T.I. did that far more than Jeezy did. T.I. actually explained what activities went down at the trap. He gave you the whole culture from the cars to what the rubber bands meant. What Jeezy did with producer Shawty Redd was take the sound and elevate it. Then you had Ross/Waka and Lex Luger make it to where that sound is now everywhere. I mean, one could argue that T.I. and Toomp did that to an extent because after "What You Know" took off, all of a sudden Kanye had Toomp co-produce songs on his album, Jay, Nas, and The Game were also tapping him for production.
TI really was King of the South
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T.I. did that far more than Jeezy did. T.I. actually explained what activities went down at the trap. He gave you the whole culture from the cars to what the rubber bands meant. What Jeezy did with producer Shawty Redd was take the sound and elevate it. Then you had Ross/Waka and Lex Luger make it to where that sound is now everywhere. I mean, one could argue that T.I. and Toomp did that to an extent because after "What You Know" took off, all of a sudden Kanye had Toomp co-produce songs on his album, Jay, Nas, and The Game were also tapping him for production.
Taadow
The StarchBishop™️
Li'l Jon had it easy after the South takeover. He's a beneficiary of coming after other folk knockin' the door down.
Destiny's Child blew up from that "With Me" remix with the "Freak Hoes" beat.
We didn't even know their individual names before that. The radio used to play the extended mix with 2 Master P verses.
I brought up "Let's Ride" because you brought up how Li'l Jon was making R&B records, like No Limit wasn't.
And it was a monster. I have book by my side right now which says "Let's Ride" is not only Def Jam's 14th most played song
ever on radio, but it is the #909 of the 5,000 most played song on radio ever.
...but I don't see what any of that has to do with T.I. anyway.
Taadow
The StarchBishop™️
As was mentioned in here (ad nauseum), he wasn't the first the first to do that on a mainstream level
and he wasn't the one to take the ball and run with it.
Taadow
The StarchBishop™️
Who said he was first? Cool Breeze did not blow up making trap records. You know that. Trap Muzik is far bigger deal than East Point Greatest Hits ever was. I still stand by T.I. getting his style from Breeze, but everybody knows Cool Breeze not blowing up is criminal.
Taadow
The StarchBishop™️
The other nicca in here on this same page...
Cool Breeze and Ghetto Mafia (and Outkast) pre-date T.I. talkin' about the trap.
You know that.
Thug Motivation 101: Let's Get It is a far bigger deal than Trap Muzik is. Now what?
Taadow
The StarchBishop™️
Why
Most artists who blow up are the beneficiaries of coming after others made headway and sacrifices for them to be in that position. No Limit and CMR are beneficiaries of what Geto Boys, Luke, Eightball & MJG, and OutKast were doing before they blew up.
Destiny's Child did not blow up from "With Me". "No, No, No, Pt. 2" was their biggest record until "Bills, Bills, Bills" dropped.
I never said No Limit didn't make R&B records. My point was that Crunk dominated the industry and dictated the sound far more than No Limit or CMR ever did. Not denying "Let's Ride" wasn't a monster. That song is still nowhere near the monster that "Yeah" was. That song was the 2nd biggest song of the last decade.
It doesn't have to do with T.I., but more so with people wanting to credit P and Juve with blowing the entire South up.
Which outkast album was based purely on trap?
That nikka arguing just to argue
Taadow
The StarchBishop™️
That's not what you said...you said:
Outkast was talkin' about the trap before anybody knew who T.I. was.
So now you wanna move the goalposts and ask about a trap theme? Gone wit' that.
