Release Date: 9/02/2008
Recording Date: 9/2008
Tracks: 33
Length: 00:15:47 Hrs
Label: Atlantic
Type: CD,LP
- Genre/Styles
- Gangsta Rap, Southern Rap
Album Tracks (33)
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What the Critics Say
House arrest would likely slow anyone's daily routine. It probably played a factor in T.I.'s decision to write down his rhymes for the first time since his debut. A year of jail time on the horizon would, just the same, impact a writer's output, and it has done just that on Paper Trail. Plenty of these tracks have nothing to do with T.I.'s federal weapons conviction -- escapist fare like the number one Hot 100 single "Whatever You Like" and the mindnumbing "Porn Star," where he's barely coasting -- but there is a sense of urgency and a new dimension of self-reflection not touched upon throughout the holding pattern that was T.I. vs T.I.P. And when he's just battling, as on "I'm Illy," he reaches a level of indignant rage that manages to top that of "I'm Talkin' to You." The M.I.A.-sampling, Kanye West-produced "Swagga Like Us" features verses from Jay-Z, West, and Lil Wayne, but its chunky, rugged, alien beat could've hit even harder with just T.I., whose pent-up swagger makes for the best vocal fit. The cut with multiple features that is deserving of even more talk is "On Top of the World," where B.o.B. and (especially) Ludacris complement atypical wealth-related T.I. boasts like "Cousins in college -- where you think they get tuition from?" The production work also helps place the album above T.I. vs T.I.P.; Toomp's return provides some much needed punch, as does Danja's slow motion, almost bluesy, organ-drenched beat for "No Matter What." ~ Andy Kellman, All Music Guide
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5/7/2009 9:11 PM
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2/22/2009 4:18 PM
DIS ALBUM SHOUL BE THE ALBUM OF 2008 , 2009 ,2010 AND 2011 AND WE DONT EVEN KNOW WHATS GOING TO BE OUT THEN. DIS ALBUM WAS HOT AND THE BEST I GIVE PROPS TO T.I
11/10/2008 4:19 PM
this fuckin album is hot. and i love three songs and they are live your live,what's happin,and wat ever you like. mother fucka thats the shit.
5/14/2009 1:37 AM
i am not going like that the c d is not life , a part of felling by bad pills hes not on meds now he has dreat songs wrote now i cant get there i cant drive that far know sanford n c david hit a car i was in it i got hurt gootman helped hurt me more ,do you know how a mother wants to pick up her baby or grand baby please songs is all i have wight now no friend till the moneys here then you have people , so see it is imporant to me there are more like us sorry i have bigger things to fight for try people love yaw