{{cleanup|reason=article must adhere to WP's style and copyright guidance|date=October 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Born to Mack | type = studio | artist = Too Short | cover = Borntomack.jpg | alt = | released = July 20, 1987<br>March 1, 1988<br/>(Dangerous Music/RCA release)<br>August 24, 1989<br/>(Jive/RCA compact disc release) | recorded = 1986&ndash;87 (except "Mack Attack" in 1988) | venue = | studio = | genre = {{hlist|West Coast hip-hop|dirty rap}} | length = 51:12 | label = {{hlist|Dangerous Music|Jive|RCA<ref name=TP/>}} | producer = {{hlist|Too Short|T. Bohanon}} | prev_title = Raw, Uncut, and X-Rated | prev_year = 1986 | next_title = Life Is... Too Short | next_year = 1988 }}

'''''Born to Mack''''' is the fourth studio album and debut major label album by American rapper Too Short.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/too-hort-mn0001052511/biography|title=Too $hort &#124; Biography & History|website=AllMusic}}</ref> The album was released in 1987 via Dangerous Music. It was re-released on March 1, 1988, by Jive Records/RCA,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Gold & Platinum|url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&ar=Too+Short&ti=&lab=&genre=&format=Album&date_option=release&from=&to=&award=&type=&category=&adv=SEARCH#search_section|access-date=2025-02-25|website=RIAA|language=en-US}}</ref> before the success of ''Life Is...Too Short'', although Jive Records logos did not appear on it until it was released on compact disc in 1989.

Too Short sold around 50,000 copies of the album directly from the trunk of his car.<ref name=CL/>

==Critical reception== {{Music ratings | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite web|author=Mtume Salaam |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/born-to-mack-mw0000652306 |title=Born to Mack Too $hort |website=AllMusic |date=1989-08-24 |accessdate=2015-07-25}}</ref> |rev2 = ''The Encyclopedia of Popular Music'' |rev2score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref name="CL">{{cite book |last1=Larkin |first1=Colin |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |date=2006 |publisher=MUZE |volume=8 |page=212}}</ref> | rev3 = ''RapReviews'' | rev3Score = 7/10<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rapreviews.com/archive/BTTL_borntomack.html |title=Too $hort :: Born to Mack :: Jive/Zomba |website=RapReviews |date=2003-01-25 |accessdate=2015-07-25}}</ref> |rev4 = ''The Rolling Stone Album Guide'' |rev4score = {{rating|2|5}}<ref name="RS">{{cite book |title=The Rolling Stone Album Guide |date=1992 |publisher=Random House |page=711}}</ref> |rev5 = ''Spin Alternative Record Guide'' |rev5score = 7/10<ref name="SP">{{cite book |title=Spin Alternative Record Guide |date=1995 |publisher=Vintage Books |page=412}}</ref> }} ''Trouser Press'' wrote that Too Short made "weak work of simple beats and unconvincing boasts, big-booty fantasies ('Freaky Tales,' 'Partytime'), ugly putdowns ('Dope Fiend Beat') and jailbait concerns ('Little Girls')."<ref name="TP">{{cite web |title=Too $hort |url=https://trouserpress.com/reviews/too-hort/ |website=Trouser Press |access-date=8 February 2021}}</ref> The ''Spin Alternative Record Guide'' wrote that the album elevates "the 75 Girl formula without abandoning it."<ref name=SP/>

==Track listing== {{Track listing | all_writing = Todd Shaw | extra_column = Producer(s) | total_length =

| title1 = Partytime | note1 = | extra1 = | length1 = 5:00

| title2 = Mack Attack | note2 = released on 1988 version | extra2 = | length2 = 5:57

| title3 = Playboy Short II | note3 = | extra3 = | length3 = 7:10

| title4 = You Know What I Mean | note4 = | extra4 = | length4 = 6:00

| title5 = Freaky Tales | note5 = | extra5 = | length5 = 9:30

| title6 = Dope Fiend Beat | note6 = | extra6 = | length6 = 6:31

| title7 = Little Girls | note7 = | extra7 = | length7 = 6:10

| title8 = The Universal Mix | note8 = | extra8 = | length8 = 3:42 }}

== Charts == {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" |- ! Chart (1987) ! Peak<br />position |- {{album chart|BillboardRandBHipHop|50|artist=Too Short|accessdate=October 23, 2014}} |- |- |}

==Certifications== {{Certification Table Top}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|artist=Too Short|title=Born to Mack|award=Gold|type=album|relyear=1987|certyear=1992}} {{Certification Table Bottom | nosales=true }}

==References== {{reflist}}

{{Too Short (rapper)}} {{Authority control}}

Category:Too Short albums Category:1987 albums Category:Jive Records albums

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