NYChase718
Veteran
He reached his peak and that was that
T.I fell off because he's been trying too hard to maintain his image
M4T
Pro
But paper trail was his biggest album and that was after he went to jail, then he tried taking it back to the trap on his next album
We should’ve all known what time it was the MINUTE he dropped that reality show.
Premeditated
MANDE KANG
jail ruined his momentum
Yeah I made my comment because a few years ago late at night while out in DC, I took a train and had to transfer at Gallery Place/chinatown. And while there I see all these middle age white dudes with their 10-16 year old sons on the train which is strange because it's a Saturday at like 11pm. Then I see a poster and some big old time rockband (I forget which one) had a show at Capital One Arena that night. shyt made me feel a way because I'm like rap is the biggest music genre in the world and has been for quite some time now. Yet, 30 years from now what rapper that debuted 30 years prior would be able to sell out an Arena show like this old ass rock band is doing? Probably none...maybe Drake, but I don't even think he will, ppl are just waiting on his "downfall". Mind you rock has "fallen off" completely as a genre yet their legends can sell out ARENAS today. How many rap legends can even do an amphitheater right now let alone an arena? Probably none if you exclude Em and Jay
This is pretty much it. He didn't get to ride off the greatness of Paper Trail cause of the jail time. But the smart thing him and the label could have done was release an album the year after Paper Trail while he was serving his first sentence. Cause after he got out he didn't have time to promote or make a cohesive album especially since he got arrested again in 2010.
You’re right but point still proven I think LL, Run DMC, 50, Snoop, Dre should be able to but I’m not sure they can
papertrail08
Pro
No he fell off because the music he put out after he got out of jail was lackluster. Then he got in trouble with the law AGAIN and had to spent almost another year in jail. Him dropping No Mercy also didn't do him any favors either.
bourgeoisie tall freak
Superstar
Television money hit a little different
Check for two episodes bought me five Bentleys
Check for two episodes bought me five Bentleys
Katy Perry is in that exact same situation right now.
Rappers have to maintain their mystique, especially a gangsta ass rapper like TI was...you can't show him in his element eating cereal and dancing and being silly with his kids and friends and shyt, lol. That reality show is what messed him up, imo, it's fukked up that it's like that but that's what it is in rap. IG is enough, fans don't need too much access to your real life, keep selling them the package/gimmick
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Just keeping it real. TI should be thankful that he had a long career. He was able to bounce back so many times when he should have been finished eons agos.
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Its that TI had his time and thats that. He just needs to continue to branch into different avenues such as the podcast shyt hes doing.
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Its that TI had his time and thats that. He just needs to continue to branch into different avenues such as the podcast shyt hes doing.
Yaboysix
That nikka
Young Jeezy still poppin outchea too?
Gucci mane and yo Gotti still got it tho...maybe it's because they don't put their family out in the open.. I don't even know what they damn kids look like...
We know all of tips damn kids.. Maybe that's where he went wrong .
Gucci mane and yo Gotti still got it tho...maybe it's because they don't put their family out in the open.. I don't even know what they damn kids look like...
We know all of tips damn kids.. Maybe that's where he went wrong .