 Two Bay Area hip-hop legends, E-40 and Too Short, are finally set to unite for their first collaborative album -- a long time in the making, if you ask us.
The upcoming project, which remains untitled at press time, will drop sometime during the summer of 2011.
Both rappers were labelmates at Jive Records for over 10 years, and while they have collaborated countless times in the past, fans have always wonder why they never formed a group or worked together, exclusively, for a project.
In the past, there was talk of a joint album two tentatively-titled "The History Channel", but Too Short says Jive just wouldn't make it happen..
"While we were on Jive, we always wanted to make an album together," explained Short. "We figured we're on the same label, lets take it to the label and say, 'Hey, do an E-40/Too Short album.' But that's not what they wanted. To this day, we still don't know why they didn't want us to collaborate, because if we made an album seven or eight years ago, it probably would have been probably much more significant than it would be now."
The album would be making good on a longtime goal both have had, said Too Short. And, they want to prove that your age isn't a factor in the hip-hop game.
"Part of what my legacy is right now is to tear down that stereotype that hip-hop has an age limit," he said. "I'm doing it to the fullest right along with my man E-40 and a couple other OGs out there [like] Ice Cube."
Right now, fans will have to wait until next year to finally get the album. But first, Short sayd he'll be dropping a digital album, titled Respect The Pimpin'.
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