He’s Too Much

Too Short has called it quits, but he’s back on top. Ten years and 10 albums after his grass-roots debut, the Oakland-based rapper’s raunchy but deeply funky music is as popular as ever. “Gettin’ It,” his “retirement album,” debuts at No. 1 on The Times’ Southern California chart with first-week sales of 156,000, and No. 3 nationally. Soundgarden’s “Down on the Upside,” meanwhile, debuts at No. 2 locally and nationally. Still on top of the national chart is the Fugees’ eclectic “The Score.”

TOP 10 ALBUMS *--*

Title, Artist (Nat’l Rank) Last Week 1 Gettin’ It, Too Short (3) ... 2 Down on the Upside, Soundgarden (2) ... 3 The Score, Fugees (1) 2 4 Jagged Little Pill, Alanis Morissette (4) 3 5 Older, George Michael (9) 1 6 New Beginning, Tracy Chapman (6) 7 7 Falling Into You, Celine Dion (5) 4 8 To the Faithful Departed, the Cranberries (10) 6 9 Fairweather Johnson, Hootie & the Blowfish (7) 5 10 Crash, Dave Matthews Band (8) 10

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TOP 10 SINGLES *--*

Title, Artist (National Rank) Last Week 1 Tha Crossroads, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony (1) 1 2 Metallica, Until It Sleeps (3) ... 3 Tres Delinquentes, Delinquent Habits (38) 2 4 You’re Making Me High, Toni Braxton (4) ... 5 You’re the One, S.W.V. (2) 3 6 Fastlove, George Michael (7) 4 7 Touch Me, Tease Me, Case (9) 14 8 Keep On Keepin’ On, MC Lyte (10) 5 9 Get Money, Junior M.A.F.I.A. (15) 6 10 Always Be My Baby, Mariah Carey (5) 7

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TOP 10 R&B; ALBUMS *--*

Title, Artist (National Rank) Last Week 1 Gettin It, Too Short (2) ... 2 The Score, Fugees (1) 1 3 E. 1999 Eternal, Bone Thugs-N-Harmny (5) 3 4 New Beginning, SWV (9) 2 5 All Eyez On Me, 2Pac (8) 4 6 Daydream, Mariah Carey (3) 7 7 Sunset Park, soundtrack (6) 3 8 Mission to Please, Isley Brothers (10) 8 9 Waiting to Exhale, soundtrack (7) 5 10 Gangsta’s Paradise, Coolio (5) 9

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Source: SoundScan Inc., for week ending May 26