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Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Rate T.I.’s New Single
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Atlanta rapper-actor T.I. has made good on what he told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution weeks ago in his first sit-down interview since his arrest, and subsequent guilty plea on firearms charges— today he released a new song on the site he endorses, streetcred.com.
At the time he wouldn’t go so far as to say “No Matter What” is the first single from his September CD “Paper Trail.”
But it is the first new recording from T.I. (above) since he was arrested on gun charges in October, hours before the BET Hip-Hop Awards.
And without being specific, he deals with that situation, over and over:
“I did a song to make it known that the king lives on, pimpin’,” T.I. says in one line.
“Facing all kind of time, but smile like I’m fine.”
Then the chorus goes: “I ain’t dead/Naw/I ain’t done/Naw/I ain’t scared/ For what?/I ain’t run/From who?/But still I stand/Yeah/No matter what people, here I am/Yeah/No matter what, remember
“I ain’t break/Never/ I ain’t fold/ Never/ They hate me more/ So/ Yeah I know/Ha-haa/So here I go/Yeah/No matter what shorty, here I go/ Ha/No matter what shorty”
What do you think of “No Matter What”? Is it what you want to hear from T.I. now? Does it sound like T.I. of old?
