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Cocktails (album)

1995 studio album by Too Short

Cocktails

Studio album by

Too Short

Released

January 24, 1995

Recorded

1994

Genre

Hip hop
G-funk
dirty rap

Length

60:07

Label

Jive

Producer

Ant Banks
Shorty B
Spearhead X
The Dangerous Crew
B. Turner
Too Short
L.A. Dre

Too Short chronology

Get in Where You Fit In
(1993)

Cocktails
(1995)

Gettin' It (Album Number Ten)
(1996)

Singles from Cocktails

"Cocktales"
Released: 1994
"Paystyle"
Released: 1995

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]

Cocktails is the ninth studio album by American rapper Too Short. It was released on January 24, 1995, via Jive Records—making it his sixth album for the label. It contains guest performances by MC Breed, Tupac Shakur, The Dangerous Crew, and Ant Banks, the latter of whom produced the album. Cocktails debuted at number six on the Billboard 200 chart—selling 101,000 copies in its first week—ultimately selling over one million units and receiving platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of America.^[2] It was Too Short's second album to peak atop the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. The album was supported by the 1994 lead single, "Cocktales".

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Ain't Nothing Like Pimpin'"	6:46
2.	"Cocktales"	6:06
3.	"Can I Get a Bitch" (featuring Ant Banks)	5:12
4.	"Coming Up $hort"	5:42
5.	"Thangs Change" (featuring (Malik and Jamal from Illegal) and Baby D)	6:07
6.	"Paystyle"	5:44
7.	"Giving Up the Funk" (featuring The Dangerous Crew)	5:14
8.	"Top Down"	5:07
9.	"We Do This" (featuring 2Pac, MC Breed, and Father Dom)	5:52
10.	"Game" (featuring Old School Freddy B)	5:16
11.	"Sample the Funk"	6:54
12.	"Don't Fuck for Free"	3:35

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1995)	Peak position
US Billboard 200^[3]	6
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)^[4]	1

Year-end charts

Chart (1995)	Position
US Billboard 200^[5]	134
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)^[6]	26

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)^[7]	Platinum	1,000,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

^ Andrew Hamilton (January 24, 1995). "Cocktails - Too $hort | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved July 25, 2015.
^ Billboard 11 feb. 1995, p. 95, at Google Books
^ "Too Short Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved October 23, 2014.
^ "Too Short Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved October 23, 2014.
^ "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1995". Billboard. Archived from the original on January 23, 2015. Retrieved October 21, 2021.
^ "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 1995". Billboard. Archived from the original on October 3, 2015. Retrieved October 21, 2021.
^ "American album certifications – Too Short – Cocktails". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved January 7, 2024.