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Blue Devils’ Advocate Entertainment Page 8<br />
T.I.‘s Urban Legend Delivers<br />
By Jose Gutierrez<br />
Advocate Staff Writer<br />
the same fashion as T.I. addresses<br />
When T.I. released his first<br />
album I‘m Serious in 2001, not<br />
many thought of the success this<br />
young rapper was going to<br />
possess. His second album, Trap<br />
Muzik, proved his incredible skills<br />
were worthy to be among the best.<br />
The album went platinum while<br />
T.I. did time in jail, but rap is his<br />
full-time hustle. His recent album<br />
Urban Legend puts it all on the<br />
Courtesy of Grand Hustle/<br />
Atlantic Records<br />
people who don‘t go out of their way<br />
to help people in the ghetto as he spits<br />
—I‘m tryin‘ to inspire the folks, you<br />
wanna be them, Cause they sell dope,<br />
well man, show ”em the ropes, Be a<br />
father or a football coach, a role<br />
model or a symbol of hope“. The<br />
track shows a mc trying to help what<br />
he has left behind after finding fame.<br />
The album never looses momentum<br />
as his torch is fully lit. Even though<br />
line and T.I. delivers the goods. T.I.‘s lyrics take center stage in every<br />
The album begins with —Tha King“, a track that shows<br />
that T.I. wants to reach everyone he can with his music<br />
when he raps —I‘ll spread out and eliminate whoever‘s<br />
in the way“. Urban Legend proves this point perfectly.<br />
He takes care of anyone who would try and stop him<br />
on —ASAP“ and —U Don‘t Know Me“ with ease over<br />
amazing production. The real glory of this album<br />
comes in tracks about his life and obstacles he has<br />
overcome. —Motivation“ is a perfect example as he<br />
confidently says in the chorus, —All your hating is fuel<br />
for my fire.“ It‘s a great example of rap that gets you<br />
through daily life. —Praying for Help“ also follows in<br />
track, the production in this album is guaranteed to<br />
have your car stereo bumping hard. A perfect<br />
example is —The Greatest“, a boosting track where<br />
Mannie Fresh shows why there‘s no one that can<br />
match his style. The Neptune‘s Pharrel Williams<br />
produced —Freak Though“, which starts as any one<br />
of their current pop hits but the smooth melody<br />
makes it one of a kind. Urban Legend really shows<br />
T.I. knows his worth is not just in the hoods of the<br />
south but in every hood that wants to listen.<br />
OVERALL: SUPERIOR<br />
Campus Talk What is the best April Fool‘s joke you have pulled? By Janet Maravilla<br />
Alan Atkins<br />
At work we put ketchup all over<br />
someone, and put a wooden<br />
splinter right next to them and<br />
made one of the new guys think<br />
that he was actually dead.<br />
Sukhjiven Dhesi My friends and I left a rose<br />
together with a note on my<br />
cousin‘s door step asking her to<br />
meet a supposed secret admirer at<br />
a certain place. She actually<br />
thought she was a secret admierer<br />
and went to meet him.<br />
Genesis Newson<br />
We pretended that<br />
my brother got<br />
kidnapped. It only<br />
worked for thirty<br />
minutes, and boy<br />
were my patrents<br />
mad.<br />
Larry Young<br />
I told my friend that he<br />
was in trouble and that<br />
his parrole officer<br />
needed to see him, so he<br />
went looking for him,<br />
but he was not really in<br />
trouble.
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