TI- No Mercy (Discussion Thread)

[Chamillitary Click]

Castle Walls is incredible.

That's about it though.

[Black Excellence]

1. Welcome to the World - 4.25/5. I like it as an intro. Welcome to my world type shit. T.I. has a nice rap pattern on here; unique. CuDi is minimal but cool contribution. Kanye kills it 2. Great No I.D. beat.

2. How Life Changed - 5/5. The song I was looking most forward to & it doesn't disappoint. Beat is fire; signature Lil C sound. T.I.'s 1st verse is dope. Mitchelle'l kills the hook. Always a classic Scarface verse. GREAT to hear a new Face verse. Love this song right here. Early candidate for best album cut.

3. Get Back Up - 3.75/5. T.I.'s lyrics are so dope & what he's saying is so real. This would be 5/5 if it wasn't for a pretty poppy sounding beat/hook. Great content though. Doesn't even sound like a Neptunes beat.

4. I Can't Help It - 4/5. Sounds like a mixtape track but who cares 'cuz it's banging. Most ppl complain mixtape music is better than album music anyways. Great southern music right here either way. T.I.'s verse is FLAMES    Rocko sounds really good on this too. LOL, they changed the "tell the sheriff he can get these fucking charges back, no jail time gotta thank God for that"

5. That's All She Wrote - 4/5. Good track. T.I.'s verse is straight & Eminem kills it as usual. Good track for sure. The beat is a grower. Dr. Luke produced a grower for real.

6. No Mercy - 5/5. Really feeling The-Dream/Tricky beat. Very musical. Sounds like something Kanye would do. The-Dream does sound like a chick but he's a very good singer. Great content displayed on the hook as well. T.I.'s lyrics again are very meaningful & filled with good content. This is dope right here. Love it!

7. Big Picture - 2/5. Toomp! Eyy, beat is forgetful though. Hook is boring. 40 seconds in I can already call it the worse T.I.-Toomp collabo ever. T.I.'s lyrics are decent but can't save it.

8. Strip - 3.25/5. Lil C always has 2 tracks on T.I. albums - 1 hip-hop cut & 1 club cut lol. Meh, this doesn't do much for me. Might bump in a car but I'll never enjoy it THAT much. Trey Songz sounds good on it though. Gotta take it for what it is - a catchy club banger. Dro has a nice verse; good 2 hear Dro on a T.I. album again. Average song.

9. Salute - 3/5. Jake One? Great album placement for him. Pretty tight beat. Hook is ok. T.I.'s raps is straight though. Again, not a special track. Pure mixtape track/album leftover.

10. Amazing - 3.5/5. Catchy ass club banger. It's cheesy but I can't stop singing it lol. I can definitely enjoy this record.

11. Everything On Me - 3.25/5. Good Danja beat. It's a catchy club track but there are too many of these on this album right now. That's 3/4 tracks like this. T.I.'s flow on point but again, not really what I wanna hear right now. 5 straight tracks rated under 4/5 is a bad look.

12. Poppin' Bottles - 3.75/5. This is catchy. I can see this becoming a hit. Wonder if Tip has a video shot to this. This is yet another club track but it's miles better than Big Picture, Strip, Salute & Everythang On Me. I can see this becoming a favorite. I really enjoy this in a mainstream way. Beat is an absolute banger.

13. Lay Me Down - 3.5/5. Catchy beat & hook. This probably bangs in the car & is a grower, but at this point, I'm very disappointed with seeing 7 straight meaningless songs on a 14 track album.

14. Castle Walls - 5/5. Woah, this is amazing. On some "Dead & Gone pt.2" shit but sounds very different than that which is good. This is a pure #1 billboard hit & I predict it will hit that. That HAS to the next single.


T.I.'s worst album to me. I was weary leading up & after reading early feedback, I became more weary. As most of y'all know, T.I. is my favorite artist & I was pleasantly surprised when the album started off so well (tracks 1-6). I began to think maybe I'll really like this album?

But it reallyyyyy loses steam from tracks 7-13 (only 2 of which I thoroughly enjoy - Amazing & Poppin Bottles).

The content starts off so strong (How Life Changed, Get Back Up & No Mercy) and then tracks 7-13 are filled with meaningless content (again, 2 of which I enjoy). That is very unlike T.I. He always has the "singles" but great content to go along with it. This is way 2 filled with mainstream crap; even for a multi platinum artist like T.I. considering he's one of very few mainstream well selling rappers that still gets respect from the streets & some real hip hop fans.

Again, tracks 7-13 SCREAMS this album was thrown together. No way Atlantic was letting 4th quarter go by without a T.I. album, one of, if not there most consistent selling artists.

Disappointed & I can't help but wonder if T.I. feels the same. He's always been very careful with what he puts out there & even admitted he wasn't fond of T.I. vs. T.I.P. I would love to know what he thinks of this.

Best tracks (in order):
Castle Walls
No Mercy
How Life Changed
Welcome to the World
Get Back Up
I Can't Help It
That's All She Wrote

Enjoyable:
Popping Bottles
Amazing

Average:
Strip
Salute
Lay Me Down (seems catchy enough to grow)

Crap:
Big Picture
Everythang On Me

no lunatic. this album is incredible. from beginning to end. every song knocks and he's definitely spittin' and the hooks are cool too.

[Black Excellence]

Castle Walls is incredible.

That's about it though.

yes sir the best shit that will hit radio these days.

[Chamillitary Click]

Castle Walls is incredible.

That's about it though.

yes sir the best shit that will hit radio these days.

Should do pretty nicely if he makes it a single.

& yeah, will be one of the better things to hear on the radio.

[Black Excellence]

Castle Walls is incredible.

That's about it though.

yes sir the best shit that will hit radio these days.

Should do pretty nicely if he makes it a single.

& yeah, will be one of the better things to hear on the radio.

it's the next single !!!!!!!

[Lunatic]

Castle Walls will definitely be a single. That's a no brainer. And trust me, it's #1 on billboard. I'm calling it weeks before it happens & weeks before U start hearing it everywhere. No label exec could be stupid enough to NOT make this a single.

Classic Material: U know I'm as big a T.I. fan as U are. But I call it how i see it. In terms of individual songs, I'm not doubting that tracks 7-13 BANG and are bangers in the whip & club, but there filled with no content. That lowers T.I. to a typical southern artist, something I've always defended him against. But I pin this one on the label.

I will still be copping 1st day to show my support. I will continue bumping tracks from this album & bumping the whole album for a long time & T.I. will come outta jail & recover.

[Chamillitary Click]

And trust me, it's #1 on billboard. I'm calling it weeks before it happens & weeks before U start hearing it everywhere

I'd call that a bold statement. But it's almost not with that hook. Jesussssss.

[Lunatic]

And trust me, it's #1 on billboard. I'm calling it weeks before it happens & weeks before U start hearing it everywhere

I'd call that a bold statement. But it's almost not with that hook. Jesussssss.

Take it to the bank bruh. T.I. is my favorite artist & I know a hit single of his when I hear it. This is "Dead & Gone", "Live Your Life" & "Whateva U Like" all over again in terms of success.

[Detox Iz Not Active]

damn, this shit is worse then Paper Trash

[Matty]

this album is kinda horrible, much worse than paper trail.

[wardy]

Tracks 1-7 are dope
8 is ok
9 is dope
10-13 are garbage
track 14 is crazy

the latter part of the album lets it down, only the last track is quality. The first part fo the album is dope though.

[Invincible]

I checked Salute (for the Jake One beat obviously  ) and it's pretty dope. Not really interested in the rest.

[Hoodlum204]

Just Got This....Will Have To Check It Out After Work.

[Lunatic]

Tracks 1-7 are dope
8 is ok
9 is dope
10-13 are garbage
track 14 is crazy

the latter part of the album lets it down, only the last track is quality. The first part fo the album is dope though.

Pretty on point

[Lunatic]

Observin the estate through the gate from the outside lookin in, bet you would think I got it made, better look again, I got a butler, got a maid, & a mansion, The belief is that I'm living out a millionaires fantasy, With phantoms & ferrari's in the driveway, but you see it came in exchange of a sane man's sanity, Your vision jaded by the Grammy's on the mantelpiece, Just switch  your camera lenses you would see the agony, Apparantly it's damaging, the man you see before you on the canvas he may seem alright but all the diasadvantages his family encounters overshadows his extravagance, Walk in my shoes, I dare you it'll scare u while it surely seem like the king life seem glamorous as seen through the eyes of untrained amateurs eecause the camera's doesn't see beyond the walls of the smiles Only counts until it falls in the pile


& that is he's my favorite emcee lol. & why anyone who boxes him in with the rest of the southern mainstream crap couldn't be more wrong