You Nasty is the twelfth studio album by American rapper Too Short. It was released on September 12, 2000, via Jive Records, making it his ninth release on the label. The recording sessions took place at Sins Crib in Houston, Mirror Image Studios in New York, Blue Basement Recordings in Atlanta, and Backyard Beats. The album was produced by Don "DJ Snake" Brown, Michael "Mike D" Dinkins, Sonny B, Quint Black, Ant Banks, DJ Silk, Erick Sermon, Jazze Pha, and Prowla. It features guest appearances from Captain Save 'Em, Chyna Whyte, E-40, Kokane, and the Nation Riders. The album peaked at number 12 on the Billboard 200 and number four on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart in the United States. It was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America on October 30, 2000 for selling 500,000 units. Two singles were released, "2 Bitches" and "You Nasty", which made it to the US Hot Rap Songs chart at numbers two and six, respectively.
Steve 'Flash' Juon of RapReviews said, "[T]he limited amount of guest appearances (E-40, Chyna, and the Nation Riders) keeps Too $hort in the spotlight, and his typically pimpish raps set the mold for all the future players who came after. If you were already a Too $hort fan, this album will actually be an improvement over "Can't Stay Away" in that it's shorter but more focused."[3]AllMusic's Jason Birchmeier highlighted "2 Bitches", "Anything is Possible", and the title track as the most notable, concluding with: "There's a good serving of filler here, of course, yet overall You Nasty is one of Too Short's more inspired, if sharply jaded, post-retirement albums."[1]Entertainment Weekly's Craig Seymour wrote that "while some tunes are intended to be cautionary, his matter-of-fact delivery over funky grooves render them seductively ineffectual."[2]
1 2 Juon, Steve 'Flash' (September 19, 2000). "Too $hort You Nasty". RapReviews. Archived from the original on October 23, 2020. Retrieved January 17, 2024.
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