Chase the Cat

Chase the Cat is the thirteenth studio album by American rapper Too $hort. It was released on November 20, 2001, through Jive Records. The recording sessions took place at 320 Recording Studio in Decatur, Blue Basement Recordings in Atlanta, Circle House Studios in Miami Beach, Larrabee Sound Studios in West Hollywood, The Enterprise in Burbank and Platinum House in Oakland. The album was produced by Spearhead X, Ant Banks, Taj "Mahal" Tilghman, Daz Dillinger, Jazze Pha, Meech Wells, Tone Capone, Yaku Allen, and Too $hort. It features guest appearances from Ant Banks, Baby DC, Big Tigger, B-Legit, Daz Dillinger, Dolla Will, E-40, Erick Sermon, George Clinton, Jazze Pha, Kokane, MC Breed, Murda, Packy, Scarface, tha Eastsidaz, and Trick Daddy.

Chase the Cat
Studio album by Too $hort
Released	November 20, 2001 (2001-11-20)
Recorded	2000–01
Studio	320 Recording Studio (Decatur, GA) Blue Basement Recordings (Atlanta, GA) Circle House Studios (Miami Beach, FL) Larrabee Sound Studios (West Hollywood, CA) The Enterprise (Burbank, CA) Platinum House (Oakland, CA)
Genre	Hip-hop
Length	1:08:14
Label	$hort Jive
Producer	Ant Banks Daz Dillinger Jazze Pha Meech Wells Spearhead X Taj "Mahal" Tilghman Tone Capone Too $hort Yaku Allen
Too $hort chronology
You Nasty (2000) Chase the Cat (2001) What's My Favorite Word? (2002)
Singles from Chase the Cat
"I Luv" Released: 2001

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
RapReviews	7/10[2]

The album peaked at number 71 on the Billboard 200 and number 14 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums charts in the United States.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Keep Fuckin' Me"	Todd Shaw Xavier Hargrove Stuart Jordan James Harris III Terry Lewis	Spearhead X	3:30
2.	"I Luv" (featuring Trick Daddy, Scarface and Daz Dillinger)	Shaw Maurice Young Brad Jordan Delmar Arnaud	Daz Dillinger	3:47
3.	"Late Nite Creep" (featuring Jazze Pha, Murda and Packy)	Shaw Antoine Wright James Beard Anthony Gilmour	Too $hort	4:27
4.	"These Are the Tales"	Shaw Hargrove S. Jordan	Spearhead X	4:41
5.	"This How We Eat" (featuring Tha Eastsidaz, Big Tigger and Kokane)	Shaw Keiwan Spillman Tracy Davis Darian Morgan Jerry Buddy Long Jr. Cecil Demetrius Womack Jr.	Meech Wells	4:45
6.	"Candy Paint" (featuring MC Breed)	Shaw Eric Breed Quinton Banks	Too $hort	4:42
7.	"Fire" (featuring Erick Sermon)	Shaw Erick Sermon Hargrove S. Jordan	Spearhead X	3:56
8.	"Can I Hit It"	Shaw Hargrove S. Jordan	Spearhead X	3:01
9.	"Chase the Cat" (featuring Dolla Will)	Shaw Will Scott Taj Tilghman James Elbert Phillips	Taj "Mahal" Tilghman	3:40
10.	"Looking for a Baller" (featuring Jazze Pha)	Shaw Phalon Alexander Dennis Lambert Duane Hitchings Francine Vicki Golde	Jazze Pha	3:54
11.	"Pimpin' Ken (Interlude)"			1:31
12.	"Domestic Violence" (featuring E-40)	Shaw Earl Stevens Anthony Banks	Ant Banks	4:11
13.	"Player for Life"	Shaw Hargrove S. Jordan Larry Blackmon	Spearhead X	3:32
14.	"Analyze the Game"	Shaw Hargrove Yaku Allen	Spearhead X Yaku Allen	3:34
15.	"Talkin' Shit" (featuring B-Legit and Ant Banks)	Shaw Brandt Jones A. Banks	Ant Banks	4:52
16.	"U Stank" (featuring George Clinton and Baby DC)	Shaw George Clinton Derek Coleman Tilghman	Taj "Mahal" Tilghman	5:56
17.	"Don't Ever Give Up"	Shaw Gilmour	Tone Capone	4:15
Total length:				1:08:14

Personnel

• Todd "Too $hort" Shaw – vocals, producer (tracks: 3, 6), executive producer
• Maurice "Trick Daddy" Young – vocals (track 2)
• Brad "Scarface" Jordan – vocals (track 2), additional vocals (track 16)
• Delmar "Daz Dillinger" Arnaud – vocals & producer (track 2)
• Joan Of Arc – vocals (track 2)
• Phalon "Jazze Pha" Alexander – vocals (tracks: 3, 10), keyboards, drum programming & producer (track 10)
• Antoine "Murda One" Wright – vocals (track 3)
• Packy – vocals (track 3)
• Keiwan "Goldie Loc" Spillman – vocals (track 5)
• Tracy "Big Tray Deee" Davis – vocals (track 5)
• Darian "Big Tigger" Morgan – vocals (track 5)
• Jerry Buddy "Kokane" Long Jr. – vocals (track 5)
• Eric "MC Breed" Breed – vocals (track 6)
• Erick Sermon – vocals (track 7)
• Crawfish – additional vocals (track 7)
• Will "Dolla Will" Scott Jr. – vocals (track 9)
• Daryl O. "AX" Tell – additional vocals (track 9)
• Earl "E-40" Stevens – vocals (track 12)
• Danny "Butch Cassidy" Means – additional vocals (track 12)
• Stuart "Shorty B" Jordan – additional vocals (track 13), guitar (tracks: 1, 13), keyboards & drum programming (tracks: 1, 4, 7, 8, 13, 14)
• Brandt "B-Legit" Jones – vocals (track 15)
• Anthony "Ant" Banks – vocals, keyboards & drums (track 15), producer & recording (tracks: 12, 15), mixing (tracks: 1-10, 12-17)
• Rodney "Harm" Waller – additional vocals (track 15)
• George Clinton – vocals (track 16)
• Derek "Baby DC" Coleman – vocals (track 16)
• Jerre Manning – additional vocals (track 16)
• Xavier "Spearhead X" Hargrove – keyboards, drum programming & producer (tracks: 1, 4, 7, 8, 13, 14), recording (tracks: 1, 4, 7, 8, 13)
• James "Jay Mac" Beard – guitar, keyboards & drum programming (track 3)
• Cecil Demetrius "Meech Wells" Womack Jr. – keyboards, drum programming & producer (track 5)
• Torrance Scott – guitar (track 6)
• Quinton "Quint Black" Banks – keyboards & drum programming (track 6)
• Taj "Mahal" Tilghman – keyboards & drum programming (track 9), producer & recording (tracks: 9, 16)
• James "LRoc" Phillips – keyboards & drum programming (track 9)
• Anthony "Tone Capone" Gilmour – keyboards, drums & producer (track 17)
• Yaku Allen – producer (track 14), recording (tracks: 1, 4, 7, 8, 13, 14)
• Robin Mays – recording (tracks: 2, 3, 6, 9, 10, 16, 17)
• Brian Kresakowski – recording (track 2)
• Asif Ali – recording (track 5)
• Michelle Forbes – recording (track 5)
• Marc Regan – mastering
• Ghetto Fabulous – illustration

Charts

Chart (2001)	Peak position
US Billboard 200[3]	71
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[4]	14