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On some grown man shit right there!!!!!!!!!!!1
You expect me to download an album that isn't real? Sorry, but I can't sign this.
Very wack album, no replay value at all
Quote from: MrJas on December 14, 2010, 10:30:38 PMVery wack album, no replay value at allclean ya dirty ass ears miss jas. you loser.
Quote from: Classic Material on December 15, 2010, 03:44:21 PMQuote from: MrJas on December 14, 2010, 10:30:38 PMVery wack album, no replay value at allclean ya dirty ass ears miss jas. you loser.don't cry that your favourite rapper is a fucking loser who copped a L twice bro<3
Quote from: Classic Material on December 15, 2010, 03:44:21 PMQuote from: MrJas on December 14, 2010, 10:30:38 PMVery wack album, no replay value at allclean ya dirty ass ears miss jas. you loser.LOL @ the comments. this album is t.i. at his best. the lyricism was great and the production was top notch. leftovers or mixtape tracks ? fuck a mixtape was better than most albums out this year and last year and those were throwaways(all quality shit still !!!!!). although all his albums are personal ,this one is his most introspective,diverse, personal album to date. i don't know maybe because the ''pop'' songs on this album compliment it in my opinion. i respect y'all opinion if you ain't diggin' it. to me it's his best one yet and i got all of them.That is a direct quote from you. To quote Jay-Z, you seem a little uneven in the words you just said.
Quote from: MrJas on December 15, 2010, 06:34:11 PMQuote from: Classic Material on December 15, 2010, 03:44:21 PMQuote from: MrJas on December 14, 2010, 10:30:38 PMVery wack album, no replay value at allclean ya dirty ass ears miss jas. you loser.don't cry that your favourite rapper is a fucking loser who copped a L twice bro<3so. how is he a loser when he's got a life some would kill for ? he lived through poverty and made it out the ghetto and YOU on here talkin about HIM. i bet if you were in his shoes right about now you'd shit uncontrollably on ya self. he got millions what do u got ? until YOU get some millions YOU are the loser.
Quote from: D~Nice on December 15, 2010, 06:50:14 PMQuote from: Classic Material on December 15, 2010, 03:44:21 PMQuote from: MrJas on December 14, 2010, 10:30:38 PMVery wack album, no replay value at allclean ya dirty ass ears miss jas. you loser.LOL @ the comments. this album is t.i. at his best. the lyricism was great and the production was top notch. leftovers or mixtape tracks ? fuck a mixtape was better than most albums out this year and last year and those were throwaways(all quality shit still !!!!!). although all his albums are personal ,this one is his most introspective,diverse, personal album to date. i don't know maybe because the ''pop'' songs on this album compliment it in my opinion. i respect y'all opinion if you ain't diggin' it. to me it's his best one yet and i got all of them.That is a direct quote from you. To quote Jay-Z, you seem a little uneven in the words you just said.you misunderstandin'. jas says those things for me to respond. it's all in good fun. not to be takin personal. and oh i love the pic in ya post. bubbles looks delicious.
Quote from: Classic Material on December 15, 2010, 06:49:35 PMQuote from: MrJas on December 15, 2010, 06:34:11 PMQuote from: Classic Material on December 15, 2010, 03:44:21 PMQuote from: MrJas on December 14, 2010, 10:30:38 PMVery wack album, no replay value at allclean ya dirty ass ears miss jas. you loser.don't cry that your favourite rapper is a fucking loser who copped a L twice bro<3so. how is he a loser when he's got a life some would kill for ? he lived through poverty and made it out the ghetto and YOU on here talkin about HIM. i bet if you were in his shoes right about now you'd shit uncontrollably on ya self. he got millions what do u got ? until YOU get some millions YOU are the loser.hell yeah if i was going to go to jail i would shit myself.BUT i wouldn't carry around fucking machine guns and go to jail in the first place. he's got money, hire some fucking bodyguards.OH AND THEN when he gets out after snitching on everyone, he gets busted with drugs. dude can make some good music, but he's pretty much a dumbfuck.
a very accurate review of this album T.I.P., comin' live from the V.I.P.? Well, not quite—this time around T.I.P.'s comin' live from the penitentiary, a fact lost only on his most inattentive of listeners. Mr. Harris' legal troubles have kept him in the news, but his seventh album "No Mercy" arrives in a typically busy fourth quarter sandwiched between most of 2010's biggest rap releases including records by Kanye West, Kid Cudi, Nelly, Lloyd Banks, Nicki Minaj, and Ghostface Killah. Not to be outdone or overshadowed, "No Mercy" enlists the talents of literally dozens of hip hop and R&B's respective A-lists, attempting to build upon the double-platinum crossover success of 2008's "Paper Trail."Hip hop's fascination with embattled, embroiled, and incarcerated figures is no secret, and this year alone yields multiple examples—fans have mourned Lil Wayne's jailing and celebrated his release, watched DMX's various run-ins with the law like a train wreck, and heard speculation that Lil Boosie may be the next member of Louisiana's death row. Examples from years past are similarly abundant—Sadat X's gloomy, jail-bound narratives of "Black October" and X-Raided's albums infamously recorded entirely over the prison phone are further cases of rap listeners' obsession with the criminal. And why not? Such rap sheets imply that these showmen are the rarest of entertainers who live the lives portrayed in their art and are inspired by real-life events in a genre still so contingent upon representing the real. Equally compelling, the soul-searching and contemplation produced by artists and stars' subjection to the abode of the common criminal can make for unusually poignant and personal material.Unfortunately, "No Mercy" contains no meditations on life behind bars, and glimpses at the no-doubt conflicted character who went from one of the year's most successful movies to Arkansas' state pen in a matter of weeks are few and fleeting. What "No Mercy" offers instead is a garbled array of collaborations aimed straight for the pop charts. T.I.'s stardom is a largely a result of his rare ability to craft anthems, and the sheer swagger and bravado sported on inescapable singles such as "Rubber Band Man," "Bring 'Em Out," "What You Know," and "Live Your Life" endeared him to his Atlanta brethren and Billboard chart-trollers alike. His versatility lends comfort rapping over trap-style southern beats and danceable pop grooves alike, and while he does have an identifiable sound he's proven able to execute crossover hits without sacrificing the charm that made him a star in the first place.Until now. "No Mercy" is such a manipulated, imitative effort that T.I. manages to add little originality or personality to the cookie-cutter templates his all-star collaborators provide. The opener "Welcome to the World" finds Tip trying to keep up with Kanye and Cudi on a track quite in step with both of the latter's recent albums, marveling at his lavish lifestyle and stardom over a tinny, moody emo-rap track. Yeezy handles most of the vocals on a track that could only have been left over from "My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy":"I would like to welcome youTo the world of (to the world of)Fast money, fast cars, big diamond ringsChief chains and the girls ofFake smiles, broken hearts and if you lookingFor your real loveYou won't find it hereIf you looking for your real loveWell goodnight my dear"Scarface shows up for the clichéd but well-produced "How Life Changed," a familiar "look how far we've come" track laced with a dramatic, big-bass hitter from Lil C. The Chris Brown-aided single "Get Back Up" is far less successful, a sparse, auto-tuned apology avowing, "I'm only human, y'all" and "you go'n miss me when I'm gone":"Ay what it is world? Yeah it's me againBack before you, at your mercy on bended knee againNo running from the truth, as much as we pretendThat it ain't what it is, than it hits CNNApologies to my fans and my closest friends (I'm sorry)For lettin' you down, I won't take you down this road againMost of you now sayin' whatever, here we go againBlogs, radio, and television all goin' inI laugh to keep from cryin' through all of the embarrassmentI gotta say you fuckin' haters is hilariousHow dare you sit right there and act as if you holier than thouPoint your finger now with me lookin' downSame clown that was twit-pickin' at my weddingOn the same twitter page disrespectin'Wait a second (hold up)Never mind my imperfections this is fact, remember thatNo mistake's too great to recover and bounce back"The message is unclear—what begins a hollow deliberation on fame becomes an ambiguous airing out of haters, and it remains unclear for what and to whom T.I. feels he so desperately needs to apologize. If it's his repeated drug use and legal problems then I'm tempted to say he owes himself an apology before anyone else, but in any event the song lacks the inspirational punch the chorus would indicate and Brown adds little to the mix. The same indistinct and conflicted pleas for forgiveness drive the heavy title track, a collaboration with The-Dream, and the stab at reflection on "Big Picture" yields nothing weightier than "these niggas bigger pussies than the bitches I know." A particularly impassioned Eminem slaughters a wholly lifeless T.I. on "That's All She Wrote," which could easily have come from "Recovery."T.I.'s promises that "No Mercy" would be his most personal album to date ring empty. Even on the most contemplative tracks he can't seem to bring himself to do anything but shun his nameless haters, and the entire second half is composed of forgettable club tracks. The vapid materialistic rhymes of "I Can't Help It" are made even worse by boring production and a particularly bad guest from Rocko, while "Strip" with Trey Songz and Young Dro is mindless and unlikely to even attract listeners to the dance floor. Although the "Whatever You Like" retread "Everything on Me" and the obligatory Drake collabo "Poppin' Bottles" are the harmlessly predictable club tunes their titles suggest, the worst of all is "Amazing," yet another minimalist Pharrell production that's so repetitive and insipid it's borderline intolerable. Jim Jonsin's "Lay Me Down" gives it a run for its money, though, with a completely irritating beat and corny verses that Tip must have written in his sleep.T.I.'s title as King of the South was largely a result of his majestic command of regal-sounding Southern hip hop that had an undeniably royal quality. The only track to recall the anthems of past efforts is "Salute," co-produced by Jake One and Boi-1da:"Raise your right hand to your hairlineStand at attention, hold it there 'til you recognizeOnce I return the salutationThen it's at ease, as you were, no conversationWell, unless you're sayin' 'What it do, G?'Decorated five-star general, a true GHaha, made it fresh up off the battlefieldRep it for my niggas in the battle still"The closer "Castle Walls" recruits Christina Aguilera for a final pseudo-personal account of the downsides of stardom.Utterly forgettable and insubstantial, "No Mercy" is a contrived, sputtering guest-filled affair certain to alienate his longtime fans and disappoint those who jumped aboard for "Paper Trail." T.I. flirtatiously tries on the gamut of the year's chart-topping sounds; at its best it's flat and forced and at its worst it's unlistenable. Tip may be merciless, but based on "No Mercy" he has no shame either, and the lack of identity evident throughout the uninspired tracklist is completely unbefitting of such a household name. Hopefully his latest bid will rehabilitate a superstar who's been blown off course in more ways than one.Music Vibes: 5 of 10 Lyric Vibes: 4 of 10 TOTAL Vibes: 4.5 of 10http://rapreviews.com/