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When T.I. is on, he’s really, really on, and, at several points, King lives up to its own hyperbole. It’s just that those points correspond precisely to the places where T.I. is actually talking about how great he is.
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84T.I.'s confidence seems effortless and second-nature, his self-aggrandizement turning relentless and convincing.
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From the thumping energy of the Just Blaze beats and fiery rap rhetorhic of "I'm Talkin' to You" to the smoothed soulful Khao Cates beats on the "miss you girl" narrative of "Hello," Atlanta's self-proclaimed king wears many different crowns and they all seem to fit him well.
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T.I.'s fourth album isn't the leap forward he's been threatening to make, but it does carry the best set of productions he has been given to work with, and it guarantees that he won't be leaving the singles charts any time soon.
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King lacks an overall cohesiveness or direction.
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An absence of memorable narratives, punch lines and wordplay makes the songs pass without distinction.
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T.I.'s Southern drawl bends pedestrian phrases into irresistible melodies hotter than the summer streets to come.
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Even on the tracks with mediocre melodies and concepts, T.I. plugs away at the beat and never loses control of King.
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90T.I. is the whole package: gritty, smooth, smart, dangerous, introspective, and wise.
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80His sonorous, self-assured drawl adds an air of unflustered authority to his alpha brags, and he pours it into unexpected patterns. [Jun 2006, p.147]
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80King as album title is ambitious and King as album finds T.I. firm-footed in his role as such. [May 2006, p.95]
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80Sure, King's occasional lack of originality and sometimes sluggish wordplay could be cited. But that, of course, would only amount to throwing rocks at the throne. [May 2006, p.136]
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40A slickly accomplished affair, rarely inspirational. [Jul 2006, p.101]
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Though long at 18 tracks, King's still got plenty of heavyweight hits. [31 Mar 2006, p.64]
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83The disc is all over the map, moving from booming dance cuts to gangsta fare, but it satisfies with crunk-tacular gems like "What You Know."
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83[He] still knows how to make palpitating street anthems. [May 2006, p.91]
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Memorable refrains, hard beats, elegant rhymes: this album succeeds mainly by sticking to a simple but effective formula. [3 Apr 2006]
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50Here, T.I. shows he can still dominate a song given quality production (Just Blaze, DJ Toomp), but the album does little to build on what we have heard before. [1 Apr 2006]
User score distribution:
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Ghettostyle10Album is nasty. Intro is sick.
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MusicLover8
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VeronicaL.10i think his album was good and i think T.I. is so fukin sexy