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Oct 20, 2014Bright, big, and Pharrellian, Paperwork still finds T.I. at the center of its well-funded variety show, allowing him to bounce back to his streety Trouble Man persona after schooling all the Iggy's and Macklemore's in such vital uptown slick.
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Oct 27, 2014His last record boasted that he was the Trouble Man, but with a clear mind and fewer visible burdens, Clifford Harris has produced his most thoughtful and substantive record in years.
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Nov 10, 2014Working with new producers has opened up his style, his writing, his approach, all in exciting ways. He just might need a more brutal editor going forward.
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Oct 21, 2014Nothing seems off-limits here.
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Oct 21, 2014The production is top notch, Tip is rapping tighter than ever, and clearly knows who and what to work with, but the rare glimmers of originality and risk only further exposes the safeness of this Pharrell-tweaked new T.I. album.
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Oct 20, 2014Sure, catchy singles such as No Mediocre (featuring Azalea) and About the Money cleave close to the worship of money and compliant “ho”s rife in hip-hop. But intriguing things are afoot here too.
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Oct 20, 2014The music, executive produced by Pharrell, is inviting, soulful, and sonically inventive (the mournful “Light ’Em Up RIP Doe B” is especially impressive). The rhymes and subjects are so stale, though.
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Oct 21, 2014A typical T.I. album is loaded with singles ready to blow and Paperwork is no exception.
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Oct 20, 2014While it does have a couple of moments, much of the album sounds like he is just, filling out paperwork.
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Oct 22, 2014Despite the album’s loaded guest list, T.I. manages to squeeze in enough room to allow himself to shine and tells us why after nearly 15 years deep; he’s still a top-tier artist in the game.
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Oct 22, 2014Paperwork is at its most compelling when it feels like he’s being the most autobiographical.
User score distribution:
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Positive: 27 out of 41
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Mixed: 9 out of 41
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Negative: 5 out of 41
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