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After T.I.'s private listening party at Sigma Sounds (located in Philadelphia, Pa) there was a rap battle. The battle was between Meek Mill's Dream Chasers artist Lil Snupe (from Louisiana) against Eagles receiver DeSean Jackson's Jaccpot artist Retro (from West Philly). Meek Mill and DeSean put up $10,000 each on their artist. While T.I., Eagles quarterback Michael Vick, Trae Tha Truth and T.I.'s cousin Rashad (who the movie ATL is based on). Everyone agreed to 5 rounds of rapping for the two artists. At the end, when all of the judges expressed why they chose Lil Snupe (Dream Chasers) the winner, DeSean Jackson left the room. Video shot & edited by Rick Dange of HHS1987.com.
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T.I. pushed back his upcoming album, Trouble Man. The project, which will be something of a comeback for the "King of the South," was originally slated to drop in early September, but now it looks like it won't be released until near the end of the year.
"Me being the perfectionist that I am, I'm still tweaking and fine-tuning, trying to perfect all parts of this project," Tip told MTV News. "I did, like, 124 songs, and I've narrowed it down to 86 now, so now I have to continue to narrow down and continue to make it better. I'm not trying to paint myself into a corner with a date. I'm trying to make sure that the project is the absolute best it could be, and I'm trying to get it down by the end of the year."
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T.I. spoke to Hot 107.9's DJ Sense about recording his highly-anticipated upcoming album Trouble Man. The Atlanta rapper made a much talked-about appearance at Birthday Bash in Atlanta last week, and he says that he's working through a massive backlog of songs--more than one hundred songs, in fact.
“Man, we coming in September, but we still cooking, though. I still got something else up my sleeve coming real soon,” Tip said. “I got 125 records, man."
“I’m sitting on it," he added.
Trouble Man is expected to be released September 4th.
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T.I. shared his enthusiasm for his upcoming Trouble Man album, due to hit stores in September. The Atlanta hip hop star told MTV News that he's ready start promoting the project.
"You know, I'm really just getting warmed up, man," he told MTV News. "I got a lot of ammunition; I'm about to start shootin'. I'm just getting warmed up, just look forward to it."
Several singles have been released over the past few months, but it is unclear if "I'm Flexin'" or "Hear Ye, Hear Ye" will make the album.
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T.I. had nothing but praise and congratulations upon learning of Chicago rapper Chief Keef signing with Interscope. The Grand Hustle head had lobbied hard for Keef to join his imprint, but felt that Keef did whatever he felt was best for his situation.
"Chief Keef, I feel like he represents a part of America," T.I. told MTV News. "He represents a part of the youth in America that ain't really got a voice right now. We looking at 'em, and we're seeing the results of their actions, but we ain't really listening to 'em, and I think you gotta have a representative of each generation in order to understand what they dealing with."
"The opportunity existed, but I never put my own personal wishes before the best interest of the next person," T.I. said. "I'm just happy that he's able to do whatever's best for him and his family and to move forward as a person and to progress in life. As long as he's doing that, I'm happy."
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Just prior to taking the stage at Atlanta's Birthday Bash, rapper Chief Keef inked a record deal with Interscope Records. The teenage rapper from Chicago had been wooed heavily by several hip hop labels, most notably Cash Money Records and T.I.'s Grand Hustle imprint, but ultimately decided to go with Jimmy Iovine's label.
"I've been talkin' to a lot of labels, but I just noticed that Interscope got people like 50, Eminem," Keef told RapFix about the decision.
Keef was also reportedly given his own label deal for his GBE imprint and was given a multi-movie film deal with Interscope's motion picture division. The rapper also was reportedly guaranteed his own Beats By Dre signature headphone line.
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Rapper T.I. is sharing more and more about his highly-anticipated upcoming album Trouble Man, and the Atlanta superstar says that this project will not be as laid-back and introspective as 2008's Paper Trail.
All of my albums are basically a reflection of where I am in my life at that moment in time," T.I. told MTV News' Sway Calloway. "So the biggest difference in the man that I am today and the man that I was then, I guess musically, it's gonna be more aggressive thanPaper Trail."
"There are so many classes of people and so many different demographics that are looking to T.I. to redeliver their favorite song," he continued. "I've come to the conclusion that when you service one group of those fans, then there's gonna be another group of fans who feel like, 'He should've done what I wanted him to do.' So you just gotta serve each group, so I'm servicing each group at a time."
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"The King of the South," rapper T.I. shared some fatherly advice to fellow hip hop megastar Jay-Z. Jay and Beyonce welcomed their baby daughter into the world back in January, and Tip--who knows a thing or two about child-raising--decided to offer Jigga a few tips about raising a little girl.
"Little girls are going to judge men they meet in the future based off how their father treated them," said T.I. "You've got to be her first love, her first everything so when she run into nonsense in the street then she'll know, 'Nah, my daddy would never do it like that, so this isn't even worth my time or attention.'"
"Another piece of advice is enjoy the moments," he continued. "Enjoy the moments because once they're gone, they're gone."
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With marriage equality the hot-button topic of the moment, several in the hip hop community have voiced their opinions on the controversy. Atlanta rapper T.I. told MTV's "RapFix Live" that he doesn't see why people are so fiery over an issue that has nothing to do with their lives.
"Just to speak honestly and being frank, I don't care," he said regarding the debate. "I think that if a matter doesn't affect your daily life, you shouldn't take a hard stand on it. If it's not something that directly affects you, if it doesn't affect you, what difference does it make to you what other people are doing with their lives?"
Fellow hip hoppers like Jay-Z, Chuck D and Russell Simmons have all voiced their support for gay marriage rights.
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T.I. has been working on his upcoming album for several months, and fans can expect to hear the results of his labor early in the fall of 2012. The rapper revealed during an interview with Angie Martinez that his eighth album is currently slated to be released on September 4th.
Trouble Man will be the Atlanta superstar's first album since 2010's disappointing No Mercyand is expected to be a semi-comeback album for the rapper, who's career was put on hold as he served out a year prison sentence.
The singles "Love This Life" and "Like That" have already been released.
"Look forward to those summertime anthems that we've grown to love about T.I.," he told Fuse of the project.
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DJ Drama opened up about putting together an all-star collabo featuring the biggest names in Atlanta hip hop. The new release of T.I., Ludacris, Future and Young Jeezy's "We In This B*tch" music video has generated a tremendous amount of buzz; and Drama says the track was a moment for the city.
"It's always the people that make the decision [on how good something is], but I definitely knew I had something special," Drama told SOHH, "And even the way the record came together, you know, it had no other choice but to be special. From me getting the beats from Kane [Beatz], which took about a year, to the idea of the hook coming to me and giving it to Future, with the space that he's in right now. And then me getting Tip, Jeezy and Luda on one record, what it means to Atlanta and me repping for the city and me making that vision. It definitely is a special record and I'm glad to be a part of it. It's exciting, especially for what it means to the culture."
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Rapper B.o.B. is riding on the recent release of his sophomore album, Strange Clouds, but the Grand Hustle artist took the time to praise the work of his labelhead, T.I. Bobby Ray says that T.I.'s upcoming work is especially impressive and acknowledges Tip's growth.
"The Trouble Man is amazing," B.o.B said in an interview. "Tip, with each album he always gets better. Each album is always a progression of where he was and this one isn't any different. He's really grown as an artist. Even me, growing up in Atlanta, I remember being a fan of Trap Musik -- so, to be able to become so evolved and be able to work so closely to his project, as well as be a part of Grand Hustle, means a lot to me."
"We gotta great f*cking team, a great dream team," B.o.B. added. "We go hard in the paint, f*ck what the naysayers say. They don't determine the outcome -- we determine the outcome."
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T.I.'s single "I'm Flexin'" may have been available on various online retailers for several months now, but according to representatives at the rapper's Grand Hustle label, the song was never licensed for retail. According to label CEO Jason Geter, Grand Hustle hasn't gotten any revenue from sales of the song.
The song is included on the DJ Cortez and DJ Ransom Dollars Mixtape "F**k the Competition Vol. 3," and Geter believes that DJs partner with distribution companies for mixtape profits.
"No one should be seeing money off of a T.I. record if we're not seeing money off of that, period," says Geter. "With Amazon or iTunes or any major distributor, they should be held accountable."
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T.I. and Ludacris have been announced as among the headliners for Atlanta's 2012 Music Midtown Festival. The two-day event takes place September 21st and 22nd in Atlanta's Piedmont Park. The festival made its much-celebrated return to the city in 2011 after several years on hiatus.
T.I. and the Foo FIghters are among the headliners on Saturday, the 21st; with Ludacris headlining on Sunday along with Pearl Jam and more; including Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, Van Hunt, Civil Twilight and O’Brother.
During its first relaunch last year, the festival was only a one-day showcase. This year makes its return as a two-day event.
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The feud between Azealia Banks and Iggy Azalea took another twist today (April 23rd) with Iggy's mentor, rapper T.I. addressing Banks' previous comments directed at him. Banks criticized T.I. via Twitter for speaking on the feud before and for supporting Iggy despite the Australian femcee's controversial rhyme about being a 'runaway slave master.'
But T.I., while claiming to not be involved, made sure to let Banks know how he felt about her and the feud.
"I ain’t even know nothin’ about it. I didn’t even see it. I know they going through their thing, but the fact that she’s speaking upon me and mine, that is what I consider b*tch sh*t. I’m a man. You ain’t got no business addressing me," he said. "You and me, keep dealing with that woman. Y’all handle that. You and me, we ain’t got nowhere to go with that."
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Azealia Banks fired back at hip hop star T.I. after Tip dismissed Banks during a radio interview. Hopping on Twitter to vent her frustration, Banks went on a lengthy rant criticizing T.I. for speaking on the ongoing feud between Banks and Iggy Azalea, T.I.'s artist.
"@tip What a f-cking clown," she tweeted. "Ain't you the same dude that got photographed butt naked n a pair of sneakers and a beanie???!?!"
"It's dead... The streets already know what kind of dude you are. Stop making yourself look softer by dragging this out," she continued. "Funny how you have plenty of time to address me but nothing to say to the dudes who have been calling you a snitch forever."
"T.i .... Please shut the f-ck up about this. Like seriously quit it," Banks added, before revealing that she was deleting his music from her iTunes account.
"LMFAOO every time I delete a t.i song from my iPad I imagine him dying in some bloody horror film like being eaten by a zombie," she said. "Whatever, I shouldn't be letting T.I bait me for his artists' promo. I'm giving him what he wants. That's no good."
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Iggy Azalea discussed her joining Grand Hustle how the process was somewhat difficult after she landed a deal with Interscope Records just a few months prior. The Australian rapper says that she had to restructure the Interscope deal.
"I didn't know I was gonna sign to Grand Hustle," Azalea told MTV News. "There's no way I thought that would happen. Not because I didn't like them, just because my deal was all sewn up, and I restructured the whole thing."
"[Jimmy] likes Tip, and they're good friends, so it worked out," she explained. "But it made everybody so confused, because everyone was like, 'I thought she was signed to Interscope; Grand Hustle is with Atlantic.'"
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Iggy Azalea's getting more and more attention--both online and in the real world--and it doesn't hurt that the sexy Australian has come under the wing of one of the most respected men in hip hop. Iggy was spotted hanging out in Atlanta with her mentor, Grand Hustle head T.I.--and his wife, Tiny. The celebs were spotted out partying at Atlanta's Gold Room this week. Several other Grand Hustle affiliates were spotted in attendance--as well as a few The trio were presumably celebrating the release of Iggy's single "Murda Bizness" this week. |
