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Life Is... Too Short

1989 album by Too Short
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Life Is... Too Short

Summary

Life Is... Too Short is an album[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (253 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Life Is... Too Short's instance of is recorded as album[3].
  • Life Is... Too Short's genre is old-school hip-hop[4].
  • Life Is... Too Short followed Born to Mack[5].
  • Life Is... Too Short was followed by Short Dog's in the House[6].
  • Among the performers on Life Is... Too Short was Too Short[7].
  • Life Is... Too Short's record label is recorded as Jive Records[8].
  • Life Is... Too Short's record label is recorded as RCA Records[9].
  • Life Is... Too Short's language of work or name is recorded as English[10].
  • Life Is... Too Short was published on January 31, 1989[11].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Album[12]

  • First release date: 1988[13]

  • Genre(s): gangsta rap, hip hop, old school hip hop, west coast hip hop[14]

  • Community tags: dirty rap, gangsta rap, golden age, hip hop, old school hip hop, west coast hip hop[15]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 3db25774-ca28-31fe-8e40-dd17815ccf8e[16]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on Life Is... Too Short was Too Short[7].

Publication

Life Is... Too Short was released on January 31, 1989[11]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[10]. Its genre is old-school hip-hop[4].

Adaptations and Inspiration

Life Is... Too Short followed Born to Mack[5]. It was followed by Short Dog's in the House[6].

Why It Matters

Life Is... Too Short ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (253 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

Related Entities

Jive Records RCA Records

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [12] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [15] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [16] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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