Get in Where You Fit In
Get In Where You Fit In is the eighth solo studio album by American rapper Too $hort. It was released on October 26, 1993 through Jive Records, making it his fifth release for the label. Recording sessions took place at Dangerous Studios. Production was handled by The Dangerous Crew and Quincy Jones III. It features guest appearances from Ant Banks, Ant Diddley Dog, Father Dom, FM Blue, Mhisani, Pee Wee, Rappin' Ron, Ronese Levias and Spice 1.
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| Released | October 26, 1993 | |||
| Recorded | 1992–93 | |||
| Studio | Dangerous Studios | |||
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| Length | 1:12:18 | |||
| Label | Jive | |||
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The album peaked at number 4 on the Billboard 200 and topped the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums. It was certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America on November 16, 1994.
Critical reception
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Entertainment Weekly | B-[2] |
| Robert Christgau |  [3] |
| Rolling Stone | [4] |
Rolling Stone reviewer gave the album 4 out of 5 stars, stating: "on his fifth album, Get In Where You Fit In, Short plays his usual blaxploitation character, only he ain't battlin' the man, he's on his way to get some. Between "I'm a Player", "Playboy Short" and "Blow Job Betty", Short sounds like he's getting more than Shaft, Sweet Sweetback and Superfly combined". Dimitri Ehrlich of Entertainment Weekly found that: "In Get In Where You Fit In, Oakland rapper seems to be operating on mental cruise control as he recounts gratuitous tales of life as a player in the streets and bedrooms of his hometown. Producer Ant Banks' antiseptic assemblages lack all the grit of the original recordings from which they were sampled. The result? N.W.A redux meets P-Funk lite". AllMusic reviewer wrote: "Although he tries to cop part of the current P-Funk-inspired gangsta rap, Too Short sounds lost and dated on the overlong, sample-reliant, grotesquely misogynist, and musically muddled Get in Where You Fit In". Veteran critic Robert Christgau gave the album a "neither" rating.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Don't Fight the Intro" | Todd Shaw | The Dangerous Crew | 2:47 |
| 2. | "I'm a Player" |
| The Dangerous Crew | 6:01 |
| 3. | "Just Another Day" | Shaw | QDIII | 7:21 |
| 4. | "Gotta Get Some Lovin'" |
| Ant Banks | 5:47 |
| 5. | "Money in the Ghetto" | Shaw | The Dangerous Crew | 5:42 |
| 6. | "Blowjob Betty" | Shaw | The Dangerous Crew | 5:26 |
| 7. | "All My Bitches Are Gone" (featuring Ant Banks) |
| Ant Banks | 5:37 |
| 8. | "The Dangerous Crew" (featuring Spice 1, Ant Banks, Mhisani & Pee Wee) |
| The Dangerous Crew | 4:30 |
| 9. | "Get in Where You Fit In" (featuring Rappin' Ron & Ant Diddley Dog) |
| The Dangerous Crew | 8:34 |
| 10. | "Playboy $hort" | Shaw | Ant Banks | 4:49 |
| 11. | "Way Too Real" (featuring Father Dom & Ant Banks) |
| Ant Banks | 5:42 |
| 12. | "It's All Good" (featuring Ronese Levias) |
| The Dangerous Crew | 6:02 |
| 13. | "Oakland Style" (featuring FM Blue) |
| Ant Banks | 4:47 |
| Total length: | 1:12:18 | |||
- Sample credits
- Track 1 contains a sample of "Don't Fight the Feelin'" written by Kevin McCord and performed by One Way
- Track 2 contains a sample of "Hollywood Squares" written by William Collins, Gary Cooper & George Clinton Jr. and performed by Bootsy Collins
- Track 4 contains a sample of "Love Spell" written by Bill Curtis and performed by Fatback Band
- Track 6 contains a sample of "Ring the Alarm" written by Clive Bright and performed by Tenor Saw
- Track 7 contains a sample of "Shameless" written by Jean Roussel, Martin Simon, Tony Colton & Wilson Pickett and performed by Wilson Pickett
- Track 8 contains a sample of "Freak of the Week" written by George Clinton Jr., DeWayne McKnight & Pete Bishop and performed by Funkadelic
- Track 13 contains a sample of "Heart of Stone" written by Sylvester Levay & Stephan Prager and performed by Silver Convention
Personnel
- Todd "Too $hort" Shaw – main artist, mixing
- Anthony "Ant" Banks – featured artist (tracks: 7, 8, 11), keyboards, drum programming, producer, mixing
- Robert Lee "Spice 1" Green, Jr. – featured artist (track 8)
- Mhisani "Goldy" Miller – featured artist (track 8)
- Ramone "Pee Wee" Gooden – featured artist (track 8)
- Russell "Rappin' Ron" Royster – featured artist (track 9)
- Anthony "Ant Diddley Dog" Nelson – featured artist (track 9)
- Leslie Calaway – featured artist (track 10)
- Damani "Father Dom" Khaleel – featured artist (track 11)
- Roniece Levias – featured artist (tracks: 10, 12)
- FM Blue – featured artist (track 13)
- Stuart "Shorty B" Jordan – lead guitar & bass (tracks: 1, 2, 5, 6, 8, 9, 12, 13)
- Stan "The Guitar Man" Jones – guitar (track 3)
- Ramon "Pee-Wee" Gooden – keyboards, live drums
- Quincy Jones III – keyboards & producer (track 3)
- Sean G – drums (tracks: 5, 10)
- Kirk Felton – digital editing
- Rob Chiarelli – engineering (track 3)
- Tom Coyne – mastering
- Nick Gamma – design
- Victor Hall – photography
- Randy Austin – management
Charts
| Chart (1993) | Peak position |
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| US Billboard 200[5] | 4 |
| US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[6] | 1 |
Certifications
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| United States (RIAA)[7] | Platinum | 1,000,000^ |
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^shipments figures based on certification alone | ||
References
- "Get In Where You Fit In - Too $hort | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved January 18, 2021.
- Ehrlich, Dimitri (November 19, 1993). "Get In Where You Fit In". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved January 18, 2021.
- Christgau, Robert. "Robert Christgau: CG: Too Short". www.robertchristgau.com. Retrieved January 18, 2021.
- "Get In Where You Fit In : Too Short : Review : Rolling Stone". Rolling Stone. November 25, 1993. Archived from the original on November 11, 2007. Retrieved January 18, 2021 – via Wayback Machine.
- "Too hort Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved January 18, 2021.
- "Too hort Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved January 18, 2021.
- "American album certifications – Too Short – Get In Where You Fit In". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved January 18, 2021. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH.
