★★★★★
Despite his family man imagery and relative crossover success, T.I.'s image is still linked to his nefarious come-up. This is due in part to a recent jail stint, but also to the fact that for all the (excellent) Justin Timberlake collabs and movie cameos, he remains a fiercely compelling rapper. Hollywood, you can have Common, but don't take T.I. Trouble Man is his eighth record and first since being released from jail in mid-2011...
- nowtoronto.com
2013-04-02
★★★★★
ATL heavyweight T.I. has unleashed his long-awaited eighth studio album. The follow-up to 2010's No Mercy, Trouble Man: Heavy Is the Head will feature 16 brand new records from the Southern hitmaker, among them reader-approved singles "Love this Life," "Go Get It," "Trap Back Jumpin'" and "Sorry."
Throughout the set, Tip collaborates with such high profile artists as Akon, Andre 3000, ASAP Rocky, Cee-Lo Green, Lil Wayne, Meek Mill, Pink and R. Kelly...
- www.djbooth.net
2013-04-01
★★★★★
It's been an odd if not incredibly taxing six years for Clifford Harris since he released King and laid claim to the throne room of both pop and street rap. T.I. vs. T.I.P. followed just a year later and revealed that T.I.'s inner conflict between those two personas may have been threatening to get the better of him. In attempting to make a conversational album on which he opened up to his audience about the dichotomy between a street hustler past and a businessman future, T.I...
- www.popmatters.com
2013-01-08
★★★★★
It's been an odd if not incredibly taxing six years for Clifford Harris since he released King and laid claim to the throne room of both pop and street rap. T.I. vs. T.I.P. followed just a year later and revealed that T.I.'s inner conflict between those two personas may have been threatening to get the better of him. In attempting to make a conversational album on which he opened up to his audience about the dichotomy between a street hustler past and a businessman future, T.I...
- www.popmatters.com
2013-01-08
★★★★★
The 13th song on T.I.'s awkwardly-titled new album Trouble Man: Heavy Is the Head is called "Hello". This, in and of itself, is not noteworthy event: many rappers have made a song with that title. But T.I. has now made two: a completely different and altogether better song named "Hello" appeared on his world-conquering 2006 album King...
- pitchfork.com
2013-04-01
★★★★★
7
Critical Mass
Release Date: December 18, 2012Label: Grand Hustle/Atlantic
T.I. The dilemma is "street cred" or "Hollywood." These aren't my words. They were taken from the "America's Sweetheart" episode of T.I. & Tiny: The Family Hustle, wherein T.I. ponders whether a cameo at a Taylor Swift concert could mean career suicide...
- www.spin.com
2013-01-07
★★★★★
Two winters ago, T.I. went away on a parole violation. His parting gift: No Mercy, an overstaffed slog that wasted Kanye West and Scarface in the first 10 minutes alone. Post-incarceration "atonement" Trouble Man: Heavy Is the Head is unlikely to reimburse those misspent millions.
In his not-so-distant heyday, Clifford Harris could let off a spleen-rupturing punch, then lull you to a sweet sleep in the drawly voice of a balladeer; he was both a trap rapper's trap rapper and a viable romantic...
- www.pastemagazine.com
2012-12-31
★★★★★
T.I., Trouble Man: Heavy Is the Head Review
1 month ago • Reviews • by jaeki • 15 Comments
More than a year removed from his latest prison release, T.I. cooks up Trouble Man: Heavy Is the Head, a superlative album that finds Tip back in his comfort zone, no longer defensive or overly remorseful of his past troubles...
- www.xxlmag.com
2012-12-31
★★★★★
T.I., Trouble Man: Heavy Is the Head Review
The King still got it, and he comes through correctly this time...
More than a year removed from his latest prison release, T.I...
- www.xxlmag.com
2012-12-31
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