The King's Back!! T.I. released from Prison

The King is back. XXLMag.com has learned that T.I. was released from prison this morning (December 22) and will be admitted into a halfway house in his hometown of Atlanta, later today.

XXL spoke with Tip’s lead defense attorney in his federal gun case, Steve Sadow, who confirmed the news. “He was released this morning from his place of incarceration in Arkansas,” Sadow said. “As I understand it, he’s on his way back to the Atlanta area. He has to report to a halfway house in Atlanta sometime this evening. And he will then spend somewhere between the next two or three months in a halfway house, ending his Buruea of Prison sentence.“

According to Sadow, T.I. will have a lot more freedom under his new living conditions. “A halfway house is more along the lines of a residential dormitory,” he explained of the rap star’s new stipulations. “You live within this house that is broken into areas for living, and you are permitted to leave during the day for certain reasons of which would be employment, medical reasons, things of that nature, and you return to the halfway house in the evening. So it’s a restriction on your liberty but it’s a way for you to reenter into society and not be confined within a jail type institution 24-hours a day.”

T.I. has been serving time in Arkansas’ Forrest City Prison since May 26, for possession of unregistered machine guns and silencers, as well as firearms from a convicted felon. He is expected to be finished with his federal sentence in March of 2010.

Gucci Mane sits down w/ Miss Info to discuss Jeezy and "My Worst Enemy"

Gucci Mane is everywhere right now and with "The State vs. Radric Davis" dropping on 12/8, Gucci took a little time to sit down w/ Miss Info to clear up a few rumors! Check it out below along with the song that everybody speculated to be a diss song towards Jeezy & T.I., My Worst Enemy. Turns out the song isn't what you think!!

Gucci Mane - My Own Worst Enemy

T.I. - Helluva Life (official video

Man the way they dropping new leaks and videos, it makes it hard to even remember that T.I. is locked up!! Good work Grand Hustle! This time flying by for us out here, T.I. be home before you know it!!

*Sidenote: speaking of locked up, Shyne come home tomorrow! Hope he goes to Roc Nation*

T.I. ft. Mary J Blige-Remember Me

"Let me tell you how to measure a man, when his world starts to fall see how tall he stands. It matters not how many times you fall down, what matters most is how many time you rise. Mistakes build character, and character takes you places money can't"-T.I.

The re-release of Paper Trail:Case Closed coming soon!!

T.I.-A Year And A Day Mixtape

As you know the homie T.I. had to sit down and do a lil time! So while he is gone for his 366 day vacation, he decided to leave you with some new music until the re-release of Paper Trail. Check inside for tracklisting and download link

01. A Year & A Day Intro
02. Don’t Forget Me (feat. Mary J. Blige)
03. Hell Of A Life
04. At It All Night
05. Make You Sweat
06. Get That Money
07. Done It Now (feat. Lil Wayne) (Unreleased Version)
08. Show Off (feat. Young Dro)
09. Leaving With Me (feat. Chris Brown)
10. Your A Freak (feat. Blue Marley)
11. On Top Of The World (feat. Kanye West & B.o.B) (Unreleased Version)
12. Still Ain’t Forgave Myself (Classic)
13. Big Kuntry - I Do (feat. Young Dro & T.I.)
14. All G
15. Collect Call (feat. Mitchellel)
16. Outro

MLK & T.I. - A Year & A Day

T.I. ft. Justin Timberlake-Dead and Gone

Check out the visuals for one of my favorite songs off of T.I.'s Paper Trail. I know people have a lot of different opinions on T.I.'s situation and I refuse to speak on it because I don't know what the real story is. You can't believe what the media says. But what I can say is that I love the moves he's making at this point in his career and managed to stay on top of things when a lot of folks thought he was down for the count!! Got to salute him for that!! Paper Trail in stores now!!

T.I.'s Road to Redemption Ep. 1

This series is actually going to be good!!

Global Grind sits down with T.I.

Globalgrind had the chance to sit down with TI for an exclusive interview where he spoke about his life, ventures with Amare Stoudemire and others and asked if he would do it all again despite his ups and downs.

This is a pretty dope interview so check it out!

T.I.’s Speech at Hip Hop Inaugural Ball

T.I. is a good dude and it shows through every time he talks. I like what slim stands for. This was a serious part in this speech:

"I want to thank God for somehow … I know he perfect. So I thank him for
everything. I thank him for making me drop out of school. I thank him for making
me run the streets. I’mma thank him for making me sell crack. I’mma thank him
for making me have shoot-outs. I’mma thank him for allowing me to watch my
partners die in my arms so I’d be fearful enough for my life and paranoid enough
to go out and cop machine guns and silencers so I catch a fed case and I have to
put up $3 million for my bond so I have to spend seven months of my life in my
house, so I have to spend a year of my life in prison just so that I be
validated enough to get out there and touch the youth because they know that I
done been through it, and if I say it, it means something.”

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I'll Make Wednesday feel like a Friday

Here is T.I.'s verse on Keri Hilson's hit, Turning Me On. He goes in on this joint. Can we get Keri Hilson the marketing she needs, by the way!! She's a dope artist, not to mention she's a good look also.
"Temptation make straight girls decide to menage"

Keri Hilson ft. T.I.-Turning Me On (remix)

My President Is Black- The DC mix

Hov slid back through Love with Jeezy last night and performed the remix, check that, the DC Mix to My President is Black. Check it out.

"My President is Black in fact he's half white , so even in a racist mind he's half right, so if you got a racist mind its alright, my president is black but his house is all white"

Shout out to FlyStyleLife for the video!!

Black Boy White Boy

I been waiting for Dro to come back with some new shit!! Here we go!! Young Dro along with Grand Hustle teamate, Young LA, bring you Black Boy Swag White Boy Tags. Track Listing and download link inside!!

1. Intro
2. Take Off
3. Ain’t I (Remix)
4. Freestyle
5. Dro Speaks
6. Rats
7. Woah
8. 36 O’s
9. Dro Speaks
10. Up Through There (Remix)
11. Shower
12. All The Money
13. Yung LA Drop
14. Party
15. Blessing
16. Black Boy White Boy
17. Yung LA Drop
18. So Futuristic
19. Dro Speaks
20. Green Light Freestyle
21. Excuse Me
22. Who Got Strong Freestyle
23. We In This Thing
24. The Truth
25. Dro Speaks
26. Turn This Thang Around
27. Dro Speaks
28. Still Selling Drugs
29. Dro Speaks
30. Bonus

YOUNG DRO & YOUNG LA-BLACK BOY WHITE BOY

B.O.B.-I'll Be In The Sky

B.O.B. is an artist on T.I.'s Grand Hustle label that you should be checking for. B.O.B. hails from the A and has been compared to Andre 3K. Look for his album, The Adventures of B.o.B., later this year!! Snatched the video from the homies over at OnSmash

The Hermes Clipper Mecanique Chronograph Watch

Hermes drops a bomb with this classy 18K Rose Gold beauty. The mechanical automatic movement is a bi-compax chronograph with a 30-minute counter, the time, and date.

The 44mm case receives the pleasant styling of the Clipper series complete with the bezel rivets, and the circular numeral placement, and faceted sword styled hands. The stylish watch has a sapphire crystal and is water resistant to 50 meters.

This is what stunting is all about. Coming through with a watch with no diamonds and making a statement while doing it. You can have one of the 24 limited edition watches for 44,000 Euros. That's right I'm giving all prices in Euro's from here on out!! Get your xe game together. lol But no really, we talking $62,000.

"I got a watch with no diamonds, that cost more than that bullshit you wear when you call yourself shinin" -T.I.

T.I. & J.T. are back at it

These two have come through with a few bangers together and that trend continues. Check out the new one from Justin Timberlake & T.I., If I.

Justin Timberlake ft. T.I.- If I

T.I. on Howard Stern

Man, Howard Stern is funny!! T.I. Speaks On Not Wanting To See His Family While In Prison, Fighting Lil Flip, & Tells Some Guy To Be Easy On Using The “N” Word. [41 Minute Audio]

Weezy is up for 8 Grammys

The Grammy's didn't ignore Lil Wayne's relevance in hip hop in 2008. After selling a million records in the first week with the Carter III, he has received 8 Grammy Nominations, including album of the year. Jay Z & Kanye both got 6 nominations and T.I. got 4. Check the rest of the rap related categories inside.

Album of the Year
Coldplay, Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends
Lil Wayne, Tha Carter III
Ne-Yo, Year of the Gentleman
Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, Raising Sand
Radiohead, In Rainbows

Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group
Big Boi (featuring Raekwon and Andrew 3000), “Royal Flush”
Jay-Z and T.I. (featuring Lil Wayne and Kanye West), “Swagger Like Us”
Lil Wayne (featuring Jay-Z), “Mr. Carter”
Ludacris (featuring T.I.), “Wish You Would”
Young Jeezy (featuring Kanye West), “Put On”

Record of the Year
Adele, “Chasing Pavements”
Coldplay, “Viva la Vida”
Leona Lewis, “Bleeding Love”
**M.I.A., “Paper Planes”
Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, “Please Read the Letter”

Song of the Year
Estelle (featuring Kanye West), “American Boy”
Adele, “Chasing Pavements”
Jason Mraz, “I’m Yours”
Sara Bareilles, “Love Song”
Coldplay, “Viva la Vida”

Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals
Coldplay, “Viva la Vida”
The Eagles, “Waiting in the Weeds”
Gnarls Barkley, “Going On”
Maroon 5, “Won’t Go Home Without You”
OneRepublic, “Apologize”

Best Rap Album
Jay-Z, American Gangster
Lil Wayne, Tha Carter III
Lupe Fiasco, The Cool
Nas, Nas (?)
T.I. Paper Trail

Producer of the Year, Non-Classical
Danger Mouse
Nigel Godrich
Johnny Karkazis
Rick Rubin
Will.I.Am

Best Alternative Music Album
Beck, Modern Guilt
Death Cab for Cutie, Narrow Stairs
Gnarls Barkley, The Odd Couple
My Morning Jacket, Evil Urges
Radiohead, In Rainbows

Best Rap Solo Performance
Jay-Z, “Roc Boys (And the Winner Is … )”
Lil Wayne, “A Milli”
Lupe Fiasco, “Paris, Tokyo”
Nas, “N.i.*.*.e.r. (The Slave and the Master)”
Snoop Dogg, “Sexual Eruption”

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
Estelle (featuring Kanye West), “American Boy”
Flo Rida (featuring T-Pain), “Low”
John Legend & Andre 3000, “Green Light”
Lil Wayne featuring T-Pain, “Got Money”
Lupe Fiasco (featuring Matthew Santos), “Superstar”

Best Rap Song
Lil Wayne, “Lollipop”
Flo Rida (featuring T-Pain), “Low”
Snoop Dogg, “Sexual Eruption”
Lupe Fiasco (featuring Matthew Santos), “Superstar”
Jay-Z & T.I. (featuring Kanye West & Lil Wayne), “Swagger Like Us”

**M.I.A.’s “Paper Planes” will be claimed by hip hop because of the rapping on it, all the freestyles over the beat and frankly because it was sampled on S.L.U., which is nominated for Best Rap Song. Sidebar: Imagine those four getting on stage to accept one of the two awards they’re nominated for.

Jamie Foxx ft. T.I-Just Like Me(video)

T.I. ft. Rihanna-Live Your Life(Video)

Funny interview of T.I. on Chelsea Lately inside!! FUNNY!!!

Gucci & Louis says no to T.I. "Swing Yo Rags"

This really makes me feel some kind of way!! As big as an influence that the music industry has on the products people by they still don't want the publicity!! I mean I understand they don't want to maintain a high end image but damn

T.I. says the video for "Swing Ya Rag" — an undeniably mammoth musical moment on Paper Trail — is one for the vaults. Tip and Swizz Beatz shot the video many weeks ago, around the same time as the "What Up, What's Haapnin' " clip. However, the two companies mentioned in the song were not excited about the prospect of full-on visuals for the record.

"We did it, and it came out hot," Tip said of the video. "Louis [Vuitton] and Gucci started trippin' about it. They were saying we were infringing, in one way or another. They weren't happy about it. They didn't want it to come out. But it's hot, though." 

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