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man...I remember back when the Neptunes first came out with the Triton presets and people would joke that they were using Casio presets...but on that remix they actually ARE using Casio presets. I have those drum sounds on my keyboard! I mean it's an ok record but jeez!

― Al (sitcom), Friday, 1 April 2005 00:38 (twenty-one years ago)

I think the reason it works so well is its so unexpectedly minimal, not in terms of the sparseness like the first one (and if anything, the textures are a lot more smudged and drippy than the original) but in terms of the smallness of the drums and bells and its lack of banging-ness.

― djdee (djdee2005), Friday, 1 April 2005 00:45 (twenty-one years ago)

less is more and alla that, like you expect it to bang and it doesnt which somehow seems more surprising/shocking.

― djdee (djdee2005), Friday, 1 April 2005 00:47 (twenty-one years ago)

I get what you're saying but I would like to point out that you just described a Neptunes track as "unexpectedly minimal". that's like saying you touched a stove and it was unexpectedly hot.

― Al (sitcom), Friday, 1 April 2005 00:49 (twenty-one years ago)

that water sure came out of left field being so wet like that.

― Al (sitcom), Friday, 1 April 2005 00:50 (twenty-one years ago)

Usually they use huge drum sounds though! From "Superthug" to "Grindin" to "Beautiful" they've always had the big-ass drum sound. I dont think its an expected direction at all, the drums are so dinky and almost swizz-y (circa 99)

― djdee (djdee2005), Friday, 1 April 2005 00:56 (twenty-one years ago)

the drop it like it's hot remix was a brief glimmer of hope. "chef boyar-p"!!

btw, U Don't Know didn't really strike me as that surprising for a debut single, ie 'one for the streets'?

the most mystifying thing about this thread is the guy complaining about TI's "wise-ass smirk", which is my favorite thing about him. I love watching him mug for the camera!! Lil Scrappy, who I like too, doesn't have any of TI's suaveness or cool charisma (though he does have charisma of a different sort).

― Cabaret Voltron (PUNXSUTAWNEY PENIS), Friday, 1 April 2005 00:57 (twenty-one years ago)

well yeah, "U Don't Know Me" is a solid single. but it clearly wasn't planned as a proper a-side, since it was tacked onto the end of the "Bring Em Out" video, it was just a street single at the time but now it's the official single with its own video, which is a little bit surprising (in a good way).

― Al (sitcom), Friday, 1 April 2005 01:11 (twenty-one years ago)

yeah good point, when I saw it at the end of the Bring Em Out video I thought it meant there wouldn't be a full video for it. glad I was wrong!! Bring Em Out kinda grates at this point, but UDKM still sounds pretty fresh.

― Cabaret Voltron (PUNXSUTAWNEY PENIS), Friday, 1 April 2005 01:26 (twenty-one years ago)

Hm, I don't understand the Neps hate. Overexposure I guess. Anyway, the one on Urban Legend isn't very good, but it's not the worst song on the record, certainly.

― Zed Szetlian (Finn MacCool), Friday, 1 April 2005 02:05 (twenty-one years ago)

between Nelly and Lil Kim its got some hot competition.

― djdee (djdee2005), Friday, 1 April 2005 02:07 (twenty-one years ago)

i don't mind the neptunes, i just wish pharrell wouldn't sing or rap or appear in videos. is that so much to ask?

― Sym Sym (sym), Friday, 1 April 2005 02:32 (twenty-one years ago)

all I'm saying is that I can count on one hand the number of Neptunes beats from the past 2 years that I like as much as about 50 tracks they made before that. I don't really care if they never fell off for you, but for me they did.

― Al (sitcom), Friday, 1 April 2005 03:39 (twenty-one years ago)

although to keep this on topic, the title track from T.I.'s first album, "I'm Serious", is one of my favorite Neptunes beats ever.

― Al (sitcom), Friday, 1 April 2005 03:41 (twenty-one years ago)

five years pass...

I finally got I'm Serious, which was the only one I didn't have. it definitely sounds dated but I'm surprised at how good it is (and surprised at how it didn't get more critical love). I mean it's obv. not an essential album and he clearly was rough around the edges at this point but you can see a lot of what he would evolve into later. the beats are pretty good too although the later ones are better.

― michangelo wuz a party d00d (San Te), Thursday, 19 August 2010 19:53 (fifteen years ago)

one month passes...

http://clatl.com/freshloaf/archives/2010/10/13/ti-helped-save-midtown-atlanta-jumpers-life-really

― teflon dawn (uptown churl), Thursday, 14 October 2010 14:02 (fifteen years ago)

this story is fucking amazing

― Picture me ¯\(°_°)/¯ ing (symsymsym), Friday, 15 October 2010 06:14 (fifteen years ago)

yeah meant to post that a couple days ago when a friend told me about it. awesome!

― avoyoungdro's number (k3vin k.), Friday, 15 October 2010 16:33 (fifteen years ago)

see you in september, homie

http://www.accessatlanta.com/celebrities-tv/t-i-to-return-683212.html

― truly blunted rhyme fiend (J0rdan S.), Friday, 15 October 2010 21:31 (fifteen years ago)

sucks, I thought it was just pot but guess not.

― ಠ_ಠ (bnw), Friday, 15 October 2010 21:36 (fifteen years ago)

it's really hard not to go to jail when you're a multi-millionaire with every possible way to insulate yourself from situations that can get you put in jail

― truly blunted rhyme fiend (J0rdan S.), Friday, 15 October 2010 21:38 (fifteen years ago)

awwwwww :(

― call all destroyer, Friday, 15 October 2010 21:39 (fifteen years ago)

t.i. man stop being a dumbass

― call all destroyer, Friday, 15 October 2010 21:39 (fifteen years ago)

like have someone else drive with the drugs

― ಠ_ಠ (bnw), Friday, 15 October 2010 21:40 (fifteen years ago)

the weird thing about all of this is that t.i. comes off like the total polar opposite of the troubled celebrity addict/fuck-up who can't keep away from whatever it is screwing their life up

― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Friday, 15 October 2010 21:47 (fifteen years ago)

i agree--he would seem pretty together if he was not always getting arrested.

― call all destroyer, Friday, 15 October 2010 21:47 (fifteen years ago)

it's just arrogance

― truly blunted rhyme fiend (J0rdan S.), Friday, 15 October 2010 21:48 (fifteen years ago)

so did King Uncaged ever get leaked?

― ಠ_ಠ (bnw), Friday, 15 October 2010 21:49 (fifteen years ago)

i agree--he would seem pretty together if he was not always getting arrested.

― call all destroyer, Friday, October 15, 2010 4:47 PM (27 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

yah perception is kinda lol that way -- i remember comparing gucci's seeming reckless embrace of streets vs. t.i.'s striving for excellence persona ... kinda ironic

― j. sargent & lil k3v (deej), Friday, 15 October 2010 22:15 (fifteen years ago)

sadlol, fwiw

― j. sargent & lil k3v (deej), Friday, 15 October 2010 22:15 (fifteen years ago)

i hope he hears the word 'incorrigible' a LOT. old southern ladies get on your job

― shecky naw (tremendoid), Friday, 15 October 2010 22:32 (fifteen years ago)

http://www.ajc.com/multimedia/dynamic/00710/tiweb_710328l.jpg

― underrated bobos I have honked (some dude), Friday, 15 October 2010 22:38 (fifteen years ago)

the article says the sentence will begin at a later date, so i don't think he's going right back in, will probably get the time to put the album out and set everything up career-wise at his luxury just like with Paper Trail...i can't see how he can get away with keeping the title as King Uncaged, though.

― underrated bobos I have honked (some dude), Friday, 15 October 2010 22:39 (fifteen years ago)

http://www.ajc.com/multimedia/dynamic/00710/tiweb_710328l.jpg

― underrated bobos I have honked (some dude), Friday, October 15, 2010 5:38 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

lololol

― j. sargent & lil k3v (deej), Saturday, 16 October 2010 01:28 (fifteen years ago)

i think "king uncaged" would be a good marketing tool

― truly blunted rhyme fiend (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 16 October 2010 01:30 (fifteen years ago)

eleven months pass...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qphTEjbdQwE

WHERE DID YOU GO

― yung huma (J0rdan S.), Saturday, 1 October 2011 03:07 (fourteen years ago)

prison iirc

― ice cr?m, Saturday, 1 October 2011 03:09 (fourteen years ago)

btw ti is v good @rapping

― ice cr?m, Saturday, 1 October 2011 03:09 (fourteen years ago)

he sounds good but not much of a hook

― very public (bnw), Saturday, 1 October 2011 03:11 (fourteen years ago)

rip

― Ford Cumlord (The Reverend), Saturday, 1 October 2011 03:19 (fourteen years ago)

jeezy's flexin song >>>> tip's flexin song

their new song together is pretty good though

― some dude, Saturday, 1 October 2011 03:22 (fourteen years ago)

four years pass...

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/26/nyregion/people-are-shot-at-irving-plaza-during-ti-concert-police-say.html?smid=tw-nytmetro&smtyp=cur

― A nationally known air show announcer/personality (tipsy mothra), Thursday, 26 May 2016 03:47 (ten years ago)

1 dead, 3 injured...

― flappy bird, Thursday, 26 May 2016 04:03 (ten years ago)

Troy Ave is the shooter wow

― (•̪●) (carne asada), Thursday, 26 May 2016 22:06 (ten years ago)

where you reading that? I read he was one of the shot and the fatality was his bodyguard

― the unbearable jimmy smits (jim in glasgow), Thursday, 26 May 2016 22:13 (ten years ago)

Shit himself in the leg

― (•̪●) (carne asada), Thursday, 26 May 2016 22:14 (ten years ago)

LOL shot

― (•̪●) (carne asada), Thursday, 26 May 2016 22:14 (ten years ago)

the T.I. thread has like 50 posts #soilm

― rip van wanko, Friday, 27 May 2016 03:31 (ten years ago)

there are 37 t.i. threads

― Treeship, Friday, 27 May 2016 03:37 (ten years ago)

38 if you count this one

What you know about that?

― Treeship, Friday, 27 May 2016 03:38 (ten years ago)

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how is this even legal?

― ت (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, 6 November 2019 21:17 (six years ago)

minors do not have privacy rights when it comes to their parents in the US...?

― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 6 November 2019 21:19 (six years ago)

also in that link posted above it explicitly says that a waiver is signed by the daughter

― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 6 November 2019 21:20 (six years ago)

Though i assume there's coercion involved.

― Jordan Pickford LOLverdrive (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 6 November 2019 21:24 (six years ago)

of course she did it's not like he can hold whatever financial support he provides over her head or anything

― (•̪●) (carne asada), Wednesday, 6 November 2019 21:25 (six years ago)

it's a "purity test" that has absolutely no health benefit which is why the WHO calls it a human rights abuse. I don't even think I ever even had a hymen.

― Yerac, Wednesday, 6 November 2019 21:25 (six years ago)

"she don't ride no horses doc cmon"

― Jordan Pickford LOLverdrive (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 6 November 2019 21:26 (six years ago)

I first saw that "T.I." was trending on Twitter, then a handful of vague tweets referring to "hymen". Didn't imagine they would be disgustingly linked like this.

― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 6 November 2019 21:28 (six years ago)

minors do not have privacy rights when it comes to their parents in the US...?

― Οὖτις, Wednesday, November 6, 2019 1:19 PM (nine minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

also in that link posted above it explicitly says that a waiver is signed by the daughter

― Οὖτις, Wednesday, November 6, 2019 1:20 PM (nine minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

yeah, so she has no privacy rights as a child and signs a waiver as an adult. but how are doctors allowed to do an inspection of a child's sexual organs, with no rationale related to health whatsoever?

― ت (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, 6 November 2019 21:31 (six years ago)

So this is what T.I. meant when he said he was “wild as the taliban”
— Desus Nice (@desusnice) November 6, 2019

― ت (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, 6 November 2019 23:28 (six years ago)

always used to think that, other than the seven felonies, T.I. was more down to earth than the other south rappers. welp, guess not.

― Jordan Pickford LOLverdrive (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 6 November 2019 23:39 (six years ago)

what an absolute psycho

― Greta Van Show Feets BB (milo z), Wednesday, 6 November 2019 23:43 (six years ago)

I hear hew as on Alex Jones recently. lotta rappers like to go tehre tho

― Jordan Pickford LOLverdrive (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 6 November 2019 23:44 (six years ago)

omg!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaWIxaQlXqg

― Jordan Pickford LOLverdrive (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 6 November 2019 23:45 (six years ago)

tfw when someone gets cancelled but it reminds you they made some good music and you start jamming it

― cryborg (rip van wanko), Wednesday, 6 November 2019 23:51 (six years ago)

between this and Kanye's MAGA chuddery/ Jesus bullshit all the southern baptists are going to have to reassess their opinions on "gangster rap"

― A-B-C. A-Always, B-Be, C-Chooglin (will), Thursday, 7 November 2019 00:22 (six years ago)

https://reductress.com/post/why-i-accompany-my-son-to-the-penis-doctor-to-make-sure-his-schlong-is-bone-dry/

i lolled

― The Man Who Was Thirsty (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 20 November 2019 15:10 (six years ago)

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