How was T.I.'s " I'm Serious" ft Beenie Man recieved when it dropped?

[DamienWayne]

middle of the hour on rap city the basement. last song before hits from the streets went off

 

[brickfare]

was in college in chattanooga back then

chat's not far from atlanta so this caught on there iirc, people in the area fukked with that single and first album of his

 

[director_of_bands]

put my friends on to it while we was riding around greensboro for a&t homecoming weekend that year

 

[Greenhornet]

It was a good lob pass before 24s and rubber band man hit

I remember hearing it and thinking "Oh Neptunes killing it again... who tf is this rapping?" but not caring too much ... then he dropped the anthems right after and it all took off

 

[CSquare43]

That sh*t didn't get any real play, but I loved (and played) the hell outta that song. And if you had a system in your can, that bass was heavy...

That's still my favorite Tip album BTW.......

 

[daboywonder2002]

Take a good look at me
now picture me unhappy

 

[Playaz Eyez]

Didn't care for it. Had only seen the vid a couple times on Rap City and that's it. When I heard Heavy Chevys though I was

 

[Devil Plisken…CMS]

Song was generic and nobody gave fukk around these parts

 

[Uchiha God]

flow so smooth

son been nice

 

[Bugsmoran]

put my friends on to it while we was riding around greensboro for a&t homecoming weekend that year

Yep. That's what I did or atleast tried to put all my friends on to it

I knew he was gonna blow

I been listening to south rap since the beginning and when I heard T.i snapping on that last verse on I'm Serious up to the point I only heard 5 South rappers who could snap like that

Andre 3K
Bun B
Cee Lo
Mr Mike
D.O.C

U had Scarface and 8ball they was some of the greatest Mc's but they didn't have verses snapping like they could jump in an Eastcoast cypher with

 

[jaguar paw]

I liked TI a lot earlier than anyone around me.

 

[Formerly known as...]

Neptunes and beenie Man have some great tracks together.

 

[Dontay Flaco]

I always liked that song.

 

[Yehuda]

Never cared about this song, but I see he really snapped on the first two verses.

 

[Jigganaut]

I was stationed in Germany when it dropped never heard it in the club's but I bought it on a whim in Qatar while deployed after we started deploying heavy post 911