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Track Listing
1. 56 Bars (Intro)
2. I'm Illy
3. Ready For Whatever
4. On Top Of The World - (featuring B.O.B./Ludacris)
5. Live Your Life - (featuring Rihanna)
6. Whatever You Like
7. No Matter What
8. My Life Your Entertainment - (featuring Usher)
9. Porn Star
10. Swing Ya Rag - (featuring Swizz Beatz)
11. What Up, What's Haapnin'
12. Every Chance I Get
13. Swagga Like Us - (with Jay-Z, featuring Kanye West/Lil Wayne)
14. Slide Show - (featuring John Legend)
15. You Ain't Missin' Nothing
16. Dead And Gone - (featuring Justin Timberlake)
| Details | | Contributing artists: | B.O.B., John Legend, Justin Timberlake, Kanye West, Lil Wayne, Ludacris, Rihanna, Swizz Beatz, Usher | | Producer: | Chuck Diesel, DJ Toomp, Danja, Drumma Boy, Elvis Williams, James Rosser, Jim Jonsin, Just Blaze, Kanye West, Lil' C, Mike Caren, Rob Knox, Swizz Beatz, The Individualz | | Distributor: | WEA (Distributor) | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
This is an Enhanced CD, which contains both regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files.
Personnel: Ricco Barrino (vocals); Stevie Salas (guitars); Ghislaine Fleischmann, Eliza Cho, Michelle Bishop, Igor Szwec, Emma Kummrow, Gregory Teperman (violin); Peter Nocella, Carol Briselli (viola); James J. Cooper III (cello); Canei Finch, David Siegel (keyboards).
Audio Mixers: John Frye; Marcella "Ms. Lago" Araica; Ryan West; Supa Engineer Duro; Robert Marks; Andrew Dawson; Jean Marie Horvat; Ray Seay; Leslie Brathwaite.
Arranger: Larry Gold.
After a year on lock-down for illegal machine gun possession, the self-proclaimed king of the south channels his personal strife into his introspective sixth studio album, PAPER TRAIL. The title stems from T.I.'s decision to return to writing his rhymes down on paper; the lyrical craftsmanship shows as the ATL icon delves into personal issues--speaking on his legal troubles ("Ready For Whatever"), his prison experience ("You Ain't Missing Nothing"), and his fallen homies ("Dead and Gone"). T.I. also collaborates with former rival Ludacris for the grandiose "On Top of the World," speaks on the cannibalistic relationship between rappers' personal lives and their art on "My Life Your Entertainment," and joins Kanye West, Jay-Z, and Lil Wayne for the bombastic posse cut "Swagga Like Us." Production comes courtesy of Drumma Boy, DJ Toomp, Rob Knox, Jim Jonsin, Just Blaze, and Swizz Beatz, among others.
Industry Reviews
[T]he radio-friendly party anthems, flirty come-ons, collaborations with A-list pals, and outstanding production prove this beleaguered bad boy still knows how to have a good time. -- Grade: B+
3.5 stars out of 5 -- T.I. boasts one of gangsta rap's most mellifluous voices and more polysyllabic lexicons, and when he combines the two, he's dazzling, hypnotic, virtuosic.
[E]asily the most complex, introspective effort of his career....Throughout, the King shows off his newly developed ability for self-reflection.
3 stars out of 5 -- [C]atchy, tight, bombastic pop rap alongside a who's who of megastar guests.
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