T.I. vs. T.I.P.

Untitled

T.I. vs. T.I.P is the upcoming album by rapper T.I.. It is currently scheduled to be released sometime between June 26 and July 3, 2007.

T.I. explained the album’s title, saying, "It’s basically a battle within myself. There’s not nobody out there doing what I do as well as I do it, so I see myself as worthy competition for myself."

"I'm not just making an album, I'm making fuckin' opera here," he chuckled. With such a high concept, he says that he's making sure to take extra time and critique every song to be sure he doesn't lose anyone.

"It'd be easy for me to go over people's heads," he rationalized. "Sometime people might see me act a certain way one time and another way one another time. They might not believe the same cat you see dressed so sharp and winning awards and speaking eloquently is the same cat you see fist-fighting with hoodlums outside a nightclub. This album will be an explanation of all of this."

"T.I. vs. T.I.P." is also the name of one of the songs from T.I.'s sophomore album,Trap Muzik.

T.I. revealed some of the people he's working with: Eminem, Young Jeezy, Ciara, Wyclef Jean, Akon, Tweet, Nelly, R. Kelly, Justin Timberlake, 50 Cent, and Lil Wayne.

He also revealed some of the producers: Grand Hustle Producers, Just Blaze, Black Mob, Mannie Fresh, Danja, Wyclef Jean, Timbaland, The Runners and Scott Storch.

T.I. revealed that the album will not be a double album.

DVD

He plans to illustrate a dark psychodrama with a direct-to-DVD companion film. (Chris Robinson, who directed him in ATL last year, is in talks to helm the movie.)

Recorded tracks

The currently known recorded tracks are:

T.I.P.

• "Do It (Big Shit Poppin')" (Produced by Mannie Fresh) (First Single Releasing on April 17 according to MTVNews.com), (A snipplet of the song can be heard [1])
• "Yeah" (featuring Lil' Wayne) (Produced by Lil C)
• "You Know What It Is" (Produced by Wyclef Jean)
• "Hero" (featuring Akon)
• "Watch What You Say to Me" (Produced by Khao)
• "Dope Man" (possibly featuring Young Jeezy)(Produced by Mannie Fresh)
• "Untitled" (featuring Eminem) (Produced by Dr. Dre)

T.I.

• "We Do This" (Produced by The Runners)
• "Life of the Party" (possibly featuring R. Kelly)
• "Don't You Wanna Be High" (Produced by The Runners)
• "Goodbye My Dear" (featuring Ciara) (Produced by T.I.)
• "Show It to Me" (featuring Nelly) (Produced by Black Mob)
• "My Swagger"
• "Untitled" (featuring Eminem)

T.I. vs. T.I.P.

• "Respect the Hustle" (Produced by Timbaland and Co-Produced By Danja and DJ Khaled) [The first joint with T.I. and TIP in conversation. As the man explained, "They both just telling each other, 'Why don't you just let me do what I do?'"]
• "Shawty Got a Gun"
• "Tomorrow'll Be a Better Day"
• "Tell 'em I Said That" (Produced by Timbaland & Danja) [According to T.I., the song is about "too much lying coming out the mouths of people occupying the kids' time. Rappers coerce their kids to do shit they ain't never even done they self."]