Why was "T.I. vs T.I.P" not well-received by the public?

[evasive]

I thought it was pretty good
I thought the production was

 

[Prince Cairo]

TI is mediocre as fukk.

 

[No Homo]

Bad was bad the good was good.. I enjoyed it for the most part .. This here one of my fav ti tracks

 

[R-Typ3]

That just another case of this fickle ass music game..Tip was in a situation where even his "controversy" outside his songs will sell records.. Even when he's spittin that shyt nikkas hear about "T.I. did this, got locked up for that" they'll go buy the album, go to the gigs, movies etc etc

 

[KravenMorehead™]

Once you get people used to controversy and fukkery people expect it on every album. And I think it's cause this was one of the first where he wasn't beefin with someone. T.I. and 50 Cent had similar careers when you think about it...

 

[Jacaveli The Don]

It just wasn't a good, cohesive album

 

[R-Typ3]

Once you get people used to controversy and fukkery people expect it on every album. And I think it's cause this was one of the first where he wasn't beefin with someone. T.I. and 50 Cent had similar careers when you think about it...

Makes you wonder damn do people actually listen to songs for content or wait til they swore they heard a subliminal about something/someone

 

[thaKEAF]

It was a rushed and unfocused album. You can tell that he was going through things after the death of his homie and that the label forced him to rush this out after the huge success of KING. It had some tracks but it was a step down in quality from his last two albums. I played it a lot back then but man I haven't heard it almost since it came out.

 

[re'up]

Uninspired when not cliched, uneven production, great songs and concepts littered in between disposable ones, with a strong single, that the album rarely, if ever, lives up to.

 

[Black]

As a big T.I. fan this album was terrible.

 

[B. Pumpaveli]

Bad was bad the good was good.. I enjoyed it for the most part .. This here one of my fav ti tracks

this track went so hard that summer

one of t.i.'s best albums to me

even fukked with the em track

 

[AVXL]

Conceptually it wasn't a well conceived album...the whole premise was to show the difference between TI vs. Tip, but outside of the skits none of the songs really made a clear difference for the average listener to follow along with. Big shyt Poppin was a good single, not great, but good. You know What it is was a nice follow up, but wasn't a hug hit. Hurt with Alfamega was the street single & did ok. Overall the album had flashes of good, but it just sounded lazy and unfocused.

 

[KravenMorehead™]

Makes you wonder damn do people actually listen to songs for content or wait til they swore they heard a subliminal about something/someone

Yup And it also makes you put criticisms in context eg. "TPAB was boring", etc.

 

[Eza]

That 106 & Park appearance doomed this album before it even dropped. Album was even worse than that cringe-worthy interview.

"Tell em I said that" is one of his greatest songs ever though.

down, down, down, down, down....

 

[Pinyapplesuckas]

wasnt a fan of this one. def when i started to not like TI to a degree. Paper Trail was fire after that though.