''Can't Stay Away'' is the eleventh studio album by American rapper

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. It was released on July 13, 1999, via

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, making it his eighth album on the label. The album received generally positive reviews from critics and was a commercial success, certified

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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

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chart. The album was preceded by the singles " Invasion of the Flat Booty Bitches" which rose to number 51 on ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart in September 1998, and "More Freaky Tales" which hit number 3 on the Hot Rap chart in January 1999. A

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was produced for the song "Ain't No Bitches". "It's About That Money" with

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was released as a single to accompany the album in mid-1999, but it missed the Hot 100 by four places in August. ''

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'' 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.

Track listing

Credits

Credits for ''Can't Stay Away'' adapted from Allmusic. * 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 *

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– 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

Year-end charts

References