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ATL heavyweight T.I. has unleashed his long-awaited eighth studio album. The follow-up to 2010's No Mercy, Trouble Man: Heavy Is the Head will feature 16 brand new records from the Southern hitmaker, among them reader-approved singles "Love this Life," "Go Get It," "Trap Back Jumpin'" and "Sorry."
Throughout the set, Tip collaborates with such high profile artists as Akon, Andre 3000, ASAP Rocky, Cee-Lo Green, Lil Wayne, Meek Mill, Pink and R. Kelly. Beats come courtesy of DJ Toomp, Earl & E, Jazze Pha, Mars (of 1500 or Nothin’), No I.D., Pharrell Williams, Rico Love and T-Minus.
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Fans can also check out T.I.'s previous albums: T.I. - No Mercy | T.I. - F**k a Mixtape | T.I. - Paper Trail | T.I. - T.I. vs. T.I.P.
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T.I. ft. Cee-Lo Green - Hello
On his last single, the Three Stacks-assisted Sorry, T.I. let those dissatisfied with his decisions know that they shouldn’t hold their breath for an apology. With the haters dwindling to nothingness in his rear view,...Read More
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T.I. - Addresses
If I were the GM for a rap baseball team, I would most definitely want T.I. on my squad. In fact, the ATL hitmaker would be my Ichiro Suzuki. While the former All-Star didn’t hit a homerun every time up to the plate,...Read More
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T.I. ft. A$AP Rocky - Wildside
T.I. is so accustomed to a life of constant excitement and looming danger that, to him, the Wildside feels like the normal side. (As for whether walking on the normal side would feel wild or just boring, I’ll let...Read More
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T.I. ft. André 3000 - Sorry
Forget an expensive car, or hell, even an expensive yacht, these days the ultimate status symbol is an André 3000 guest verse on your album (just ask Rick Ross). So it’s only right that rap royalty, in the form of...Read More
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T.I. ft. Lil Wayne - Ball
Update: Click “Watch Video” above to view the Ball video. Mobile users can scroll down. With a title like “Trouble Man,” it’s no wonder T.I.‘s forthcoming full-length has hit a few bumps on...Read More
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T.I. - Trap Back Jumpin
On T.I.‘s newest street single, Trap Back Jumpin, the Southern spitter makes a lyrical return to the trap and in the process seems to have awakened a younger version of himself that was previously featured on past...Read More
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T.I. - Go Get It
T.I. will be the first to admit that his career in the game hasn’t been an uninterrupted string of victories—I mean, he is titling his new album “Trouble Man”—but, when you add it all up, precious few can...Read More
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T.I. - Love This Life
Life hasn’t exactly been easy for T.I.; with the legal problems that have plagued the Grand Hustle mogul in recent memory, he’s more than earned the appellation, “Trouble Man.” And, unsurprisingly, these...Read More
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DJBooth Album Review
T.I. could easily be forgiven for just not caring that much anymore. After all, what does he have left to prove? Millions of records sold, Grammys lining his wall, enough money for Scrooge McDuck to swim through, widespread respect – hell, he even talked a suicidal man down from jumping. On TIP’s worst days he could still record an album good enough to go gold, so why kill himself? Why do six takes of the same verse when the fifth was good enough?
Frankly, I don’t know why. If I was in T.I.’s position I’d be taking a nap in the Bahamas right now, justifiably telling myself I’d earned it. But Clifford Harris apparently just isn’t built like I am, or anyone else. It’d be ridiculous to say that his last two albums, Paper Trail and No Mercy, were lacking, they were both solid albums that went double platinum and platinum, respectively, but one listen to his latest effort, Trouble Man: Heavy Is the Head, and in retrospect it’s obvious both were lacking something; that next level passion, that extra hunger, that made TIP’s early work like King so overwhelming powerful. Why does T.I. sound so hungry on this album? Why does he seem so consciously determined to go harder than Blake Griffin in the paint? Who knows, but we’ve now got an entire album full of evidence.
If you’re looking for that haven’t slept in 72 hours, straight out of the trap music T.I. essentially invented, there’s no better place to start than Trap Back Jumpin. Whatever thoughts he had of leaving the streets alone after prison have seemingly dissolved, Trap Back is nothing but big bass and T.I.’s signature charismatic delivery (what more can you really ask for?). Notably, Track Back is more the rule than the exception; it comes directly after the Meek Mill-assisted G Season, which primarily makes me realize how much T.I. paved the way for MMG, and G Season truthfully isn’t anything compared to the addictively hard Go Get It or the “well I guess T.I.’s openly inviting beef again” aggression of Addresses. It’s a word that’s become absurdly played out, but that doesn’t make it any less true; T.I. is more lyrical than he often gets credit for, but it’s his “swag” that truly separates him from the crowd, and Trouble Man is dripping with so much swag T.I. should bottle it and sell it. (I’ll take 10% of the sales for coming up with the idea Mr. Harris, thanks.)
Speaking of “more lyrical than he often gets credit for,” Trouble Man also finds T.I. delving as deep into his personal ills, and the ills of the world, as he ever had. Andre 3000’s guest verse on Sorry has stolen a bit of the spotlight, but make sure you also take a moment to acknowledge the depth of that second verse from the headliner: “Innocent ladies raped and defenseless babies abducted / Such a horrible truth, but you see it over and over / It’s nothing, you numb to it and your heart grow colder / Pacify your pain with a chain and a Rover.” By the same token, when I first heard the opening section of Hello I expected the track to become a made for radio smash – why else get a hook from Cee-Lo? - but instead TIP lyrically steers the song in a darker and more honest direction, a tactic he uses again on Westside featuring A$AP Rocky. And I haven’t even gotten to Hallelujah yet, a cut that both acknowledges God on a level we haven’t really heard from an elite rapper since Jesus Walks, and is almost shockingly personal and autobiographical. If T.I.’s not at least being mentioned in your bar room “best rapper alive” debates, maybe it’s time you started including him.
Unfortunately, Trouble Man isn’t a flawless album, it’s hard to ignore the existence of more mixtape-worthy Who Want Some and the almost painfully soft Cruisin. And no, I don’t skip over Cruisin because I can’t stand the idea of T.I. with a radio hit, I won’t front like I didn’t play Whatever You Like too, but Cruisin’s just not a particularly good song (Guns and Roses has a much better chance of hitting). Still, those are such minor complaints among the dopeness that is Trouble Man it almost feels like a reach to bring them up. Despite the multiple prison bids T.I. never gave up his King of the South title, but after Trouble Man his spot on the throne is looking more secure than ever.
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Average Member Rating: Total Ratings: 18
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this is alot better than I expected and there's a nice variety of genres on the album.
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| Posted on Dec 18, 2012 |
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Really great album
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| Posted on Dec 18, 2012 |
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T.i. Rulz vato
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| Posted on Dec 18, 2012 |
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T.I. does have something to prove. At least as a musician. He's been in and out of jail for the last three years, and he hasn't had a solid hit since 2008. I feel like if he didn't do those stints in jail he would've been at astronomical heights right now.
The singles from Paper Trail were worldwide smash hits. Hell, here in Australia in 2008 you couldn't go anywhere without hearing his tracks. On No Mercy, which was a solid album, he had four smash hit records on deck with Kanye West, Drake, Eminem and Christina Aguilera. Because of his situation, none of those records popped off at all. He could've gone from the hot rapper of the moment internationally to an icon like Kanye, Jay or Eminem. So, yeah, I felt kind of let down by this album. The game's changed, artists like Kendrick, Kanye and Nas have all raised the bar in the past year or so of what a rap album should sound like. I feel like T.I. has failed that. Aside from all that, this is a good album. But it's nowhere near as good as it could've been and T.I. is nowhere near as he could've been. And that's disappointing. Sidenote: Even though I can't stand her, I hope that Pink record pops off for him on a worldwide level and he can resume his rise to superstardom |
| Posted on Dec 19, 2012 |
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Dope album from top to bottom!! Would've been great if he could get em on a track...
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| Posted on Dec 19, 2012 |
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Huh, a really diverse album, and a good one at that.
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| Posted on Dec 19, 2012 |
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I was really hoping for that fire that TIP once had as a lyricist and an artist, but the taste of commercial success has taken over. I've been a fan of his since I'm Serious and it's not hard to see that he has turned into a cookie cutter emcee. it's a shame that Andre 3000 is the highlight of the album, which is not a slight to 3000, but it's not his album. Standout out tracks are I'm sorry, Wildside and Guns and Roses.
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| Posted on Dec 20, 2012 |
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everything is quality except for cruisin'
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| Posted on Dec 22, 2012 |
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Great album the king did it again another classic
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| Posted on Dec 23, 2012 |
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Brought the album yesterday i love it go buy this album cause its crazy good
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| Posted on Dec 23, 2012 |
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| Posted on Dec 23, 2012 |
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This is a Good Album and a Good review by Rich too... I'll be bumping this for some time to come. This is what T.I. Fans have been waiting for... me included...
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| Posted on Dec 30, 2012 |
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Youtube Lil Neek/Don't Mess Around. Also youtube Lil Neek/Spend the Night. If u real u gon feel the flow and skillz of this Louisiana rapper!! Check it out!!
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| Posted on Jan 09, 2013 |
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TI can rap, good stuff
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| Posted on Jan 25, 2013 |
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A$AP and 3 stacks features were nice. Just not his trap music level.
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| Posted on Jun 08, 2013 |
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T.I. newest effort surpasses the last in terms of quality and brings some fun in the mix. There are some blemishes on this LP (Ball, Guns and Roses, and Hello) but other than that it manages to bring T.I. out to rock the mic.
Best Tracks: Sorry, Go Get It, and The Introduction Album Rating: 3 Out of 5 Stars |
| Posted on Jun 17, 2013 |
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