t.i. peak is the same as waynes. maybe even bigger
and he was better too
especially in 08
I got T.I. in 06 bigger than an any version of Wayne pre Carter 3 & Young Money
The argument is there he was biggest rap artist at the time when 50's just hitting the downside of his peak, Jay's way over peak in Kingdom Come phase, and Nas was on the Hip Hop Is Dead stuff nobody cared about and was dumb cold
He never recovered from the first gun charges after Big Phil died, but TI vs TIP was made right before that and was a dud compared to King & Urban Legend so he regresses anyway. Maybe he gets it back if he doesn't get popped or maybe he doesn't
Paper Trail run was weak and felt like he was trying to stay clean chasing after pop singles but he caught some wind, it just wasn't 06 levels