1990 - A new decade, and a new album. "Short dog's in the house" (again available in a clean version) broke new ground in the rap game for Too Short. This album saw him work with new people in the by now firmly established hip hop industry. Again this album was produced for Dangerous Music and featured Al Eaton. It also featured production work by Dj Pooh and Sir Jinx, as well as saw him team up with NWA rapper Ice Cube on the track 'Ain't nuthin' but a word' as they explain their definition of the word Bitch. The single from that album "The Ghetto" took him as an artist, to new heights when it blew up. This song is still personally regarded by Todd Shaw himself as his best song ever. A video version of this album was also made, another first for Too Short. This album became his third Platinum album.

1991 - Too Short didn't make an album this year. Three days before his 25th birthday, Todd was involved in a head-on car crash - with no drivers licence, no insurance and under the influence of alcohol. A passenger in the other car died. The investigation proved that it wasn't his fault, but since he was DUI he was sued - something he's still paying for. "..it was drunk driving on my end. The passenger in the other car was killed, and it really put me down in a bad way." It came to him like a mad rush, that he almost could have died. "I think that's the day I grew up, or the day I started to grow up."

ON MP3'S: But when asked his opinion, Todd Shaw said: " I think that an artist like myself has truly benefited from illegal duplications, such as friends giving each other copies, such as mastered downloads. Long before Napster, it was bootleggers. A lot of people who loved Too $hort didn't necessarily go to record stores and spend $17.99 for CDs. I personally think that when there is a certain audience out there--a bootleg audience, maybe a few hundred thousand people--that can't hurt your career. You say you want your money for the bootleg copies, but if you didn't have the bootleggers, those people wouldn't like you, if you know what I mean. I support MP3. I support Napster. I don't support them because I think they are doing a great thing for me; I just think they don't hurt me, or anyone, for that matter."

1992 - Thanks to the popularity of his last album, and finally being recognised across America, Too Short dropped his next album "Shorty the p*mp/player" which had seen him mature as an artist, and develop an even 'funkier' sound. This year too, a video was released in conjunction with a new album. "Shorty the p*mp at the players ball".

1993 - Too Short was now going from strength to strength. He had a new album coming out "Get in where you fit in", following up on the sound of the previous album. This time around there was no accompanying video.By now his albums were all selling gold or platinum, and his fan-base was browing. He was living and eating well. He was driving a new Lexus, had bought a new house and had money in his pocket. At the same time his clique were giving him mad problems, acusing him of not paying his fair share to them for work in the studio - when in actual fact it was more like they were living off him. "shit sound petty and it is / but that's how it goes when you in show bus'/ n** falling out/ shoul be maikng millions/ instead we seeing lawyer and billings" Todd Shaw moved to Atlanta (in the way Dr. Dre moved from Death Row to simply avoid all the negative drama, to just make some funky ass music). "I had two business partners that I had to buy out," says $hort. "I had two lawsuits on me, a wrongful death suit and I had the IRS on me. But at that time, my records were selling, there were tours, concerts, so it wasn't like everyday I was walking around with my head down." "I had to ask myself; Did I want to start carrying guns? Everyday? On me? Is this what I'd had worked hard for and earned three platinum albums for?"

1994 - To Todd Shaw, Atlanta was perfect: it was the city and the country, it offered a fertile place to run his company, DANGEROUS MUSIC. "This place was waaay more comfortable. Stress-free as a Mu'fu'er far as ridin' round in a benz having to lay on the ground and get searched." Some time this year Short was in an airport, and looking up the word "Cocktails" caught his attention. It suddenly struck him that the word had two meanings. It had Too Short written all over it. "I had to tell the story. I had to tell the 'Cocktales.' " was how he put it.

1995 - It was now time for "Cocktails" an album not released in a clean format, but there was however a video of the same name. It went Platinum just like previous albums making a total of six so far, all without any help from mainstream media, continuing in Rap's roots and traditions. Sticking to the underground in true Short flavour. Just as in the old days, he built his stable of loyal fans literally one record at a time. This year Too Short also returned with the Dangerous Crew to drop the second (and so far final) album "Don't try this at home". Too Short was ofcourse featured on all the solo albums of his Dangerous Crew partners.

1996 - Finally, after rapping the mic since the days of selling tapes out of the trunk of his car, his final obligation to JIVE was unleashed in the form of "Gettin' It (Album Number Ten)". "the last album" By this stage Todd was unhappy with the peanuts he was receiving from his record company (sound familiar?) and declared he was quitting the game. He broke from the shackles of Jive to finally be a free man contractually.