CD Review

The well known rapper T.I. just released his sixth album in September. The day it came out I went and purchased it. T.I. is one of the best known rappers in the industry, and after a ton of crappy hip hop coming out, I needed this album to be good to keep my interest in rap. The album featured close to a dozen other very talented artists, which made it very fun to listen to. I really enjoyed listening to Papertrail.

T.I. ( Clifford Joseph Harris Jr.) was born in 1980. He has been a successful rap artist, producer, and has starred in the movie ATL. T.I. was born in Atlanta and grew up in Bankhead which is a rough place to grow up. He came from a background of drugs and crime. Recently, he was convicted with possession of weed and firearms. He has served jail time before and will also serve some for his most recent felonies.

It is extremely hard to put T.I next to another artist and call them similar. He truly does have his own style and that is why I speak so highly of him.

T.I. did a collaboration with Rhianna, and it has been one of his most successful songs ever. He hit the nail on the head with this song, he reached out to many different types of people, including my mom. Rhianna is the most popular female artist right now and T.I. knew that he would be successful doing a song with her.

T.I.'s Papertrail was definetly worth the money. Cleaning up his act may help with CD sales but aside from that, Papertrail was one of his best albums yet.

Jack Johnson came out with a CD In Between Dreams in 2005. Just recently he did a remix to all of his songs. In Between Dreams sold over two million copies in the United States alone.

Jack Johnson is a Hawaii Born musician who had no intention on being a musician at all. When doing a project for a class Jack wrote a song. His peers urged him to keep playing, and today he is one of the most popular artists of our time.

I was lucky enough to go and see him play live in Appleton, Wisconsin over the summer. There were people there from hundreds of miles away. Jack Johnson really doesnt have any competition because he has his own style of music. It is either a hit or miss with the listener, they like his style or they dont.

I feel like you most people who buy his album appreciate what he does. No matter what kind of music you listen to it is hard to not like some good old mellow acoustic music.