Get off the Stage explained
Get Off the Stage |
Type: | Studio |
Artist: | Too $hort |
Cover: | TooShort-GetOffTheStage.jpg |
Released: | December 4, 2007 |
Recorded: | 2006 - 2007 |
Length: | 35:07 |
Label: | Jive |
Prev Title: | Blow the Whistle |
Prev Year: | 2006 |
Next Title: | Still Blowin' |
Next Year: | 2010 |
Get Off the Stage is the seventeenth studio album by American rapper Too Short. It was released on December 4, 2007 by Jive Records, making it his fourteenth and final release with the label. Recording sessions took place at Blue Basement Recordings and at PatchWerk Recording Studios in Atlanta and Young L Productions Studio. Production was handled by Traxamillion, Cooly C, DJ Kizzy Rock, Spec, Anthony Taylor, Gennessee and Young L, with Too Short serving as executive producer. It features guest appearances from Dolla Will, E-40, Ginger, Kool-Ace, Mistah F.A.B., Ms. Hollywood, and the Pack.
Get Off the Stage peaked at number 160 on the Billboard 200 and number 21 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums in the United States. Imitative of the album's title, the album was met with generally negative reviews from music critics.
Personnel
- Todd "Too $hort" Shaw – main artist, executive producer
- Earl "E-40" Stevens – featured artist (track 3)
- Stanley "Mistah F.A.B." Cox, Jr. – featured artist (track 5)
- Ms. Hollywood – featured artist (track 5)
- Ginger – featured artist (track 5)
- Brandon "Lil B" McCartney – featured artist (track 7)
- DaMonte "Lil Uno" Johnson – featured artist (track 7)
- Keith "Stunnaman" Jenkins – featured artist (track 7)
- Lloyd "Young L" Omadhebo – featured artist, producer & recording (track 7)
- Brian "Kool-Ace" Fleming – featured artist (track 8)
- Will "Dolla Will" Scott, Jr. – featured artist (track 9)
- Tanu – backing vocals (track 10)
- Carl "Cooly C" Dorsey – producer (tracks: 1, 8)
- Lloyd "Spec" Turner – producer (tracks: 1, 8)
- Sultan "Traxamillion" Banks – producer (tracks: 2-4)
- Gennessee Lewis – producer (track 5)
- Anthony Taylor – producer (track 6)
- Carlos "DJ Kizzy Rock" Young – producer (tracks: 9-10)
- Taj "Mahal" Tilghman – recording (tracks: 1, 2, 4-6, 8-10), coordinator
- Kori Anders – recording (tracks: 2, 9), mixing assistant (tracks: 2, 5, 7, 8, 10)
- Dale Everingham – recording (tracks: 3, 5)
- Leslie Brathwaite – mixing (tracks: 1-5, 7-10)
- Don "DJ Snake" Brown – mixing (track 6)
- Justin Trawick – mixing assistant (tracks: 1, 3, 4, 9)
- Bernie Grundman – mastering
- Meghan Foley – art direction, design
- Erwin Gorostiza – art direction
- Peter Graham – photography
- Shay Young – A&R
- Shari Reich – A&R
- Toi Green – A&R
- Cara Hutchinson – coordinator
- Damon Ellis – legal
- David Schmidt – legal
- Donato Guadagnoli – legal
- Lisa Pinero – legal