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By Henry Adaso, About.com Guide to Rap / Hip-Hop

Review: T.I. - "No Matter What"

Friday May 2, 2008

Trouble brings out the best in just about any good artist. Just ask Eminem. With his latest song from Paper Trail, T.I. stands tall and shows strength in the face of adversity. But does that sentimental approach help or hurt the song? Check out my review on T.I.'s "No Matter What" and decide for yourself.

Comments

May 2, 2008 at 4:25 pm
(1) DJ Expanium says:

I’m really feeling this. Smooth groove and flow. This is a song by which a lot of people can relate to, when they’re “down in the trenches.” T.I. puts his all in it & has certainly distinguished himself from all the other “rap-uh-likes” and “sound-uh-likes” on the mainstream radio.

May 2, 2008 at 5:18 pm
(2) james says:

good song. he’s too ##### but it was good.

May 2, 2008 at 5:49 pm
(3) Henry says:

too what?

May 3, 2008 at 1:54 am
(4) Hip-Hop says:

This is what Hip-Hop is about…

May 3, 2008 at 10:43 am
(5) james says:

c*cky. sorry henry my computer doesn’t let me say words like that lol.

May 4, 2008 at 11:11 pm
(6) PrincE AmiR says:

this song is really good. First time i listened to it it was alright but once it grows on you and you listen to the all the words its great. nice TIP

May 5, 2008 at 12:48 am
(7) V says:

It’s real good. There are similarities between this beat and some of his others, but they’re still very different enough IMO, and not close to repetitive. Lyrically, this is one of his best songs in years…lets hope the rest of his album lives up to this precedent.

May 5, 2008 at 1:39 pm
(8) Cathal says:

haha, this sucks!!!
the beat weak as hell and lyrics are possibly worse…did a 8 year old write d lyrics?

May 5, 2008 at 2:11 pm
(9) ashley says:

hey sexy whats up i like all of your songs

May 5, 2008 at 2:17 pm
(10) Shiban says:

maybe the lyrics aren’t good but so what? you can feel his emotion in this song,and the lyrics are OK, they ain’t that bad, this is a really good song, not great or anything, but good.

May 6, 2008 at 4:21 pm
(11) DJ Expanium says:

Cathal….an 8 yr. old can write those lyrics….so is Soulja Boy a better writer than him….LOL?!????!??!

May 8, 2008 at 7:17 pm
(12) Gill says:

the lyrics are great, they beat is alright but somehow t.i.’s flow with the beat makes the beat ten times better then it actually is. can feel the passion on this song, i hope this is a reflection of the album

May 11, 2008 at 4:17 pm
(13) mst.i.p. says:

whoever said this song was weak…y’all have absolutely no idea what your talking about. Like someone earlier mentioned..you can feel the emotion in his voice….its funny how when an artist comes out w/ a song, it becomes the &*^% because it contains all types of curse words…but when a rapper has a positive song…people want to criticize and mention how “weak” the song is…Can we please grow up and learn to appreciate good music???

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