Can't Stay Away

For the song by Darin, see Can't Stay Away (Darin song).

Can't Stay Away is the eleventh studio album by American rapper Too Short. It was released on July 13, 1999, via Jive Records, making it his eighth album on the label. The album received generally positive reviews from critics and was a commercial success, certified Gold on August 13, 1999, only a month after its release. This is Too Short's fourth consecutive album to reach the top of the US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.

Can't Stay Away
Studio album by Too Short
Released	July 13, 1999
Recorded	1998–99
Studio	Oakland City Studios; Ant Banks Bad Ass Beat Lab in Atlanta, Georgia; Additional Engineering & Mixing: Battery Studios (NYC), D.A.R.P. Studios (Atlanta), Echo Sound (LA), Enterprise Studios (LA), Larrabee Studios (LA), Patchwerk Studios (Atlanta), The Plant (Sausalito, CA), Purple Dragon Studios (Atlanta), Quad Studios (NYC), Track Recordz (LA)
Genre	Hip hop
Length	60:15
Label	Jive
Producer	Too Short Erick Sermon Diamond D Ant Banks Kenny Flav Delite Mike D. Jermaine Dupri Jay Mac Jazze Pha Lil' Jon Quinton Banks
Too Short chronology
Gettin' It (Album Number Ten) (1996) Can't Stay Away (1999) You Nasty (2000)
Singles from Can't Stay Away
"More Freaky Tales" Released: 1998 "Invasion of the Flat Booty Bitches" Released: September 8, 1998 "It's About That Money" Released: 1999

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Rolling Stone	^[2]
The Source	^[3]

The album was preceded by the singles "Invasion of the Flat Booty Bitches" which rose to number 51 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart in September 1998, and "More Freaky Tales" which hit number 3 on the Hot Rap chart in January 1999. A music video was produced for the song "Ain't No Bitches". "It's About That Money" with Sean "Puffy" Combs was released as a single to accompany the album in mid-1999, but it missed the Hot 100 by four places in August.^[4] The Village Voice called out "It's About That Money" and "Here We Go" as the best two songs on the album, the rest are described as Too Short's usual "trunk funk" style.^[5]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Can't Stay Away"	4:28
2.	"Ain't No Bitches"	4:54
3.	"Don't Stop Rappin'" (featuring 8Ball & MJG)	5:51
4.	"Here We Go" (featuring Jay-Z and Jermaine Dupri)	4:42
5.	"More Freaky Tales"	5:08
6.	"You Might Get G'eed" (featuring E-40, Daz Dillinger, and Soopafly)	5:22
7.	"Good Life" (featuring Jazze Pha)	3:55
8.	"Longevity" (featuring Scarface, K.B., Otis & Shug)	4:00
9.	"How Does It Feel" (featuring D'wayne Wiggins)	4:31
10.	"What Happened to the Groupies" (featuring B-Legit)	5:35
11.	"Invasion of the Flat Booty Bitches"	4:26
12.	"Can't Stay Away (Outro)"	1:32
13.	"It's About That Money" (featuring Puff Daddy)	4:45
14.	"Nation Riders" (performed by Slink Capone, Murda One, G-Side, and Playa Playa)	4:44
15.	"G-2000" (performed by Badwayz, Zu, Al Block, and Hellkilla)	4:34
16.	"Don't Trust Her" (performed by Badwayz)	4:36
17.	"In the Studio" (performed by Quint Black)	2:54

Credits

Credits for Can't Stay Away adapted from Allmusic.^[6]

8Ball – Composer, Featured Artist Yaku Allen – Composer B-Legit - Composer, Featured Artist, Guest Artist, Performer Sonny B – Keyboards, Producer Badwayz – Performer, Primary Artist Ant Banks – Composer, Engineer, Keyboards, Mixing, Producer Quinton Banks - Producer (tracks 6, 8, 9, 17) Black – Keyboards (5)(tracks 6, 8, 9), Performer Quint Black – Composer, Performer, Primary Artist Al Block – Performer, Primary Artist Don "DJ Snake" Brown - Mixing Horace Brown – Guest Artist, Performer Larry Busacca – Photography Josh Butler – Engineer Harry Wayne "K.C." Casey – Composer George Clinton – Composer Tom Coyne – Mastering Mike D. – Composer, Engineer, Keyboards, Producer Jay Da Sinnusta – Harmonica Diamond D – Composer, Producer Daz Dillinger – Featured Artist, Performer Jermaine Dupri – Remixing E-40 – Composer, Featured Artist, Guest Artist, Performer 8Ball and MJG – Guest Artist, Performer, Primary Artist Richard Finch – Composer Soopa Fly – Featured Artist G-Side – Primary Artist Nick Gamma – Art Direction Eric Gast – Engineer Seth Glassman – Composer Wellington "Tech" Gray – Engineer Xavier Hargrove – Composer Chaz Harper – Digital Editing Hellakilla – Primary Artist David Jackson – Composer Jay-Z – Composer, Featured Artist, Guest Artist, Performer

Jazze Pha – Composer, Keyboards, Producer, Vocals (Background), Vocals (tracks 1, 2, 6, 7) Gerald Johnson – Composer K.B. – Additional Vocals Dennis Lambert – Composer Lil' Jon – Featured Artist, Performer, Producer Lil' Jon & the Eastside Boyz – Featured Artist Lil' Kim – Performer Craig Love – Guitar Andrew Lyn – Assistant Engineer, Mixing Assistant Jay Mac – Composer, Keyboards, Producer Juree Manning – Vocals (Background) Robin Mays – Engineer MJG – Composer, Featured Artist, Performer Mo-Suave – Producer Murda One – Performer, Primary Artist Kevin Parker – Engineer Charles Pettaway – Composer, Guitar Playa Playa – Performer, Primary Artist Brian Potter – Composer Puff Daddy – Featured Artist, Guest Artist, Performer Shabba Ranks – Featured Artist, Guest Artist, Performer Scarface – Composer, Featured Artist, Guest Artist, Performer Torrance Scott – Bass, Composer, Guitar, Guitar (Bass: tracks 6, 8, 15, 17) Erick Sermon – Composer, Keyboards, Producer, Programming Russell Simmons – Composer Slink Capone – Performer, Primary Artist Suege – Vocals (Background) Suge and Otis – Vocals (Background) T-Mix – Engineer Taj "Mahal" Tilghman – Composer, Drums, Engineer, Keyboards, Mixing, Producer Too $hort – Composer, Primary Artist Carlos Warlick – Engineer Dwayne Wiggins – Featured Artist, Guest Artist, Guitar, Performer Zu - Performer, Primary Artist

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (1999) Peak position US Billboard 200^[7] 5 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)^[8] 1

Year-end charts Chart (1999) Position US Billboard 200^[9] 165 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)^[10] 55

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)^[11]	Gold	500,000^^
^^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

See also

• List of number-one R&B albums of 1999 (U.S.)

References

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2. . April 1, 1999. Archived from the original on October 2, 2007. Retrieved July 25, 2015.
3. . newburycomics.com. Archived from the original on July 26, 2015. Retrieved July 25, 2015.
4. . Billboard. Archived from the original on December 29, 2019. Retrieved July 21, 2022.
5. Hunter, Asondra (August 10, 1999). "Longlevity". The Village Voice. Retrieved October 26, 2022.
6. "Can't Stay Away – Too $hort > Credits". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved December 28, 2019.
7. "Too Short Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved October 23, 2014.
8. "Too Short Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved October 23, 2014.
9. "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1999". Billboard. from the original on January 24, 2015. Retrieved June 26, 2021.
10. "1999 The Year in Music". Billboard. Vol. 111, no. 52. December 25, 1999. p. YE-56. Retrieved June 26, 2021.
11. "American album certifications – Too Short – Can't Stay Away". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved January 7, 2024.