From an INFLUENCE point of view - who ranks higher? E-40 vs. Too Short

[LevelUp]

 

[PHamm]

Short

 

[Please Believe It]

Too Short

 

[BulletProof]

Too Short.

Easy one.

 

[Whips-n-Chains]

POLLS DAMMIT

 

[Complexion]

Tough call because 40 Fonzarelli laced that independent game on everyone around him (and those watching from a distance) as the pencil sketch to many blueprints that came after. He was the first urban mogul in that respect and this is back when artists were still starving whilst Water was diversifying. Wine, properties, production, distribution - the list goes on as he was a true independent, back when that meant something. Pure hustle.

Short birthed the pimp game and carved out that whole lane as well as generating endless ways of saying "Bee I eee I etch" and countless variants. Even the last N on the planet is a fan:

Rep the Town...

 

[Mr. Negative]

Short. Even though I'm FAR MORE a E-40 fan

 

[⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐]

Don’t they both rock that business model of finding hot songs from lesser known artists around the Bay Area and then they throw their verses on it make the song their own?

 

[ILLMMORTAL]

Shawt!

 

[AlbertPullhoez]

Short Dog

 

[KingsOfKings]

Short

 

[Greenhornet]

too short commercially

40 aint far behind just from the slang he brought to the table

but that shows how potent Too Short was to still surpass that