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No Mercy
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  • Summary: Written while serving his nearly year-long stint in federal prison, the Atlanta rapper’s seventh studio album features contributions from Kanye West, Drake and others stars.
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Castle Walls
Everyone thinks that I have it all But it's so empty living behind these castle walls These castle walls If I should tumble if I should fall Would... See the rest of the song lyrics
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 16
  3. Negative: 0 out of 16
  1. Entertainment Weekly
    Dec 9, 2010
    75
    The self-proclaimed King of the South addresses his troubles on tracks like Welcome to the World and Castle Walls.
  2. Boston Globe
    Dec 7, 2010
    70
    It's well crafted, but some of T.I.'s best lines obscure the tracks' fuzzy thinking.
  3. Beats Per Minute
    Jan 13, 2011
    65
    The album's top heavy, and its finest moments come when T.I.'s able to look past himself, whether it be to attack the legal or education system. The rest is frustratingly mixed.
  4. Rolling Stone
    Jan 3, 2011
    60
    No Mercy is the sound of a rapper addressing his idiocy without sacrificing his swagger. Sometimes, the gravitas feels perfunctory, like T.I. is just fulfilling a public-service requirement; other times, it totally backfires.
  5. Prefix Magazine
    Jan 4, 2011
    50
    No Mercy is a valley, not a peak, in a career that has seen plenty of both.
  6. Slant Magazine
    Dec 7, 2010
    50
    Mostly, the album shows that T.I.'s lyrical side is not worthy of much attention.
  7. PopMatters
    Jan 4, 2011
    40
    The electricity that defined T.I.'s early career-dexterous lyricism molded effortlessly to trap rap essentials -- feels further away than ever before.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 18
  3. Negative: 2 out of 18
  1. mylesshear
    Feb 10, 2011
    10
    T.I. released recently from jail released an album called â
  2. kcs4
    Jan 7, 2011
    9
    No Mercy by T.I. is a great album, although not his best, but pretty good. I like it for his collaborations with Christiana Aguilera in CastleNo Mercy by T.I. is a great album, although not his best, but pretty good. I like it for his collaborations with Christiana Aguilera in Castle Walls and with Eminem in That's All She Wrote.… Expand
  4. dfjaljfdal
    Mar 15, 2012
    8
    OK album; all the best songs were relegated to bonus tracks. However, T.I. can still make even bad singers (e.g. Chris Brown) sound good;OK album; all the best songs were relegated to bonus tracks. However, T.I. can still make even bad singers (e.g. Chris Brown) sound good; Poppin Bottles was pretty good, as was the title track.… Expand
  5. burgerj
    Feb 23, 2011
    6
    No Mercy: TI

    The creation of No Mercy definitely had its ups and its downs. After the title of the album had changed three times and TI    No Mercy: TI

    The creation of No Mercy definitely had its ups and its downs. After the title of the album had changed three times and TI being released from prison, there was a lot of hype built up for this album. Although TI was in jail, he had most songs on this album already recorded. The pre-recorded songs were the only decent songs on the album because it just seemed as if he wrote the newly recorded songs in a fifteen minute span. Signing a record deal as a young teenager right off the streets of Atlanta, there is a vast improvement in his lyrics and you can see the maturity that he has gained. The album has a recorded fourteen songs and only four that TI sings solo. Eleven songs having guest singers, TI had some good friends because they sure helped him out. A four song album probably wouldnâ    … Expand
  6. keve16
    Mar 22, 2015
    6
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  7. fistofan0077
    Apr 26, 2011
    5
    I'll get through the positives first: This relatively mediocre album from T.I. is pretty much ran by his guest acts. The opening track withI'll get through the positives first: This relatively mediocre album from T.I. is pretty much ran by his guest acts. The opening track with Kanye and Cudi is a solid track, if only for those two being on it. And "That's All She Wrote" is the shining light of the album, with phenomenal turns by both T.I. and Eminem (Kind of like how Eminem helped make the only good track of Lil' Wayne's Revolver). Other than that, nothing is memorable and special, and it lacks any particular density (Paper Trail lacked density as well, but managed to overcome this problem with solid production and singles). The album is not really worth revisiting, other than "That's All She wrote".… Expand
  8. BIGMAN22
    Mar 2, 2016
    0
    T.I can construct a few listenable songs and has done so in the past. but on here it doesnt sound like much. not alot of replay value. theT.I can construct a few listenable songs and has done so in the past. but on here it doesnt sound like much. not alot of replay value. the ones that do stick out are the ones with guest appearances. other than that its not really re memorable.… Expand

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