Listennn... I warned y'all that I wasn't going to bite my tongue, so yea I said it -- T.I. counts more than Ludacris right now.
This isn't my "blogging topic" either. Remember I'm just talking to y'all. This is our conversation. Although Luda is probably still a couple of notches higher than T.I. on the lyrical tip (pardon the pun), T.I. counts more right now and his highly-anticipated album, T.I. vs. T.I.P., will solidify it.
I think Luda was always a bigger artist and businessman than T.I., but that started to change when Tip appeared in his own movie, "ATL" and put out one of the biggest albums of 2006, in King. Luda's Release Therapy didn't do the numbers King did and in my opinion... King top to bottom was just a better album. Add that to the fact that T.I. has the streets and Luda, despite attempts like "Grew Up A Screw Up" with Jeezy, doesn't. T.I. can do a song like "What You Know," and have the streets and mainstream listening. Audiences eat it up. Luda can't. Real talk, despite the spins it got... "What You Know" is a straight street song. Louis knapsack, where I hold'n all tha work at! Need I say more? That shit is gutter and slick as hell.
Making the case even more for T.I. is the fact that he has recently bit into and won over Luda's mainstream audience with "Why You Wanna" and his feature on Timberlake's "My Love." Tip is even about to co-star in a flick with Denzel. Come on, come on... the evidence is mounting people. THE EVIDENCE IS MOUNTING.
T.I. vs. T.I.P. is already buzzing and that's just off the guestlist alone.
The album is supposed to feature heavyweights like Jay-Z, Eminem and Wyclef. That's pretty mean. The concept is gangster with T.I. showing fans the finer side of life ala "My Love" and "Why You Wanna," while Tip takes listeners to Bankhead ala "Top Back" and "ASAP."
I, for one, can't wait till the album drops. T.I. knows how to make songs and put together an album. I think his last couple of albums -- Urban Legend and King -- were significantly better than Luda's previous two joints, but hey is that just me? I made it clear that I think Tip is the man in his city and mainstream. Now, y'all let me know what you think.
Some parting shots...
Kells (R. Kelly) and Usher got a dope song out called "Same Girl," where they find out they have been smashing the same chick. Kinda classic right here.
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