!!
Agree!!
Dude so many cool acts go through NPR that aren't rap.
@@crieverytim please share examples?
@@stevena.simmons3203 Full concert of The Arcs
Legend in the game. I've been a fan since 1986. Been buying every single album. This dude just cant stop rappin. One in a million.
NPR has been booking PURE LEGENDS these past few weeks!! I'm here for it!!
Too $hort with the Bay Area musical classics.
If I had hit the button harder I would have broke the screen. 🙌🏾
And I would’ve bought you a new 📱!
I agree 100%😂🤎
@@juanzamarripa3133 👍🏽😆
Thank you for representing the Yay Area! Oakland, San Francisco, Richmond, Vallejo love our Too Short! The live music set is everything. YESSIR! Hella dope! 🔥🔥🔥
Daly City East Palo Alto San Jose
Even after all these years, he's still not phoning it in. One of the best Tiny Desks I've seen in a while if only because he did more than 2-3 songs...he don't stop rappin'
TOO $HORT!!!! Yesss$s The band went CRAZY🔥🔥🔥🔥 Loved it!!!
Yes, they did🔥🔥🔥
Give the drummer some!
You _know_ that a rap lyric is old (classic) when it mentions a beeper!!
Shout out to the musicians. Especially the guy playing keys, saxophone AND blowing the whistle! Amazing!
Too Short and his padres are on point . Definitely in my top 5 . Maybe E-40 next ? 🤔 Suga Free...would be dope.
D.J. Quik is the only answer…need an icon from the CPT.
Bay Area’s finest!!!!
If you aren't using headphones or a banging system for tiny desk what you even doing here??? Bass killing it in this one
That bass though!!!
Great session brothers. Great choice tonight. Oakland, CA talent on Huey P Newtons birthday.
Rip to the late Comrade Huey P. Newton. Chitown Hampton Town love and respect to all the soldiers and freedom fighters✊🏽
LOVE when hip hop artist use live instruments it takes the records to another level!!!
Come on!!! Uncle Todd from the Town is on NPR Tiny Desk!!!! Yes lawd
NPR always amazes me. This is fire 🔥
Give that guitar man a raise!🙌🙌
I agree! Love his little riffs and soloing! Anyone know the guitar player's name?
The vocalist! Too Short! The band!! Amazing
I didn't know that I needed this in my life this morning. 🔥🔥🔥🔥
This is is so fantastic. Love live band Hip-hop...
It's so dope right? Wish hip hop artists did more stuff in this format, concerts and gigs. I guess it doesn't really lend itself to getting hype and jumping around though
Too short has always been fan of live instrumental music like funkadelic/parliament, James Brown George Clinton etc. He always fought for these older bands to get paid from rappers using their samples.
Born to Mack!!!! Go way back with this legend, much love Too $hort
I still have all the tapes, of the albums pre 1995. Too $hort will always be one of my GOATs.
Speak on it👏🏽👏🏽👏🏼 I'm with you!
Legendary story telling
Liking the band with Short! The concept of a group creating live music live still lives on. (Leave your machines at home)
The production quality on this set is a BEAST!!!🔥🔥🔥
Thank you for showing up unapologetically, $HORT! This was too smooth! Nothing but straight musicianship, no auto tune!
That guitar though!! So fine
One of my favorite artists he reinvents his self every single decade and make HITS 💯❤❤❤❤
Im east coast, but for real.... Too Short was holding down the west coast and many east coast dudes including myself likes him. He needs his props. This guy was hammering the rap game back in the day!
Was never the biggest short dog fan but respect must be given as well as credit when it’s due. Homie is still as sharp as ever in my personal opinion and he is certainly cemented in the game. Much love to the brother too short and that freaky tales joint still goes nuts
Gettin’ it! ✨ classic!
My FAVORITE Too Short song!
This is the first time I wished I could like a video more than once. Short is in his element
Make more accounts.
This was extremely dope. Thanks to the band for making this sound so live.
Beautiful band along with one of our greatest hip-hop legends (Too Short).
Thanks NPR for holding us down during Covid.....and now this. We will always love you for that. 💯
We luv Too Short. A Hip Hop Legend!
Greetings from Brazil to Oaktown!
Wholly Cow! Too Short is a complete Legend!! This performance is classic…thank you, NPR!
He was one of the Rap artist that I wasn't allowed to listen to. In the 80s my music was censured by my mother. 🤔 So I became an instant fan! For life ❤️💕🌹
Never knew of him before this but mate does it hit different! Instant fan... Greetings from the UK 🇬🇧
Bro you've been deprived lol
@@marvinbennett8384 Facts! 😂💜💯
No way!! Could you imagine growing up never knowing Too $hort!
Child abuse!! 😂😂
@@lajuanajacko4237 "Child?" Fam I'm an adult what you on about 😂😂😂😂
This was unexpected on tiny desk and I think we couldn't be any happier.
Too short killed it! The band killed it! The dude on vocals was incredible!
Tiny Desk never ceases to amaze me with their hand on the pulse of the culture🤟🏾This a Bay Area legend right here, even my Pops was bumpin this
💯💯💯💯💯💯
One of the GOAT Rappers to ever do it. I’m a 1993 Baby from the East Coast. I grew up on Too Short, E-40, DJ Quik, Snoop Dogg, Pac, Richie Rich etc.
Short made it though all that bs and he’s still relevant as ever and still performing. He’s one of the few rappers still from the Golden Era. He deserves all his Flowers
Well, this wasn't something I expected to see in my subs today. Nice!
Too Short Tiny Desk is 💣💣💣
Coming from DC (Go-Go music), I'm really appreciating having actual musicians playing instead of a beat track. Bravo!
Love that he has hits in the last 5 decades ❤
Great job Tiny Desk!!!
Lololol I just said to my fiance "too short is not at tiny desk!!!" This is so cool, the band ans everything welcome to D.C.!😎🎶🎵🎧🎹🎤💞
One of my top three NPR Tiny Desk concerts. 🔥🔥
2022年にThe Ghettoをこんなにカッコいいアレンジと演奏で聴けるなんて！いつ聴いても名曲(クラシック)！
It’s a groovy, p-poppin, singing every word type of Thursday morning! Thanks NPR!!!!! Ayyyyeeee 🔥 💃🏾
I clicked on it so fast lol
I exactly did the same thing!!!🤗
Factz came right here
Me tooooo!!!!
Me too and literally SCREAMED.
Me too!
I'm sitting here getting my pedicure and forgot where I was at watching this just boppin in the chair🤣 💜
🤣🤣🤣🙈
Congratulations SHORT on staying Too Black and Too Strong! Thank you for the times you would roll thru the Crest and come to the house and make us so proud! Thank you for being that "friend" to my family! I am always gonna love you!❤🖤💚💋
Too short the legendary. I love how he sound the same too
Didn't know I needed this so bad today. Thank you, Too $hort!! 🔥🔥🔥
Awesome! Whole band and Short blended so well and sax/key player had a great tone and taste. Hope they tour with this lineup.
I appreciate Short letting the band rock while he spit!!! This joint was fire!!
Legendary! NPR, now yall on another level. Ageless music and he's still relevant!
Love the live music with Too $hort.🔥 this is classic. Love it.
Ok! Short do the thang main!!! Going in on every song!’ The band is definitely on point, background singer dope, fell in with everything! Thanks 🙏🏿 NPR! That ain’t mi girlfriend that’s just my B!tch!!!
The basist stayed 100. Deep grooves. Fantastic performance.
Whyyy the band so 🔥 😌
Rap music with full complete sentences is dope! And the musicians got in tune with the funk.
I think the old heads like Short still need to have conversations about misogyny in the industry. I'm glad they can't just try to hide it like in other in other parts of the entertainment industry.
The set design with the speakers was cool. I like that he started with the Ghetto and Life is... I wish he did Paystyle off of Cocktails but figured he'd go with Gettin' It
A Standing Salute For The Player Too $hort
One Of The Greatest And Most Dynamic Of ALL Time
Too $hort ... a true legend in the game. Glad to watch him on a tiny desk concert with a wonderful band and background singers. Keep the good work going on! 🫶🫶🫶
He should have been in the halftime show. Ok, it's not really my world I admit, but I haven't heard anybody mention him in ages.
Band is tight and whoever does the sound for NPR is amazing.
This is my Super Bowl.
I said the same thing he should have been at the super bowl
Definitely should have been included in halftime show with the whole band!
Except he's the lamest performer live. No energy, lean against a speaker. Can't beat the snoop/dre mix.
Never knew I needed this
This one my favorite NPR concert, I have watched dozens of times!!!
Too $hort is a legend! This video deserves way more likes!
This is a beautiful piece of live art. Much appreciation
The way I RANNN over here!!! Yasss!!
One of the best storytellers ...stay blessed OG