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Advantages: Some of his best material ever
Disadvantages: A couple of the tracks aren't in tune with the concept

"T.I. vs. T.I.P." is the fifth album from the Atlanta rapper T.I. and has him return once again with a banger of an albumn to follow on from the momentum which he gained after releasing "Urban Legend" and "King", the two greatest successes prior to this. This, as with his last two, topped the Billboard Charts as he continued to bring out quality music from the Dirty South as no other can. This album, with a title such as that has significance, and ...
...sides to the man given the name Clifford Harris at birth. You have T.I., what you general see from him, a ladies man who has more swagger nearly all others out there. The you have the short-tempered T.I.P., his alter-ego which has him rapping in a more fierce way as he tends to take it to Gangsta Rap to express his emotions. In the past he has explored these two personas, especially in "Trap Muzik", whihc featured the track "T.I. vs. T.I.P", but ... Read review

Advantages: Some quality tracks and banging beats.
Disadvantages: formulaic, too many guest appearances.

So, The Game is back. After the initial success of The Documentary and the relative success of the sequel, The Doctors Advocate, Game returns with his third, and supposedly final, LP - LAX, Los Angeles Times, to give it it's full title. After having been pushed back from its July 26th, original release date, I have to admit I was very keen to see what the album had in store for us this time. While it would be true to say that Game doesn't disapoint, ...
...album fulfilled all my expectations. The major flaw seems to be that he just has not grown as an artist - in fact, many of the songs are interchangeable from the previous two albums. There are definitely some classics mixed in, with gentlemans affair, my life, games pain and money being stand out, head nodding tracks. It is fair to say; however, that game has definitely chosen two of the best songs to release as singles, in Games Pain and My life. ... Read review