Clifford Joseph Harris Jr. known as T.I and also by his alter ego T.I.P is a Grammy Award- winning rapper, songwriter, actor, record executive and producer as well as the CO-CEO of Grand Hustle Records. His lyrics, style of rapping, movies and his sense of fashion plus his hometown Atlanta, better known as the ATL makes T.I the best rapper alive.
"Look bet all you see is tats, money, grills, and chains but if you scratch the surface you can feel the pain, Names changed but the situation still the same the bills need payin homie simple and plain." T.I.’s lyrics show the reality of what’s going on in everyday life in what some people would call the ghetto. Most rappers rap about how they use to sell drugs in the past, but they never have a logical explanation as to why. T.I on the other hand explains to you in his lyrics that he had to do what he had to do for his family, to have a roof over their heads and food on the table. His lyrics have meaning. He isn’t just rapping and saying stuff just to be saying it. He’s trying to inform and entertain at the same time – from when he was on the streets selling drugs to survive to what is still going on out there for people who are still trying to maintain.
You really can’t pick one style of rap for T.I. because he has so many different styles like his slow southern style on songs like "I’m Serious", "24’s", "Never Scared" and "Be easy". Then sometimes you can catch him in his relaxed laid back mode where he is just calm and collected with songs like "Let’s get away", and "Let me tell you something". Where he isn’t rapping about drugs and things he’s mainly doing something for the ladies out there who enjoy his music and want to hear something instead of music disrespecting women or talking about drugs. For example in the song "I Still Love You" he says "Forgave me once, forgave me twice, forgave me three times I stayed lying, you stayed down in the meantime had my son and turned around and had another one I broke your heart when I told you bout the other one, I stay in trouble though and got to much to lose, knew I could lose it all but never thought of losing you". Other times he has a faster flow like on "Top Back" which was one of my favorites. Also "We taking Over" which features other artist who love the faster flow but none of them compare to T.I.
T.I made his first acting debut in the hit movie ATL where he played a teen name Rashad who goes through everyday things that teen’s experience. He has to struggle alongside his uncle to make ends meet so they can keep a roof over their heads while trying to keep his little brother out of trouble and off the streets. It’s really a good movie and it shows a good side of T.I, it shows the down to earth everyday human being. He is a good actor and should continue perusing his acting career. He is also in the upcoming movie "American Gangster" where he stars beside of Denzel Washington. Other rappers should try to follow in his footsteps and step out and try to do other things besides rapping. When he acts its like he turns into the character but also puts a little of his personality into the character also.
You could catch T.I.P in some fresh Sean John or Roca Wear jeans whichever he prefers with a fresh white tee and a clean pair of Air Force Ones and A town hat thrown to the side of his head. Sometimes he just wants to be a "stand up guy" and you can catch him in a 3-piece suit and nice pair of shoes, dressed to impress. That’s what I like about his appearance instead of trying to dress hip all the time he has his own style. No matter which style he chooses you would know it was him cause no one rock their clothing like T.I.P. He also has a clothing line AKOO (A king of oneself) which should be launching later in 2007.
You can’t talk about T.I without talking about his hometown Atlanta, Georgia also known as the ATL. It’s a very large city and besides T.I. there are so many other artist coming straight out of the ATL. The city is well known for artist like Monica, Outkast, Ciara, and many more. T.I always represents for his hometown and I bet if you ask anybody in the A who their favorite artist is most likely they would say T.I.P the King of the South. You can tell when you’re listening to an artist from Atlanta mainly because of the beat or the type of song it is. When you hear a song like "Lean wit it Rock wit it" you know there from the A because it’s crunk music, which was really started by Atlanta artists.
T.I is a father, businessman, and fashion icon, King of the South and future Hollywood A-lister. With all these titles no wonder so many people consider him to be one of the best rappers alive. He has a style like no other and he’s always dressed to impress. When he raps he keeps it so hood, and he always represents for the people in his hometown. So if he did it so big in 2007 just imagine what he’s going to do in 2008 will he still hold the thrown.
"Look bet all you see is tats, money, grills, and chains but if you scratch the surface you can feel the pain, Names changed but the situation still the same the bills need payin homie simple and plain." T.I.’s lyrics show the reality of what’s going on in everyday life in what some people would call the ghetto. Most rappers rap about how they use to sell drugs in the past, but they never have a logical explanation as to why. T.I on the other hand explains to you in his lyrics that he had to do what he had to do for his family, to have a roof over their heads and food on the table. His lyrics have meaning. He isn’t just rapping and saying stuff just to be saying it. He’s trying to inform and entertain at the same time – from when he was on the streets selling drugs to survive to what is still going on out there for people who are still trying to maintain.
You really can’t pick one style of rap for T.I. because he has so many different styles like his slow southern style on songs like "I’m Serious", "24’s", "Never Scared" and "Be easy". Then sometimes you can catch him in his relaxed laid back mode where he is just calm and collected with songs like "Let’s get away", and "Let me tell you something". Where he isn’t rapping about drugs and things he’s mainly doing something for the ladies out there who enjoy his music and want to hear something instead of music disrespecting women or talking about drugs. For example in the song "I Still Love You" he says "Forgave me once, forgave me twice, forgave me three times I stayed lying, you stayed down in the meantime had my son and turned around and had another one I broke your heart when I told you bout the other one, I stay in trouble though and got to much to lose, knew I could lose it all but never thought of losing you". Other times he has a faster flow like on "Top Back" which was one of my favorites. Also "We taking Over" which features other artist who love the faster flow but none of them compare to T.I.
T.I made his first acting debut in the hit movie ATL where he played a teen name Rashad who goes through everyday things that teen’s experience. He has to struggle alongside his uncle to make ends meet so they can keep a roof over their heads while trying to keep his little brother out of trouble and off the streets. It’s really a good movie and it shows a good side of T.I, it shows the down to earth everyday human being. He is a good actor and should continue perusing his acting career. He is also in the upcoming movie "American Gangster" where he stars beside of Denzel Washington. Other rappers should try to follow in his footsteps and step out and try to do other things besides rapping. When he acts its like he turns into the character but also puts a little of his personality into the character also.
You could catch T.I.P in some fresh Sean John or Roca Wear jeans whichever he prefers with a fresh white tee and a clean pair of Air Force Ones and A town hat thrown to the side of his head. Sometimes he just wants to be a "stand up guy" and you can catch him in a 3-piece suit and nice pair of shoes, dressed to impress. That’s what I like about his appearance instead of trying to dress hip all the time he has his own style. No matter which style he chooses you would know it was him cause no one rock their clothing like T.I.P. He also has a clothing line AKOO (A king of oneself) which should be launching later in 2007.
You can’t talk about T.I without talking about his hometown Atlanta, Georgia also known as the ATL. It’s a very large city and besides T.I. there are so many other artist coming straight out of the ATL. The city is well known for artist like Monica, Outkast, Ciara, and many more. T.I always represents for his hometown and I bet if you ask anybody in the A who their favorite artist is most likely they would say T.I.P the King of the South. You can tell when you’re listening to an artist from Atlanta mainly because of the beat or the type of song it is. When you hear a song like "Lean wit it Rock wit it" you know there from the A because it’s crunk music, which was really started by Atlanta artists.
T.I is a father, businessman, and fashion icon, King of the South and future Hollywood A-lister. With all these titles no wonder so many people consider him to be one of the best rappers alive. He has a style like no other and he’s always dressed to impress. When he raps he keeps it so hood, and he always represents for the people in his hometown. So if he did it so big in 2007 just imagine what he’s going to do in 2008 will he still hold the thrown.
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