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Urban Legend
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Album: Urban Legend
Artist: T.I.
Release Date: 11/30/2004
Genre: Hip-Hop
Tags: hip-hop, t.i., urban legend, bankhead, rap, ti
{$T.I.} went through big ups and big downs after the release of 2003's {^Trap Muzik}. Right after watching two successive singles -- {&"24s"} and {&"Rubber Band Man"} -- become the most successful hits of his career, he was put behind bars for violating probation that resulted from a 1997 arrest on cocaine distribution and the manufacturing and distribution of a controlled substance. He received a three-year prison sentence, only to be granted a work-release program that allowed him to continue making music (he proceeded to record several albums' worth of material). Then there was the MC's surprise performance at a concert for an Atlanta radio station, where he avenged the alleged shots {$Lil' Flip} took at him while he was incarcerated. And that hardly covers all the events that transpired during the 15 months that led to {^Urban Legend}, the follow-up to {^Trap Muzik}. With all that chaos surrounding {$T.I.}, it's disappointing to hear him retracing his steps, rewriting old lines, developing with little progress. At the negative end, there's {&"Countdown,"} a flimsy rehash of {&"Rubber Band Man."} At the positive end, there's {&"Bring Em Out"} -- a rowdy {$Swizz Beatz} production with blaring synth horns and a sampled {$Jay-Z} (from {&"What More Can I Say"}) acting as hype man, in which {$T.I.} rides the beat while bouncing off it at the same time. Some of his most incisive moments are delivered when the mood is somber, as on {&"Prayin for Help,"} where he expresses pain and regret without dealing in clichés. {$Mannie Fresh}, {$the Neptunes}, {$Jazze Pha}, and {$Scott Storch} also contribute beats; some are perfectly satisfactory, none are highlight-reel worthy. Perhaps it's asking too much to expect {$T.I.} to show as much growth here as he did on {^Trap Muzik}, but -- as is the case with {$Jadakiss} -- remaining patient for that classic album (and you know he has one in him) is getting tough. ~ Andy Kellman, All Music Guide

Track Name plays | downloads
Tha King 0 0    
Motivation 0 0    
U Don't Know Me 0 0    
ASAP 0 0    
Prayin for Help 0 0    
Why U Mad at Me 0 0    
Get Loose 0 0    
What They Do 0 0    
Greatest 0 0    
Get Ya S*** Together 0 0    
Freak Though 0 0    
Countdown 0 0    
Bring Em Out 0 0    
Limelight 0 0    
Chillin with My B**** 0 0    
Stand Up 0 0    
My Life 0 0    

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Urban Legend - CHOPPED & SCREWED  |  2005
Urban Legend - CLEAN  |  2004
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Better than Trap Muzik
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posted Mar 3, 2007
this was his best album yet the king was good but not better
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posted Jul 6, 2006
The "King" is back
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posted May 7, 2005
best c.d. ever
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posted Apr 24, 2005
Waiting for the next one
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posted Feb 7, 2005
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