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The album is generally enjoyable, and it's doubtful T.I. has to worry about being dethroned within the near future.
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The project just doesn't offer as many gems as "King," which pushed T.I. to new commercial heights.
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BlenderMostly, though, this psychodrama feels both overplayed and underwritten. [August 2007 p.110]
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You wanna hear a mediocre hip hop album with a few decent songs? That’s the T.I. I’ve come to know and love.
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T.I. vs T.I.P. suffers from its star's inability to commit to character.
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Too much of a hood thing--not to mention rampant self-obsession and too many dark, murky beats--make T.I. vs T.I.P. sound light on fresh ideas.
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By Act III, T.I. faces down T.I.P. in the mirror during a bizarre skit, yelling, "Why can't you just talk about what's wrong with you? Why can't you just let everything out?" The same could be said for the ambitious but uneven T.I. vs. T.I.P.
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Skills most often attributed to premiere MC’s like deft wordplay, vivid storytelling, emotional resonance, salient talking points? These are few and far between on T.I. vs. T.I.P., even if the man remains an impressive technician who sounds at home on any beat you can give him.
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Sonically, the album has a frantic, indistinct busyness that all too often passes for excitement and momentum.
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In exploring his split psyche, T.I. forgets what made the excursion interesting to begin with: there’s good and evil in everyone, but you gotta mix the two to get a reaction.
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T.I. vs T.I.P. is mercifully light on the requisite skits illustrating its dichotomy, but you almost wish there were more of them to explain the album’s weird alchemy of simultaneously overwrought and undercooked production and flaccid, self-absorbed lyricism.
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The Atlanta MC attempts the melodramatic, but to mostly underwhelming results.
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T.I. vs. T.I.P. makes for a confusing listen, which is a shame—fans would probably never have questioned who T.I. is until he started questioning himself.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 37 out of 55
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Mixed: 8 out of 55
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Negative: 10 out of 55
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Mar 22, 20157.1/10................................................................................................................................................
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Jul 9, 2013
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TSep 5, 2008