Born To Mack
by Too $hort
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Born To Mack is ranked as the best album by Too $hort.
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Born To Mack track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 74 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Born To Mack rankings
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| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | daCritic | Greatest Hip Hop Albums | 71/100 | - |
| 2025 | daCritic | Top 29 Music Albums of 1987 | 13/29 | 3 |
| 2025 |  cestuneblague | Top 100 Music Albums of 1987 | 68/100 | 2 |
| 2025 |  Graeme2 | Top 60 Music Albums of 1987 | 17/60 | 4 |
| 2024 |  NoisyBeast | Favorite Hip-Hop Albums 2 | 70/100 | - |
| 2023 | cmoshier | Top 100 Music Albums of 1987 | 64/100 | 2 |
| 2023 | conallmalone | 80s Hip Hop | 34/65 | - |
| 2023 | daCritic | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 89/100 | 2 |
| 2022 | conallmalone | Top 40 Music Albums of 1987 | 32/40 | 1 |
| 2021 |  Larcx13 | Best Hip Hop Records 1987 Top 10 | 8/10 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 21 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 75 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/28/2025 03:05 |  zags7000 | 20,568 | 64/100 |
| ! | 11/12/2024 22:38 | cestuneblague | 8,262 | 80/100 |
| ! | 06/09/2023 02:33 | PapaShiz86 | 11,714 | 79/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 70.5/100, a mean average of 69.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 69.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.3.
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eclab 05/23/2014 04:16 | #112718
Some of these tracks are way too long, especially for someone called Too $hort. He has some clever rhymes, but the album is a bit monotonous overall. This album appears on The Source's greatest 100 rap albums.
8.4
swhaze 04/28/2014 13:59 | #110242
This is where it all started. Every gangsta rapper knows where credit is do.With out this album there would be no 40,snoop or dog pound. There's just a few songs on this album but there very long,most avg over 5 min. This is short's first album and he will always be highly touted for Born to Mack.
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