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T.I. is the whole package: gritty, smooth, smart, dangerous, introspective, and wise.
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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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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 confidence seems effortless and second-nature, his self-aggrandizement turning relentless and convincing.
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The 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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Entertainment WeeklyThough long at 18 tracks, King's still got plenty of heavyweight hits. [31 Mar 2006, p.64]
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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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Spin[He] still knows how to make palpitating street anthems. [May 2006, p.91]
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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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The New York TimesMemorable refrains, hard beats, elegant rhymes: this album succeeds mainly by sticking to a simple but effective formula. [3 Apr 2006]
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VibeSure, 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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BlenderHis 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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UrbKing 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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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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King lacks an overall cohesiveness or direction.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 51 out of 58
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Mixed: 3 out of 58
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Negative: 4 out of 58
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May 23, 2017
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Mar 22, 20158.9/10..............................................................................................................................really dope album.
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Jul 8, 2013