After emerging from the underground scene of the Bay Area, Too Short comes back with his mainstream sophomore effort Life Is...Too Short.  Unfortunately this contains only the clean songs not the original release.  This version also contains a few songs from the debut album Born To Mack.  The title track leads this album off with positivity and a message.  He incorporates funk guitar licks over deep bass kicks and keys to match production efforts.  "Rhymes" and "Mack Attack" uptempo tracks showcasing Sir Too Short's flows as he spits constant without any hooks or choruses.  To clear rumours, "I Ain't Trippin'" clears the air as Short give a brief history of his quest to stardom.  "...now that I established one fact / I came here to rap..." a punchline found on "Nobody Does It Better" as he claims his position as a pioneer.  "Oakland" is a mainstream, R&B groove that's more like an instrumental interlude.  No he does not rap or flow on this song, but he does calmly takes us on a ride in a Cadillac Barritz on Trues and Vogue with the top down feeling the breeze.  Representing East Oakland like no other, "City Of Dope (Edited Version)" is the darker side of the city streets.  Most would ignore Too Short because of his favoriate word, but these tracks shows his versitility and has a statement.  Produced, written, performed and mixed by the artist with little help personalised this LP as you can feel the sense of pride taken for his releases and this one is no let down.  Too Short still "don't stop that rap"!