{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = You Nasty | type = studio | artist = Too Short | cover = Too Short You Nasty.jpg | alt = A photo of a shirtless Too Short in a hotel room, sitting down a green couch, smoking a cigar. Both the artist's name and album title appear above him, colored in orange and white respectively. | released = {{Start date|2000|09|12}} | recorded = 1999–2000 | studio = {{hlist|Sins Crib (Houston, TX)|Mirror Image Studios (New York, NY)|Blue Basement Recordings (Atlanta, GA)|Backyard Beats}} | genre = Hip hop | length = {{Duration|m=56|s=31}} | label = {{hlist|$hort|Jive}} | producer = {{hlist|Ant Banks|DJ Silk|Don "DJ Snake" Brown|Erick Sermon|Jazze Pha|Michael "Mike D" Dinkins|Prowla|Quint Black|Sonny B}} | prev_title = Can't Stay Away | prev_year = 1999 | next_title = Chase the Cat | next_year = 2001 | misc = {{Singles | name = You Nasty | type = studio | single1 = 2 Bitches | single1date = 2000 | single2 = You Nasty | single2date = 2000 }} }} '''''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.
==Critical reception== {{Music ratings | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name="AM">{{cite web|last=Birchmeier|first=Jason|title=You Nasty - Too $hort|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/you-nasty-mw0000089091|access-date=July 25, 2015|publisher=AllMusic|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130618073901/http://www.allmusic.com/album/you-nasty-mw0000089091|archive-date=June 18, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> | rev2 = ''Entertainment Weekly'' | rev2score = C+<ref name="EW">{{cite magazine|last=Seymour|first=Craig|author-link=Craig Seymour|date=September 15, 2000|title=Music Review: 'The Nasty Album'|url=https://ew.com/article/2000/09/15/music-review-nasty-album/|access-date=January 17, 2024|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413112703/https://ew.com/article/2000/09/15/music-review-nasty-album/|archive-date=April 13, 2021|url-status=dead}}</ref> | rev3 = ''RapReviews'' | rev3score = 7/10<ref name="RR">{{cite web|last=Juon|first=Steve 'Flash'|date=September 19, 2000|title=Too $hort You Nasty|url=https://www.rapreviews.com/2000/09/too-hort-you-nasty/|access-date=January 17, 2024|website=RapReviews|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201023044532/https://www.rapreviews.com/2000/09/too-hort-you-nasty/|archive-date=October 23, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> | rev4 = ''Spin'' | rev4score = 6/10<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Caramanica|first=Jon|author-link=Jon Caramanica|date=October 2000|title=Reviews|url=|magazine=Spin|publisher=SPIN Media LLC|pages=180, 182|volume=16|issue=10|issn=0886-3032}}</ref> }} 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."<ref name="RR"/> 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."<ref name="AM"/> ''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."<ref name="EW"/>
==Track listing== {{Track listing | all_writing = | extra_column = Producer(s) | title1 = Anything is Possible | writer1 = {{hlist|Todd Shaw|Dantly Wyatt}} | extra1 = {{hlist|Prowler|Jay Sinnusta <small>({{abbr|co.|co-producer}})</small>}} | length1 = 4:22 | title2 = You Nasty | writer2 = {{hlist|Shaw|Quinton Banks}} | extra2 = Quint Black | length2 = 3:30 | title3 = Pimp Shit | note3 = featuring Kokane | writer3 = {{hlist|Shaw|Jerry Long, Jr.|Russell Brown|George Clinton, Jr.|David Spradley|Garry Shider}} | extra3 = DJ Silk | length3 = 4:46 | title4 = Just Like Dope | note4 = featuring E-40 | writer4 = {{hlist|Shaw|Earl Stevens|Michael Dinkins|Sonny Sowles}} | extra4 = {{hlist|Mike D|Sonny B}} | length4 = 3:54 | title5 = Call Me Daddy | writer5 = {{hlist|Shaw|Q. Banks}} | extra5 = Quint Black | length5 = 3:54 | title6 = Recognize Game | note6 = featuring Chyna Whyte | writer6 = {{hlist|Shaw|Stephanie Martin|Dinkins|Sowles}} | extra6 = {{hlist|Mike D|Sonny B}} | length6 = 4:02 | title7 = She Know | note7 = featuring The Nation Riders | writer7 = {{hlist|Shaw|Antoine Wright|Eugene James|Frederick Reed|Gerald Anthony Johnson|Joey Coleman|Michael Hepburn|Wilbert Scott}} | extra7 = Don "DJ Snake" Brown | length7 = 4:29 | title8 = 2 Bitches | writer8 = {{hlist|Shaw|Phalon Alexander}} | extra8 = Jazze Pha | length8 = 3:57 | title9 = All the Time | writer9 = {{hlist|Shaw|Don Brown}} | extra9 = Don "DJ Snake" Brown | length9 = 3:59 | title10 = Where They At? | note10 = featuring Captain Save 'Em | writer10 = {{hlist|Shaw|Kevin Dickson|Anthony Banks}} | extra10 = Ant Banks | length10 = 4:00 | title11 = Don't Hate the Player | writer11 = {{hlist|Shaw|Dinkins|Sowles}} | extra11 = {{hlist|Mike D|Sonny B}} | length11 = 3:12 | title12 = Be My Dirty Love | writer12 = {{hlist|Shaw|Erick Sermon|Hamilton Bohannon}} | extra12 = Erick Sermon | length12 = 3:57 | title13 = Nation Riders Anthem | writer13 = {{hlist|Shaw|D. Brown}} | extra13 = Don "DJ Snake" Brown | length13 = 3:59 | title14 = Old School | writer14 = {{hlist|Shaw|D. Brown}} | extra14 = Don "DJ Snake" Brown | length14 = 4:30 | total_length = 56:31 }}
==Charts== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |- ! scope="col"| Chart (2000) ! scope="col"| Peak<br /> position |- {{album chart|Billboard200|12|artist=Too hort|rowheader=true|access-date=January 17, 2024}} |- {{album chart|BillboardRandBHipHop|4|artist=Too hort|rowheader=true|access-date=January 17, 2024}} |}
==Certifications== {{Certification Table Top}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|artist=Too Short|title=You Nasty|award=Gold|type=album|relyear=2000|certyear=2000}} {{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{Discogs master|104811|Too $hort – You Nasty}}
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Category:2000 albums Category:Too Short albums Category:Jive Records albums Category:Albums produced by Ant Banks Category:Albums produced by Jazze Pha Category:Albums produced by Erick Sermon