The "You Don't Know Me" hitmaker, who has been under house arrest since late last year after allegedly purchasing three machine guns and two silencers from undercover ATF agents, says he has done around thirty tracks for the new album but is still recording.
"I’ve got about thirty-some tracks done, but I’ve got like sixteen that I’m in love with and I’m still working. After you get those sixteen, you try to make sixteen more to top them and you pick the best." T.I. tells Rollingstone Magazine.
"I’ve got records with Danja, I’ve got one record so far from DJ Toomp. I’ve got records from Little C and Keith Mack from Grand Hustle Productions, and records from J.R. Rotem and Jay Rock. Quite a few people." He continued.
As far as what fans can expect from this album, T.I. says it's reminiscent of a lot of his earlier albums such as , "I'm Serious."
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"I don’t know if I can put into words how it will be different from the last album, but I know you’ll definitely be able to tell the difference. The people who I’ve played it for, they say it reminds them a lot of the earlier albums I’m Serious and Trap Muzik. It’s called Paper Trail because for the first time since my very first album, I’m actually writing the lyrics down, pen and pad, old school style. I used to just listen to the music and go in the booth and rap. And now that I’m writing things down, I think it’s a little more eloquent."
You can check out Rolling Stone's entire feature here.
COMMENTS
for buyin guns?! U sound like a victim. STOP SNITCHING!!!
ya'll cats in here talkin real reckless... you prolly one of the hating ass uncle tom ass dick in da booty ass faggots that set the nigga up. this one of the only niggas thats bringing something REAL to the game. ya'll punk bitches fear what you don't understand. hold ya head tip, real niggas is riding wit you!
destruck YOU deserve to get locked up and the key thrown the fuck away for that dumbass shit
You sound like an Old white dude Destruk's
thats a true hater right their!
ther is no reason for u to be that mad at t.i
what he didnt sign u a autograph or something????
STOP HATIN...GET IT OUT YO BLOOD!
Listen, the nigga was buyin guns, what if a nigga wa buyin guns to come kill one of your fam? I understand protection but TI was gettin choppas and silencers, to kill somebody
Peep this Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPR_FzNUe-o
I aint hatin but we gotta be better than that nobody wants the way of the hood to rule forever, kill or be killed, nah i seen to much we dont need it no more
smokes1ada co-sign...fuck you destruk
Not really interested.. But that Danja beat production might be work checking out. Lets hope he goes hard on this album.
"scramble like eggs and breakfast"
Bring us that hard shit.
Its the King b**** !!!
Luda? King?... you damn sho ain't from the A wit a lame ass comment like that.
oh and t.i. is more of a king than ludacris?
get the fuck out! now!
luda is better than ti fuck yall on???
I fuck wit T.I. music ova Luda's music
But T.I aint fuckin wit dat nigga when it come to battlin!!!
Cause when they was goin back and forth Luda was makin dat nigga look dumb as shit.
I think T.I. should definitley stop focusin' on dissin Luda
cause he aint gettin da best of dat exchange at all!!
Ludacris is a monster.
TI is good too, I like some of his shit.
Ludacris way better though.
Hustle & Flow and Crash were good flicks.
ATL was like roll bounce pt2
TI had a good run last few years but Ludacris smashed him on the mic.
TI smashed.... little flip.
I wonder if Im the only one noticing that hes rocking the mic for a crowd of 13 year old white girls in that picture.
gethip I was wondering the same thing about his audience on trl or some shit
To be honest, the T.I. vs. Luda thing is too close to call. My favorite artist is TIP & my brother's favorite is Luda. We have this argument at least once or twice a week, and we always get nowhere.
All I can say is that they both have three albums considered classic, and they both are cosnsistent in their hitmaking abilities. Who else woulda made Runaway Love that big of a single??? Lupe, no. Maybe Kanye, but that's all.
HAHA... look at all the kids in the back round, thats hilarious
they all have orange wristbands lol
Yeah, that's definitely TRL
good to hear ti is making a new album
Ti my man ever since i heard him destroy that feds taken pictures track hes king
u cant take ne thing away from luda thow his mixtape pre release thearopy was crazyyyy but ti shoulda won the grammy for album of the year hands down
can't wait mutha fukaz, his last album wasnt up 2 par, it was alryt, bt no way near king, hope his sentence aint bad, bt its his mistake
p.s. fuk da haters
CANT WAIT TIL HE GET OFF HOUSE ARREST N COME OUT WIT THE ALBUM HOPE THE NIGGA BEAT HIS CASE
damn right i'm goin cop that !! just hope it does sound like his early stuff..
www.myspace.com/southmostent
something to look foward to in 08...well, hopefully 08..
shit's gonna be HOT. Wen is that nigga gon get off House arrest?? Guess is dont matter as long as that nigga ain't gettin FED time
It's the KING pimp. My nigga still on his fucking grind. I wanna hear what he got to say on this one. T.I vs TIP was a let down, good, but not up to TI standards IMO.
He'll probably be dropping this one in 08, and that'll make three straight years of releasing an album. Talking about staying relevant, and controlling your own shit, that's what's up. He drops when he's ready, that's what the fuck Im talking about.
It'll take a miracle for him to beat this case. If he doesn't get more than a year & half (which I doubt) to 2, he'll be cool because I know he'll come back and won't have much of a momentum loss.
That's why it's important to stay consistent in making your music, taking two-three years off at a time ain't cool because that kinda makes it seem like you ain't really putting your heart into tha shit.
Oh yeah, and this nigga gon always be tha king...bitch
I cant wait to hear another T.I. album...I think that he is one of the only rappers, down south, that can keep it the way they do it and still be recognized by everybody throughout the game. BIG ^'s to T.I.
i think most people are willing to forgive him for that one average album. to be honest i havent listened to this dude in a while and i have all his albums except im serious. then i listened to dro's new mixtape which is fire, and starting messing with tip again too. TI and DRO in 08, hopefully.
if this album be like ti vs tip im not gettin it
Did you read.
I don’t know if I can put into words how it will be different from the last album, but I know you’ll definitely be able to tell the difference. The people who I’ve played it for, they say it reminds them a lot of the earlier albums I’m Serious and Trap Muzik.
wtf man??? lol
he wants to get money, he gon say anything to sell records, i dont belive anything nobody say bout an albums
Trap Muzik is his best Album!!!!
Everybodies first album is they best. Not many niggas get better with time, hell some of em don't even match they first album.
Eminems second album was waaaay better that dat goofy ass first one he had
man hes not goin to jail and if he does hes gonna get out of jail early again just like flip said.
he gone need to make a lot more records so he can stay relevent while he locked down
It depends on how long he's locked. If it's 2 years or less, he'll be cool, because a lot of rappers take 2-3 years of between albums anyway, and tha Grand Hustle brand is still doing its thang, and they gone be holding it down while he locked up.
i cnt stand how everybody claim they dnt write shit ever since jay and nas said they dnt those two lil flip jada and styles the only ones known to REALLY do that shit niggas know they be memorizing they fuckin raps!
and by the way i hope this album on point cus ti vs. tip was ass urban legend was classic he need 2 get back on that real hood shit
Nas??? Sure
I think Chamillionaire said it best. When he was like, these dudes be bragging about how they don't write they rhymes and go off the top of they head. I take pride in writing my rhymes. I wanna be able to put enough though in every single bar, and be able to erase a line if I can think of something better because I'm putting my heart in this shit. Not an exact quote, but you get the point.
Now that's what the fuck I respect nigga.
shit thats what i respect 2! shit i rap ma dam self id rather say that i put sum thought into my rhymes instead of sayin "o well i went off the dome!" im jus sayin its annoying how everyone claims 2 go off the head it really explains how wack ass songs are made
and i aint sayin nas flip jay etc. go off the head all the time but they've been known 2 do this before they even said they did
Most rappers comin out now have to be spittin off the top of they head, or better be at least. If they writin these wack ass lyrics, they need a new profession. Most of these rappers aint intellectual enough to spit off the dome, they all one dimensional talkin bout guns they shot and drugs they sold. These rookies should take notes from Wu Tang and read a fuckin dictionary and learn more than these streets.
So now we are gurantee a banger album with over 30 tracks and 16 that he is in love with, Can't wait to hear it !
Fuck you.
Fuck your ipod.
Fuck your harddrive.
Go back to hannahmontana.com
u couldnt put all 4 of those messages in ONE fam?????
just cuz he's done 30 tracks doesn't mean the album will have 30 tracks. usually artists complete around 30-40 tracks on avg, and then end up pickin out the best for the album, and the rest MIGHT be released on a mixtape. matter of fact that's really what TI said in the interview (escept the mixtape part). still lookin forward to the new album tho...hell it oughta be DOPE cuz the nigga ain't goin out partyin an shit, lol. he should be more focused on this album..
T.I. on some real stuff. He ain't got nothin else better to do...why not write two albums? Learn it.
ReDef.
TI my favorite rapper... but luda a better talented all around MC... but luda never lived the life TI did.. luda was never in the streets.. he even said, hes never sold drugs or nothing.. so thats where TI in my book is king... hes lived what hes rappign about, made it out... but luda wiould kil tip in the booth
looking forward to "paper trail".. hes usually one to drop an album every year, and quick.. so this taking time and writing shit down i think only makes the quality better
Im lookin forward to that album then, I missed out and didn't buy his last one which wuz kinda wack to me.
IMA COP THIS SHIT I WASNT FEELING THAT LAST ALBUM SOME RAPPERS IS BETTER PUTTING THE PEN TO THE PAPER
MY NIGGA T.I. IS DA MUTHAFUKIN KING BITCHES!.....URBAN LEGEND WAS MY FAVORITE ALBUM FROM T.I.....BUT HIS OTHER SHIT WAS HOT TOO!
HE GONE COME OUT HARD ON DIS ONE....YOU KNO NI66A GOT SOME THINGS TO SAY RIGHT NOW....WILL BE ONE OF THE BEST ALBUMS OF 08' FOR SURE....HE AIN"T HAVE NOTHIN BUT TIME TO WRITE THE TRUTH ON THIS ONE...
FREE TIP
(and yes idiots-being on house arrest is still not being free...)
I pray for that black man. Yeah like we need another brotha incarcerated. I don't look at dude like he's stupid and that's it. If we're honest we've all done something we would tell other people about, juss ti is a celeberty. Fuck this devil ass system that make MF's feel they need to purchase all these straps.
If the Feds sent me threats on my celly while on tour and my home boy got shot in OH. MF saying how they at my shows and watchin my house, I'd purchase some bazooka launchers too. This for all yall so called American citizens!
I dont think yall know...but I'M Serious was probably one of the most slept on CDs comin out the south...word is bond. Should be intresting, Ill prolly cop it. Luda's nice, but I dunno bout King of Atlanta ish. Personally thats not a title I would like to carry anyways...but then again im not from Atlanta.
T.I.P NIGGA
Well, I see I got hell of Hate for saying Ludacris King, but the people that disagree probally don't even listen to ludacris
the probally don't even know the skillz Luda holds, or compared them like I have, I didnt Just say that because I like someone better, I like Both dem nigguhz, those two of the top nigguhz holding the south down. But Word for word Album for album Luda has got the dude beat....do ya homework nigguhz
lets jus hope ti go hard on this one. his last one was lil watered down
@jamalhans.. Some up north cats wonder why us from the A or south in general dont respect the east. Because of dumb ass comments like that. Bring ur azz to the eastside "D.E.C" and get aired out son, don, kid, da fucc outta here!!! I got love for the east. just not ignorant ass niggahs like u^^^^^
internet hater what do you on the internet
i guess i know now why the last album was wack. thanks for actually putting some time into what you want us to pay for.
Yeah uh Sacarface said it he best hen he said "T.I.'s the JAy-Z of the south". But really who the fuck cares about the king of the south. I mean Luda, Chamillionaire, Scarface, Outkast could all lay claim to that title before him. Lil wayne aint really any better, but his shits hot right now. T.I.'s last album was wack, if this one is T.I. could be done. He needs to stop makin movies, and release a fire studio album.
I aggree that T.I's last album didnt come as hard as the rest but it was still sick. thats all niggas was riden to when he dropped. but as for luda n ti, ti hands down, luda say some cold stuff, but ti one of the only real niggas out there. He took da charge the first time, got hatted on came out n smashed flip. bet flip happy he aint really go to war wit da nigga. luda just got hot punch lines, all of tips tracks he tells a story. thats a true artist when he paint a picture n u see dat sh!t. dont get it twisted other people hot but just aint as REAL. like wayen, wayne killin the game but come on now, he aint never been to jail so he can dry up them tears. and he aint start clamin blood till Game came in the pic. now all of a sudden he blooded out. nigga plzz he payed his way in to bein a blood. I guess thats coo down south but in da chi I had to put my work in to be a Vice Lord. dont get it twisted da niggas music sick, just know aint no truth behind it. TI been callin his self king since his first album and ran wit it till niggas respected it. true nigga.
Vox The Star you right now that I looked at the video. Hot video too.
i dont give a Fuck about this monkey ass rapper....nigga softer than fresh baked cookies.Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!!!
fresh baked cookies are good though.
t.i the hardest out the south p