That doesn't make any sense that Jive would re-release Born to Mack after the success of Raw Uncut and X Rated, which was the album before Born To Mack. I wonder if that was supposed to be Life Is Too Short. Here's what I found:
For almost three years, from 1981 to 1983, Freddy and $hort were self-supporting musical entrepreneurs, doing a brisk business selling $hort’s x-rated rhymes. He released three albums under the auspices of a small independent label, 75 Girls Records, between 1983 and 1988. Concurrently, beginning in 1986, he pursued one of his primary dreams by founding his own record label, Dangerous Music. The label’s first release, of course, was a collection of $hort’s rhymes called Born to Mack, which he sold, in his traditional manner, from the trunk of his car.Born to Mack&Sold 20, 000 copies—an impressive feat for a tiny label-before Jive, a subsidiary of RCA, took note and signed $hort in 1987.
While this new home provided $hort with major label security, it also agreed not to limit the content of his raps. $hort remained as prolific as ever, providing Jive with the material for a new album every year. Jive’s first step was to rerelease Born to Mackin 1989, quickly turning it into a gold record. The label brought outLife is… Too Shortin 1989 and Short Dog’s in the House in the fall of 1990. The latter album brought $hort some crossover attention, mainly because of a song called “The Ghetto.” The single not only tackled issues more serious than his usual “Freaky Tales,”it was also clean enough for DJs to spin on the air, bringing the rapper attention that otherwise eluded him—and a Number 20 position onBillboard’s Top Pop Albums chart.
