"Hitmakers The Neptunes Land Compilation At No. – King of the South? Archived at the Wayback Machine Vibe. "I Chooz U" contains a sample of "I Can Sho' Give You Love" as performed by Willie Hutch.Ĭredits for I'm Serious adapted from Allmusic."I'm Serious" (Remix) (featuring YoungBloodZ, Bone Crusher & Pastor Troy) It is his lowest-selling album to date with only 270,000 copies sold. Due to the poor commercial reception of the album, T.I. The album only sold 163,000 copies in the United States. In its first week of release, I'm Serious made its debut on the Billboard 200 albums chart at number 98, and it debuted at number 27 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. I'm Serious was released on Octothrough Arista Records in the United States. "Still Ain't Forgave Myself" and "What Happened" are surprisingly tender, though "Dope Boyz" and the Neptunes-produced "What's Your Name" set the stage for the emergence of T.I.'s playa/pusha persona." Commercial performance Similarly, I'm Serious gets it done by talking about familiar hip hop topics (gats, girls and makin' green), but doing it in a way that somehow comes off as fresh and original." Rhapsody writer Sam Chennault wrote "The opening salvo from one of Southern hip-hop's most charismatic emcees, I'm Serious is more introspective and less bombastic than T.I.'s subsequent work. But T.I.'s at his best when he uses his head and not his, well, head. But rather than doing stand-up on the mic or seeing how many words he can rhyme with Versaci, this 20-year-old tells wonderfully-detailed stories on I'm Serious about coming up when all the elements try to keep you down. (TIP to kids around the way) isn't far behind a lot of other gifted young cats tryin' to make it in the rap game. HipHopDX wrote "Lyrically, Atlanta-bred T.I. So when you see this album on store shelves, be sure to grab it, you won't be disappointed." I don't seen how anyone couldn't like it because it's comprised of so much diversity.
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Overall, this album is all I expected plus more. If his talent ever matches his confidence, he may be headed for stardom." Down-South gave the album a four out of five stars saying "With his solo finally about to drop, this album should be his gateway into the mainstream arena. claims to be the king of the South, but on I'm Serious he fails to show and prove. Some critics, however, pointed to the fact that many of the tracks sounded the same and that a few were blatant rip-offs. Upon its release, I'm Serious received positive reviews from most music critics.
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Critical reception Professional ratings Review scores created a video for "Dope Boyz" that was released to YouTube. The label declined to release a second single however, T.I. The song had very little airplay and failed to chart. The song was produced by The Neptunes and it features Beenie Man. was released on Jand failed to make the Billboard Hot 100. Upon signing with Arista Records in 1999, he shortened his name to T.I. He was nicknamed "Tip" after his paternal great-grandfather. By age 14, he had been arrested several times. He attended Douglass High School, but later dropped out. He was making demos of his music by age ten or eleven.
was interested in rap music at the young age of seven, and found that he could entertain his relatives and feel included. His father suffered from Alzheimer's and later died from the disease. His father lived in New York City and he would often go up there to visit him. He was raised by his grandparents in Bankhead, Atlanta, Georgia. on September 25, 1980, in Atlanta, Georgia, the son of the late Clifford "Buddy" Harris Sr.
It is his lowest-selling album to date with over 270,000 copies sold. asked for a joint venture deal with Arista Records or be released from his contract he was subsequently dropped from the label. If his talent ever matches his confidence, he may just be headed for stardom." ĭue to the poor commercial reception of the album, T.I. claims to be the king of the South, but fails to show and prove. Upon its release, critics pointed to the fact that many of the tracks sounded the same and that a few were blatant rip-offs. Billboard 200 chart, and only sold over 165,000 copies in the United States. himself.ĭespite the album's guests appearances and production team, the album peaked at #98 on the U.S. The album featured production from DJ Toomp, Craig Love, Maseo, Brian Kidd, The Neptunes, Jazze Pha, Yung D, Lil Jon and T.I.
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"the Jay-Z of the South"), Jazze Pha, Too Short, Bone Crusher, Lil Jon, Mac Boney, Pastor Troy, P$C and Youngbloodz. The album included guests appearances from Pharrell Williams of The Neptunes (who called T.I.
I'm Serious is the debut studio album by American rapper T.I., released on Octothrough Arista Records.
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