Metascore
74

Generally favorable reviews - based on 19 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 19
  2. Negative: 0 out of 19
  1. T.I. is still a bit too keen to remake his signature hit 'What You Know,' but songs like the clever 'I'm Illy' and the Just Blaze-produced stomper 'Live Your Life' find T.I. reconciling himself to his lot in life: he's a well-oiled hit machine who's more fun than deep.
  2. T.I.'s voice is still one of the best instruments in all of hip-hop, but the vapidity of his words is all the more pronounced after his audience has been waiting so long for him to say something interesting.
  3. On what has been for the most part an impeccably executed commercial rap album, TI again reminds us what he’s really capable of.
  4. His apparent claims to have had "no choice" in his most recent legal entanglement--attempting to procure machine guns from an FBI cooperating witness--do him little credit, but the skilled, catchy choruses of On Top of the World, Whatever You Like and current UK hit Live Your Life suggest he is still a strong "buy".
  5. The Wire
    60
    Though you'd be justified in hanging this writer for conflating person and persona, you're asked to contemplate the uneasy positivity that chacterizes Paper Trail's three mot popular songs. [Dec 2008, p.74]
User Score
8.6

Universal acclaim- based on 83 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 76 out of 83
  2. Negative: 2 out of 83
  1. Nov 13, 2017
    8
    Excellent lyricism, entertaining beats, an impressive list of features, all packed together with a number of brilliant tracks makes this T.I'sExcellent lyricism, entertaining beats, an impressive list of features, all packed together with a number of brilliant tracks makes this T.I's best project to date. One of the very best albums from the tail end of the 2000's Full Review »
  2. May 23, 2017
    9
    For me personally this album is a classic. It's what turned me into such a big T.I. fan. I personally don't think there's a bad song on here,For me personally this album is a classic. It's what turned me into such a big T.I. fan. I personally don't think there's a bad song on here, but a couple are kinda meh.

    Best songs: You Ain't Missin' Nothing / Dead and Gone / Ready For Whatever
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  3. Mar 22, 2015
    8
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