Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― ILX System, Thursday, 7 February 2008 00:01 (sixteen years ago) link
If I'd gotten a shot I would have gone with "I'm Straight."
― ablaeser, Thursday, 7 February 2008 05:42 (sixteen years ago) link
i like the four-way tie.
― Jordan, Thursday, 7 February 2008 15:58 (sixteen years ago) link
"ride wit me" is the shit
― sailor goon (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 25 August 2009 19:57 (fourteen years ago) link
A drop top, flip flop, shine as the chrome glowWhen T.I.P. pop out the roof "What he up in Herndon Homes fo'?"Along though, shit he jus' doin' what he known forBlowin' 'dro, 24, livin' how the song goRubber burnt, turn the corners, beatin' like a CongoYou try to jack I pull the strap, it's +ASAP+ prontoKing of the South, every hood's head honchoI'm Westside certified, go run a fuckin' hood yo
― sailor goon (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 25 August 2009 19:59 (fourteen years ago) link
These 26's keep the attention of bitches
― sailor goon (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 25 August 2009 20:00 (fourteen years ago) link
Even though "Live in the Sky" is just about as sappy as it gets, I still really dig it. Smooth beat.
― pearsonic, Tuesday, 25 August 2009 22:03 (fourteen years ago) link
I think this is my favourite album artwork of el decade. Also, killer album.
― Samuel (a hoy hoy), Tuesday, 25 August 2009 22:09 (fourteen years ago) link
"Nigga, shut up, you stink, ok? always talkin shit, you make me sick, with your broke ass. You ain't got shit, you ain't shit, your feet stink, nigga, you nasty, you dirty, you look bad, you talk stupid, you dumb. say that shit to T.I.!"
one of my favorite T.I. skits ever.
― plate of dinosaurs (San Te), Sunday, 15 August 2010 15:32 (thirteen years ago) link
'why you wanna' deserved some love. slick as shit through a goose.
― bnw, Sunday, 15 August 2010 15:39 (thirteen years ago) link
yea, I love that joint. "Top Back" is my fav though.
― plate of dinosaurs (San Te), Sunday, 15 August 2010 15:42 (thirteen years ago) link
playin this now. "Top Back" I think is my overall fav but I've always loved the opening to "King Back":
"I welcome you and get acquainted with the youngest in charge Respected from East to West like he was running the mob Dictating, ain't taking orders from no one but God I know you niggas is broke 'cause I know what you charge"
― getting strange ass all around the globe (Neanderthal), Thursday, 24 April 2014 04:07 (ten years ago) link
i love how he really lays way back into that beat on the second verse, dragging way behind it, and then builds up to superball velocity in the third verse. there was a week or so where i listened to that song 6 or 7 times a day.
― tipsy mothra, Tuesday, February 5, 2008 6:52 PM (6 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
= 6 or 7 times a morning, on the way to work, to stand outside and let it finish before i went in
― j., Thursday, 24 April 2014 04:24 (ten years ago) link
I was doing leg exercises at the gym when this song came on my IPod cellphone and I was tryin to pump my feet at the same tempo as his but ran out of gas. good motivational music!
― getting strange ass all around the globe (Neanderthal), Thursday, 24 April 2014 04:27 (ten years ago) link
feel like T.I. just missed out on the GOAT conversation barely? kinda seems like it
― nova, Thursday, 24 April 2014 07:12 (ten years ago) link
if he'd followed up King with something essentially rather than T.I. vs TIP he'd have had a strong trilogy but he's treaded water too long since. his new one at times seems like trap-by-numbers.
― getting strange ass all around the globe (Neanderthal), Thursday, 24 April 2014 22:21 (ten years ago) link
xp Prison time right as he entered his commercial prime, then brief return, then another jail sentence. He was never the same after that.
― voodoo chili, Thursday, 24 April 2014 22:45 (ten years ago) link
See I really liked T.I. vs T.I.P. actually. Paper Trail was where I started to lose interest, because writing his lyrics down seemed to sap his swag(ga) and it struck me as a similar album to Urban Legend, being a messy mix of crossover stuff & street bangers, but worse.
he's had some dope guest verses since but yeah no real expectations for any full-length projects these days
― nova, Thursday, 24 April 2014 22:45 (ten years ago) link
I love Urban Legend. I actually became with Paper Trails cos I wasn't really as into the 'souf' then and I liked it as a purely pop rap album but after hearing his harder stuff it was harder to return to. there is some really solid shit on it though, it's just the "Whatever You Likes" and "Live Your Lifes" are too plentiful (though oddly I like the latter even if it's a bit corny).
― getting strange ass all around the globe (Neanderthal), Thursday, 24 April 2014 22:47 (ten years ago) link
"Swagga," "What Up" and "No Matter What" are the three songs I mess with on that album
― nova, Friday, 25 April 2014 01:54 (ten years ago) link
I prefer the production on King and Trap Muzik (at times I think he veers to closely to bounce rather than his ATL-lane) but he's pretty on point as an MC. not as lyrically tight as on the prior album but he still spits.
the thing I hate about him now is that while simplicity worked in his favor in the older days, he had a lot of focus. even though his word play was often monosyllabic, he painted vivid pictures of street life, and in the Trap Muzik days especially, really nailed the cognitive dissonance of being a pusher. even by King when he'd abandoned that lane, his braggadocio came off self-assured and effortless.
I finally listened to Trouble Man the other day and while it wasn't a terrible listen, his persona has gone so one-dimensional that he might as well be any generic street rapper at this point. His references to trap life are as stock as can be right now, just rote one-dimensional exercises. None of the focus or precision he used to have. The environments he portrayed used to be very human and lived in, but every player in his songs is a cipher now, including him. Some rappers retain their ability to write compelling street rap even after both feet have firmly left that life, but Clifford's not one of 'em. His voice still sounds cool and all but his energy just comes across as calculated now.
― getting strange ass all around the globe (Neanderthal), Friday, 25 April 2014 02:35 (ten years ago) link
referring to Urban Legend here obv
― getting strange ass all around the globe (Neanderthal), Friday, 25 April 2014 02:36 (ten years ago) link
i only ever really listen to trap muzik now, sometimes urban legend
even at the time about half of king seemed ill-advised
― j., Friday, 25 April 2014 02:50 (ten years ago) link
there are maybe only two songs I don't f with on King
― getting strange ass all around the globe (Neanderthal), Friday, 25 April 2014 02:51 (ten years ago) link
Come and kick it with a stand up guyyyyy
YOU KNOW WHAT IT IS YOUKNOWWHATITIS the UNDERTAKER
those two right
― nova, Friday, 25 April 2014 04:22 (ten years ago) link
man i'm always so disillusioned but also impressed at the digging when i look up the samples for my favorite beats:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUp9Mt_pWQI
― festival culture (Jordan), Friday, 25 April 2014 13:58 (ten years ago) link
"Stand Up Guy" is a jam imo
― some dude, Friday, 25 April 2014 21:13 (ten years ago) link