If T.I. Never Got Popped For The Guns, At The Least; Hes Up There With Wayne In Terms Of Popularity

[re'up]

That "T.I Vs. TIP" album wasn't good, and it wasn't about the guns, the album was out by summer, and the arrest was in October 2007---- he seemed to slip directionally as an artist, without the guns, think the gun charge gave him a new direction, helped him, for at least one very good album.

I was following in real time, as a serious T.I fan lol and the 2007 album was a misstep. Doesn't mean he couldn't have recovered, but where was he going to go from there? Everyone had to shift into a new lane post 2008 anyway, because Drake and Ye became the dominant voices. T.I would have been stuck in the trap lane, where he eventually ended up anyway, or at least I think that's a fair hindsight bias theory.

 

[Chip Skylark]

I’m talking about his singles after he got out the 1st time when he was working on King Uncaged. Remember Me wasn’t even for King that album. We Don’t Get Down Like Y’all came out in 2011 while Tip was locked up the 2nd time (months after No Mercy came out). No Mercy and That’s All She Wrote weren’t even released as singles.

I agree, T.I.‘s music from 2010-2012 was hit or miss. I Can’t Help It should’ve been his 1st single after he got out.

No mercy and all she wrote were most definitely singles. They charted on billboard. They were official singles

No Mercy (T.I. album) - Wikipedia

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But OP is talking about the timeline from 07 til now by the end of 08 the only rapper near wayne popularity wise was Ye

09 remember me with MJB single after that we both agreed that those singles he dropped were trash. You’re the only person I’ve ever seen
Say no mercy was good to them lol ain’t no way

I don’t think you meant to quote me cause I’ve said

 

[Tommy Sheppard]

Nobody considered TI as the King of the South. TI never was on top of the Rap Game. He was top 10 for a few years.

Wayne was the King of Hiphop for a few years. Squad Up Mixtapes, Carter 1 & II, a ton of hit features put Wayne on a rap run never seen before.

you just said tip was never too 10 but named the squad up tapes and carter 1 as your source of Wayne being bigger then him yet trap musik outsold the carter 1 and it came out the year before

 

[saiyamangetshoes]

Nobody considered TI as the King of the South. TI never was on top of the Rap Game. He was top 10 for a few years.

Wayne was the King of Hiphop for a few years. Squad Up Mixtapes, Carter 1 & II, a ton of hit features put Wayne on a rap run never seen before.

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Yet Wayne himself considered him the king.

 

[aboss4real24]

Again, further validates my point. Why did Wayne drop dozens of mixtapes every 2-6 months while T.I. only dropped every other year? LOL nikkas is delusional.

Because ti lacked work ethic and creativity

 

[Reptile]

Because ti lacked work ethic and creativity

T.I. lacked work ethic and creativity for not wanting or needing to drop free music? LOL yall nikkas dumb as hell. And you literally have twice as many negs as daps, why are you even allowed to fukking post?

 

[Sir Richard Spirit]

T.I is a top 10 rapper for me. He has 2 classics. Multiple good albums. Classic songs and singles. Made moments within hip hop that will be remembered.


Drugs, social media, his wife, ruined his legacy and
nobody really takes him serious anymore.

 

[CrimsonTider]

Catching cases usually helps your career. He just stopped making compelling music and started doing Crime Stopper commercials. That's what did him in.

TI first case did help his career

 

[Reptile]

TI first case did help his career

Catching cases is good for a buzz, bad for the long run.

 

[NSSVO]

Na. TIP had his time where he was big dog. Wayne at his peak was easily top 10 most popular rappers ever, and you can argue 5.

 

[Shadow King]

No.

 

[thaKEAF]

Nah. This dude TI had huge hits with Rihanna and Justin on his biggest album pre prison and Wayne still outsold him the same year. TI was a bigger star up to around 07 but Wayne’s organic momentum took over by then. Wayne’s mixtapes and features were getting more hype than TI shyt (TI vs TIP was weak). Nobody was calling TI the best rapper alive orvbetter than Jay at that time. Wayne had the streets on lock and I’m not even a Wayne fan like that.

 

[maxamusa]

In 07-08 Me and my crew were not buying commercials album at all. All we had was mixtapes. It it wasn't on a mixtape or being played in the clubs we didn't hear it.


That was the mixtape era. T.I. didn't embrace that and wasn't a part of it. "What you know about that" use to stay knocking the trunk out from me; but thats only cause it was thrown on random dj compilation mixtapes....was swagger like us at that time 2? that shyt was hard

 

[maxamusa]

2006. Waynes mixtapes were better than T.I. albums bruh. Stop it.

that was the moment I became a fan. CANNON CANNON

 

[TaxCollector13459]

This is cap and a rewrite. 2006 was T.I.'s year. There wasn't a rapper in the game bigger than T.I. in 2006.

Nah T.I was most def top dog in Rap in 06 at least Had number 1 movie and album same time.

Bra was everywhere from 03-09.

What bra made up for lack of number mixtapes I’d say he covered for that with the number of features he was doing, nikka spazzed. Shii you can argue he didn’t have to release as many mixtapes,by the time his Atlantic deal came thru he was straight paperwork wise