Top 15 Hip Hop Artists of 2000’s
6. T.I. Top 15 Hip Hop Artists
Rubber band man as can be seen, T.I. enter at number 6 on the top 15 Hip Hop artists chart. Clifford Harris Jr., in my opinion, is the one of the influential Hip Hop artist from the south. Born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia, most noteworthy known for producing mega artists in music world. T.I. signed his first major label deal with LaFace Records in 1998. By 2002, he moved to Atlantic Records with his own record Grand Hustle Records, which was accelerated in 2003. Mostly everyone during this time knew the boss as trap star alone with Jeezy, Trick Daddy, and Gucci Mane.
T.I. released his second solo project Trap Muzik. Trap Muzik took off by selling over 2 million copies most of all, debuted at number 4 on the charts. After rising to the top at number 2, the album became certified platinum. Hits single such as “24’s”, Rubber Band Man”, and “Be Easy” had south going wild. This was the time while everyone wanted to ride around with big rim and flashy paint with their cars or truck. David Banner out of Mississippi produced the “Rudder Band Man” single and was the second single off the album.
Urban Legend really made the Atlanta Hip Hop artists a star and it charted at number one on the Top Rap Album list. Songs like “Bring Em Out”, “ASAP”, “Chillin with My Bitch”, “Stand Up”, and “My Life” where all great classic hits. Producers from this masterpiece were DJ Toomp, Sanchez Holmes, Jazze Pha, Mannie Fresh, The Neptune’s, David Banner, Scott Storch and Daz Dillinger. I really playing this album on my I-pod deployed to Iraq. I played Trap Muzik and Urban Legend over and over to get by the deployment.
List of Albums
1. I’m Serious
2. Trap Muzik
3. Urban Legend
4. King
5. T.I. vs. T.I.P.
6. Paper Trail
7. No Mercy
8. Trouble Man: Heavy Is the Head
9. Paperwork
Mix-tapes
1. In da Streets
2. In da Streets Part 2
3. In da Streets Pt. 3
4. Gangsta Grillz Meet T.I. & P$C in da Streets
5. Gangsta Grillz: Down with King
6. Gangsta Grillz: The Leak
7. A Year And A Day
8. Gangsta Grillz: Fuck a Mixtape
9. F*uck da City Up
10. G.D.O.D. (Get Dough or Die)
11. G.D.O.D II
Hustle Gang T.I.P. has sold over 10 million copies in the United States alone. Some notable track from T.I.; “Live in the Sky” featuring Jamie Foxx, “You Know What It Is” featuring Wyclef Jean, Hurt featuring Alfamega and Busta Rhymes, “Swing Ya Rag” featuring Swizz Beatz. More track are “Live your Life” featuring Rihanna, “Dead” and Gone” featuring Justin Timberlake, “Ball” featuring Lil Wayne and “About the Money” featuring Young Thug. I could go on and on about T.I. however, this would be a very long post.
