Comments on: Act I – The Boy Who Would Be King…

By: Young Moula Baby

Young Moula Baby — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 05:25:22 +0000

Can somebody repost the best of t.i. bankhead ambassador mixtape or send me the link? I need that mix!

By: Silly Goose

Silly Goose — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 01:36:54 +0000

TI was and won’t be a king, ever. A King is crowned, never self declared. Thats like Saigon saying “My album is better than Illmatic” – even if it is, it is not up to the artist to say it. OTHERS say it.
Unfortunately, as the current crowd just fell into TI’s marketing silliness, he said it and everybody was “yeah it’s true, TI the king of the South”…nigga please.
I remember seeing him live once (pretty good show) and he had a corny monologue – “Why am I the king of the South? Because I say so!”
If that is valid to you, you are dumb.

The other thing, Kings don’t buy silencers in supermarket parking lots on their way TO AN AWARDS SHOW.
Only MORONS do that.

But thanks for the links, I’m sure there will be some cool songs in there. The early ones I prefer, his last album was complete garbage.

By: T.C.

T.C. — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 05:47:18 +0000

E Mass pretty much nailed it right here. I like T.i. I’ve been a fan every since I had a copy of N.E.R.D.’s “In Search Of…” mysteriously with “I’m Serious” at the end. But I think the persona and image he’s worked so hard (and every accolade he gets in deserving) to create to allow him to be billed as a superstar has let the music take a back seat. He’s by no means wack but the mixed feelings from all you guys on every album after “Trap Muzik” shows that there’s a fair amount of coasting going on. I remember him saying that he talked to Outkast, Face, and UGK before he started his King Campaign to let them know the angle he’s gonna play to give himself notoriety. And it worked. It’s his angle that he played and the image he gave us just as the same as every rapper U know. They’re known for something. But I admit I get a little irked when I hear he actually labeled as the best or his albums being the best cuz they’re not and that’s a fact.

I gotta comment on “The Dynasty”. I always tell people “The Dynasty”, Scarface’s “The Last Of Dying Breed”, and now Common’s BE are the reason the 4.5 Mic rating was created. Perfect albums, missing something every soooo slightly but who gives a shit cuz they stay in your players…

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 01:39:47 +0000

“…people dont even like him as a man right now as they stoned jay.”

Generally speaking…

T.I. is THE rapper right now. Everybody loves T.I. (dudes and ESPECIALLY the women… of EVERY race). He’s 2007′s equivalent of Jay in the Vol. 2 era (i.e. he’s a black man making real black music that is for a small frame of time, openly accepted by a ‘crossover’ audience… i.e. white people, without having to “water down” his ways – talk, slang, music, etc – he brought them to him and not the other way around).

“while the album wasnt as good as his past few albums, its a critical part of his catalog of music.”

I disagree.

Jay is my favorite rapper [alive] and has been since Pac passed. I have purchased every single one of his albums since Reasonable Doubt, and that (The Dynasty) is the one album I listen to the least. Even as a true admirer of his work, you could toss out The Dynasty Roc La Familia, and I would be okay with it.

By: young_p0

young_p0 — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 23:35:12 +0000

oh yeah. this album for TI = when Jay dropped Roc La Familia. EVERYBODY thought that album was a huge let down at first because he had just came down from an album that had huge crossover success and he was the head figure of hip hop at the time. also, a lot of niggas was like on some shit where they wasnt fuckin with jay no more. but then shit like 1800 hustler and soon you’ll understand couldnt be denied. in the beginig the album didnt live up to what everbody thought it would be, but with time, things started to come to light that while the album wasnt as good as his past few albums, its a critical part of his catalog of music. some how, it was THAT album. then eventually the crushing classic BLUEPRINT dropped and after all of the talk, it was official. Jay WAS THE KING! with that, i see the same turn of events happening with TI. right now, everybody doesnt like the album and personally, people dont even like him as a man right now as they stoned jay. but once the album starts to sink in, and time goes by, the nigga will eventually be the king of the south without any questions asked….

By: young_p0

young_p0 — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 23:27:58 +0000

*scrolls down

ALL THE P$C TAPES?! AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

By: E Mass

E Mass — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 21:11:14 +0000

When you think of “king” in this day & age, you think of someone whom greatness is expected each time around, scrutiny is heavily upon, etc. Juve & Trick don’t fit that bill for whatever reason.

Gotty
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Why would you expect greatness from T.I. when we have barely seen any from him?

T.I. has made some great music but to claim him King cus no one else is good enough to fit the bill dont fly. Why when talkin bout T.I. media attention, fame, street cred and things that really dont matter to this music are all of a sudden noteworthy. None of that gets brought up when talkin all time greats why change it for him. Face became who he is cus of his music, music is what makes you King. I can give a fuck what T.I does in the business, he should of never picked up a mic and you should of never pressed play if thats what you are caring about. Groups or not Andre and Bun, maybe Devin, are the only ones worth mentionin when talkin King shit. Musically, T.I. aint nowhere near bein worthy of any thrown, but I’m still a fan.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 20:49:14 +0000

@whatevaman

“Andre is like Scarface to me. No need to crown him. He crowned himself a long time ago.”

That’s one of the dopest quotes I have ever read – period.

Good job on that one.

By: John Dough

John Dough — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 20:27:13 +0000

@ whatevaman

Andre STILL gets down on beats 2day, peep the ‘International Player Anthem’, or his verses on the ‘Walk It Out’ remix, or the ‘Throw some Ds’ remix, or the ‘You’ remix…

By: TexsLegend

TexsLegend — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 20:07:47 +0000

STAYING POWER IS KEY……