Trouble Man: Heavy Is the Head [PA]

Performer: T.I.
Artist: Meek Mill; A$AP Rocky; Lil Wayne; Andre 3000; R. Kelly; P!nk; Cee-Lo Green; Akon
Distributor: WEA (Distributor)

Notes: Recording information: 11th Street Studio, Atlanta, GA; Atlanta, GA; Circle House Recording Studios, Miami, FL; DARP Studios; Earthstar Creation Center, Venice, CA; Kush Studios, Atlanta, GA; Silent Sound, Atlanta, GA; Silent Sounds Studios, Atlanta, GA; Soul Asylum, Atlanta, GA; SoundTrap Studios, Atlanta, GA; Studio 26, Miami, FL; Studio Red, New York, NY; Tree Sound Studios, Atlanta, GA. Illustrator: Bill Sienkiewicz. Photographer: Matt Jones. Inspired by Marvin Gaye's Trouble Man soundtrack, sampled during the intro, T.I.'s eighth album is almost as pieced together as 2010's No Mercy -- a quality somewhat smoothened by a handful of dramatic street-scene skits. No producer handles more than three tracks, and there's another extensive list of featured artists: Meek Mill, ASAP Rocky, Lil Wayne, Andre 3000, R. Kelly, P!nk, Cee Lo Green, and even Akon, who makes for a poor stand-in for Elton John and spoils one of the album's many meditative tracks. Otherwise, little differentiates this from No Mercy, but a greater portion of the content is memorable and striking. This includes the somber "Sorry" (in which T.I. and Andre 3000 drop verses that necessitate numerous listens to fully absorb), the unruly "Ball" (a whirlwind synthesis of throwback and contemporary sounds), and the energizing "Who Want Some" (something of a slowed down sibling to King's "I'm Talkin' to You" with heavier bottom). This is a step forward from the MC's previous effort, but it's been six years since the he has made an album that must be heard. ~ Andy Kellman

Rolling Stone (p.64) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "Incorporating everything from sex rap with R. Kelly to power-balladry with Pink to trap-rap with Meek Mill..."

Although T.I. was a player on the Atlanta rap scene as early as early as 2001, a less-than-stellar debut and a brief prison stint delayed his rise to fame until 2004 and the release of URBAN LEGEND. Featuring a host of top-shelf producers and guest MCs, the album was a hit, but was immediately eclipsed by its successor, 2006's KING, which debuted at number one on the Billboard pop charts. A tenacious performer and entrepreneur, T.I.'s career has been marked by an insatiable hunger for success throughout the entirety of the pop world. His profile was raised that much higher following his starring turn in the 2006 film ATL.

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