1999 - And now, due to tremendous popular demand from his fans and Too $hort's own love for the rap game, he returns with the stunning "Can't Stay Away" (a title that is derived from the Bootsy Collins' hit of the same name), his eleventh recording. This album contains the single 'More Freaky Tales', personally regarded by Todd Shaw himself as his favourite (not his best) track. "I named the record 'Can't Stay Away' because it is indicative of how I feel about the rap game, the player game, the pimp game, the women, the music business. Putting down the mic meant putting down all of it... the whole thang, and I just can't stay away from it all."

Now he is back in his number one position. As we approached the new millennium, $hort states that he has never been happier with is career. "I don't wanna be Master P, or Death Row, or Puff Daddy. All I want is to make records and put them out there for the streets. That's what I'm i this for. If I can't do that, then all this other stuff was for nothing". Since then, he spent a lot of time working on his new stable of rappers on his label for new music for the coming millenium.