660: Too $hort | The Pimp Tape

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🗓️ 12 October 2017

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Too $hort (@tooshort) is a pioneer West Coast rapper who has probably been making music for longer than you've been alive. His new album, The Pimp Tape, drops soon. "When I died, I sold another 1.3 million albums." -Too $hort The Cheat Sheet: When and how did Too $hort die? (Spoiler: he hasn't, but don't tell Google.) How and why has Too $hort kept business separate from his personal life? How did Too $hort emerge from a middle class background to become an O.G. hip hop legend? What keeps someone going and remaining relevant over thirty years in the entertainment industry? Can music save lives? Too $hort thinks so, and has a new message for Oakland's modern youth. And so much more... Full show notes at https://theartofcharm.com/660/ Find out more about the team who makes The Art of Charm podcast here! Skip Netflix tonight and join the millions of students learning and growing on Skillshare today -- AoC listeners get one month of Skillshare free by signing up at skillshare.com/charm! Combining high-tech sensors, blockchain protocol, and smart contracts, Ambrosus is building a universally verifiable, community-driven ecosystem to assure the quality, safety, and origins of products. Find out more about Ambrosus here! Does your business have an Internet presence? Now save a whopping 50% on new webhosting packages here with HostGator by using coupon code CHARM! Save time. Look great. Stitch Fix is the personal styling service customized to your fit, lifestyle, and spending preferences. Get started now at stitchfix.com/CHARM and you'll also get 25% off when you keep all five items in your box! Free yourself from typing notes, reports, and documents by going with the transcriptionists we trust here at AoC: TranscriptionOutsourcing.net -- 99% or higher accuracy guaranteed! HELP US SPREAD THE WORD! If you dig the show, please subscribe in iTunes and write us a review! This is what helps us stand out from the crowd and help people find the credible advice they need. Review the show in iTunes! We rely on it! http://www.theartofcharm.com/mobilereview Stay Charming! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I knew what it did to people and I knew for a fact when I never even had been in a studio.
0:04.6	I knew that people wanted to hear what the fuck I was doing.
0:14.2	Welcome to the art of charm. I'm Jordan Harbinger and I'm here with producer Jason DeFilippo.
0:19.2	On this episode we're talking with two shorts. That's right.
0:22.8	He is a hip-hop legend.
0:26.4	OG from way back in the day.
0:28.8	One of the pioneer rappers of West Coast hip-hop.
0:31.8	His rap lyrics are primarily about such charming topics such as pimping drug use and promiscuity.
0:37.5	People who have heard that music might think it's an odd choice for the art of charm podcasts.
0:41.6	However, there is a little bit of meat on these bones.
0:44.0	He's a godfather of Bay Area hip-hop.
0:46.4	And since 1996, all but one studio album has charted to the US R&B charts.
0:51.9	And all but two charted to the Billboard Top 200.
0:54.5	That is no small feat with six platinum and four gold albums.
0:58.3	He's collaborated with both Tupac and Biggie during their feud and has no bullet holes to show for it.
1:04.7	Today we'll discover why he and how for that matter.
1:07.5	He went from middle class upbringing to an OG hip-hop legend with over 30 years in the game
1:13.1	and learned what keeps someone not only going but keeps them relevant.
1:16.9	And we'll explore why now he's changing his tune a little bit.
1:19.7	He's bringing a new message to the local Oakland neighborhoods.
1:22.7	And life's not all about sex, drugs and money.
1:25.7	Music did save his life or so he says and now he's trying to do the same for others.
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