Rock & roll is filled with unlikely success stories. Songs that were afterthoughts. Songs that were written hastily because the album was too short. Songs that most of the band didn’t even like.

These songs from some of the greatest musicians of all time were just too short to become classics, but they're still worth enjoying today.

Like many things in hip-hop, these euphorically raunchy songs owe a debt to Too Short, and Too Short himself was there to collect.

Each Sunday, Pitchfork takes an in-depth look at a significant album from the past, and any record not in our archives is eligible. Today we revisit the Oakland rapper’s imperial ’90s peak ...

Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck are back on the big screen with Freaky Tales, their biggest swing yet. The title of Freaky Tales is based on the “Freaky Tales” song by celebrated Oakland rapper, Too ...

Bay Area rap legend Too Short recently opened up about meeting fellow icon Tupac Shakur after his move to Oakland, Calif. in the early 1990s, saying he actually avoided the budding rap star for ...

This week, West Coast living legend Too Short is the latest artist to stop by Uproxx Studios to try to psych out Sound Check host Jeremy Hecht. Jeremy pitted two remakes of his classic 2006 song ...

The car appears in an upcoming music video for the song "Motto," from Snoop and Too Short's rap supergroup with Ice Cube and E-40, Mount Westmore. (Courtesy Spokes-N-Vogues) ...

Hip-hop legend Too Short took the stage Thursday evening on the Oakland Ballers’ field, performing for fans while filming a new music video meant to inspire inner-city youth.