T.I.
Biography
T.I. (Clifford Joseph Harris) is an American rapper and music producer, born in Atlanta, Georgia, September 25, 1980. The bosses of the Arista label recommended him to change the T.I.P. stage name in order to avoid conflicts with Q-Tip from A Tribe Called Quest. As a result, Clifford reduced it by one letter, to T.I. The young rapper’s career developed speedily. He released his first album, I'm Serious, in 2001. It did not evoke much attention. Too many fresh rappers used to arouse interest to their name by giving their albums and songs shouting names. Accustomed to that, the audience did not tale T.I. and his release seriously. Nevertheless, his single I'm Serious with Beenie Man on backing vocals was the first song to reveal T.I.’s big ambitions. The basic message of his first album was the expression of his claim to the throne of ‘King of South’.
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Reviews
No Mercy2010
T.I.'s seventh studio album is fourteen tracks lasting a bit more than an hour among which there are extremely little of fillers. Samples, beats, melodious vocal parts are mixed in the right proportions on the record
Paper Trail2008
The US rapper T.I. issued the sixth disc Paper Trail. This brilliant work features witty texts, laid on catchy Southern beats and performed in a company of stars like Rihanna, Justin Timberlake and others
T.I. Vs T.I.P.2007
T.I.'s new album T.I. Vs T.I.P. carries conceptual and very personal character. T.I. displays a struggle of two characters within him: T.I. - a material rapper and businessman, and T.I.P. – T.I.'s dark half and incorrigible hustler. Who is to win?
King2006
With cameos from Common, Pharrell Williams and Young Jeezy as well as Travis Barker and Jamie Foxx, T.I.'s King is made up of equal parts club anthems, gripping street stories, and introspective cuts
