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Title: T.I. - Paper Trails
Released: September 30th, 2008
Label: Atlantic

"Facing all kinda time/But smile like I'm fine," T.I. crows on "No Matter What." The Atlanta rapper recorded his sixth album while under house arrest for weapons possessions charges, and he faces a year-long prison sentence beginning in 2009. But as the plodding "existential" concept album T.I. vs T.I.P. (2007) showed, he is a far better braggart than brooder — smiling like he's fine is good for business. On Paper Trail, T.I. mostly dispenses with the Tupac-wannabe gangsta-confessor pretensions to deliver catchy, tight, bombastic pop-rap alongside a who's-who of megastar guests (Rihanna, Usher, Lil Wayne). T.I. is still a bit too keen to remake his signature hit "What You Know," but songs like the clever "I'm Illy" and the Just Blaze-produced stomper "Live Your Life" find T.I. reconciling himself to his lot in life: he's a well-oiled hit machine who's more fun than deep.

Tracklisting:
01. 56 Bars (intro)
02. I'm Illy
03. Ready For Whatever
04. On Top of The World (Feat. B.O.B/ Ludacris)
05. Live Your Life (Feat. Rihanna)
06. Whatever You Like
07. No Matter What
08. My Life Your Entertainment (Feat. Usher)
09. Porn Star
10. Swing Ya Rag (Feat. Swizz Beatz)
11. What Up, What's Happenin'
12. Every Chance I Get
13. Swagga Like Us (Feat. Jay-Z, Kanye West and Lil Wayne)
14. Slide Show (Feat. John Legend)
15. You Ain't Missin'Nothing
16. Dead and Gone (Feat Justin Timberlake)