Overview
- Sir Too $hort Vol. 2: Drink & Smoke, which arrived Friday, is Too $hort’s 23rd studio album and was produced entirely by longtime collaborator Lil Jon.
- The project includes posthumous work from Lil Jon’s son DJ Young Slade, who died in February, and Too $hort has said he wanted to help preserve Slade’s musical legacy.
- The Source reports the album’s lead single, “Drink & Smoke,” features E-40 and Tyga, a detail notated by outlets as part of the new material.
- At 60, Too $hort told the Associated Press he plans to keep recording and touring, calling his career a job he will do “till the wheels fall off.”
- The release underscores a wider shift in hip-hop where veteran artists maintain public relevance decades after their starts, with Too $hort’s anniversary timing and recent high‑profile appearances reinforcing that role.