There are 6 artists with the name Shorty. (1) Shorty was officially born in 1991 under the guise of vocalist Al Johnson and guitarist Mark Shippy. Along with drummer Todd Lamparelli and bassist Luke Frantom, they released three singles and two albums. The group became Shorty and decided to officially keep the moniker in September. Atlanta, GA, label Worry Bird released the band's first 7", Last One in My Mouth Is a Jerk, late that year.
(1) Shorty was officially born in 1991 under the guise of vocalist Al Johnson and guitarist Mark Shippy. Along with drummer Todd Lamparelli and bassist Luke Frantom, they released three singles and two albums.
The group became Shorty and decided to officially keep the moniker in September. Atlanta, GA, label Worry Bird released the band's first 7", Last One in My Mouth Is a Jerk, late that year.
The group spent a week laying down songs at the Chicago Recording Company and mixing them at Steve Albini's home. Thirty five hundred copies of Shorty's debut LP, Thumb Days, were pressed by the Southern Germany based Gasoline Boost Records in April of 1993.
Shorty set out for a European tour in April of 1994. The band spent a month on the road with Champaign, IL, rock trio the Didjits. As they returned to America, Frantom had some personal business matters he had to take care of, which ultimately caused his separation from the band.
Shippy and Johnson gathered guitarist Todd Rittmann and drummer Jim Kimball -- to begin working on a new group. After replacing Kimball with Pat Samson, the new band became U.S. Maple.
(2) Shorty is one name for a reggae artist active in the 1970s, also known as Shorty the President or President Shorty. He worked with Bunny Lee amongst others.
(3) Is a croatian hip-hop artist.
Shorty ili pravim imenom Dalibor Bartulovi? Dado, vinkova?ki raper i za?etnik tamo?nje hip hop scene objavio je tek drugi album ?Moj jedini na?in? i njime se ustoli?io na prijestolje najoriginalnijeg i najanga?iranijeg hrvatskog hiphopera.
Nakon prvog albuma ?1,68? u kojem se ne samo autoironi?no (a to mogu samo oni bez ikakvog kompleksa) poigrao svojom visinom nego i napravio dva velika hita, ?Zeka? i ?Do?i u Vinkovce?, Shorty je tek nakon tri godine kasnije objavio novi album ? i eto imamo kralja autenti?nog hrvatskog hip hopa!
Jer da je objavio samo pjesme ?Heroji danas? i ?Mariju? bilo bi dovoljno da Shortyja proglasimo velikanom.
Najprije, pjesma ?Marija?. Ako smo Shortyja proglasili Velebitom, onda je ?Marija? - velebitska degenija, prava endem pjesma i po svemu jedan od hitova godine na hrvatskoj sceni.
Sna?na, uvjerljiva, emotivna, tragi?na, iskrena, nadasve tu?na i apsolutno slavonska ? to su tek neki pridjevi koji se mogu vezati uz ?Mariju?, koja zaslu?uje same superlative. Tambura?ka pjeva?ica Vlatka Kopi?-Tena izvanredno je ?sjela? svojim vokalom uz Shortyjeve rime i pjesmi dala melodi?nost, prijem?ivost i - slavonsku du?u. Jedina paralela ?Mariji? mogla bi biti ?Uzalud vam trud svira?i? Jasenka Houre i Prljavog Kazali?ta ili par uspje?nica ?oleta Bala?evi?a, a da nije bilo klanovske kuhinje Jurja Hrva?i?a na ovogodi?njem Radijskom festivalu na Hvaru, koji je iz raznih raloga ?elio promovirati makedonskog klona Tonyja Cetinskog To?u Proeskog (s vrlo ?udnom frizurom!), Shorty bi bio puno vi?e od velikog moralnog pobjednika Hvara.
?Heroji danas? drugi su veliki hit sa Shortyjeva novog albuma. Njegov je postupak bio jednostavan: uglazbio je ono ?to obi?ni mali ljudi (i on osobno) stvarno misle o ?velikoj? hrvatskoj politici, o europskim ucjenama i nevjerojatnoj poniznosti na?ih vlastodr?aca prema diktatu stranaca, ?ime se gubi svaki smisao hrvatskog ratnog herojstva i gr?evite obrane u kojoj su upravo Slavonci stradali najvi?e i najtragi?nije. ?Heroji danas? su iskrena i sna?na pjesma o svima nama i valja je slu?ati pa?ljivo.
Ako su neki na?i hip hoperi ?esto pomodni likovi koji su br?ebolje utr?ali u profitabilan glazbeni vlak, a vlastitu stvarala?ku nemo? zamaskirali u psovke i zezalice, onda za Shortyja mo?emo re?i da je veliki hip hop pjesnik, sna?an poput Arsena na estradi, Gibe u popu ili Bareta u rocku. On je mo?an autor, jedan od onih kojima se mo?e vjerovati i stvarno u?ivati u njegovim pjesmama.
Album ?Moj jedini na?in? sa svojih 15 pjesama pravo je malo remek djelo i jednostavno ga treba slu?ati, slu?ati i slu?ati... Jer je pravo nacionalno hip hop blago.
(4) Shorty, also known as Airi, is a fan-artist that sings covers of J-Pop and K-Pop songs. She is most known for her participation and leadership in the weMAKESmusic?, as well as being the oldest in the group. She is also continuing with a solo project aside from weMAKESmusic?.
(5) MC Shorty from Omsk, Russia. MC, DJ and RnB producer
http://diamond-style.com/
(6) Shorty - MC Aaron Lawrence, vybzin, pimp-cup carrying member of UK grime-collective Boy Better Know, One mix tape out (http://www.myboxfresh.com/2010/02/22/short-man-syndrome/) and one Album - Shortnotice - out 16/03/11