T.I.’s ‘King’ Sees Year’s Best First Week Sales

Hell yea........thats my n*gga..........hes at the top...and he gone stay there....asap

Wtf?!?! is all i can say....this Bia'ch doesn't deserve to go gold....fishscale should've gone gold the first week......*shakes head*....the only reason it went gold is because all those horny girls out there bought a copy just to hear his punk ass....F*ck t.i....and F*ck all of the t.i. Groupies

>at djk.........h.a.t.e.r.!!!!!!!! lmao

I mean he is a good rapper in commercial wise but other den that hes alright

Yo chill djk, t.i. Is hot, i bought ghostface and t.i. The sameday, you already know t.i. Is going to sell more than ghost. Ghost is for special listeners, ghost is my motherF*ck*n man, but t.i. Is doing his thing let him shine,he has a legit cd. And the south has a leader now, so i am happy for them. Meanwhile i am bangin fishscale like crazy, along with t.i.. Right now the south dont like anybody from n.y.c. So who cares, the west didnt either, from chitown to north carolina is our region, i believe it is a thing of just saying F*ck new york, rather than really listening and giving props. But anyway much love to t.i.. And djk we just keep doing us and it will be cool, ghost is made for us that's all !!1 laurelton, queens stand up!! to djk never pay attention to what others say, just keep doing u!

Damn man djk you are hatin hard makes u look real foolish

1 time for the hatas............................ Nuff of that. I'm not even gonna address the ignorance of a post i just read. It speaks for its self. What i don't understand is where the notion that southerners don't listen to/ like/ or give props to northern rappers? i'm from nc now living in atl. Its kinda like when u walk in a store and think u being follwed around b/c u black. Your looking for that to be the reason(although true most of the time). When u look for trouble, u find it. U look to be short changed, and not receive props from ppl outside ur region, that's all your gonna see. I could say ppl from the north don't respect us ass true mc's n the south. And yall just sayin to yall selves "let them n*ggas have they lil time, but we know we better than them n*ggas, and gon take dat sh*t back". We were over looked for so long and thought to be slow, dumb, and didn't have true mcs. So its not that we don't give props to the north, we (the south) just kinda have the kanye west syndrome right now. I got "the king" and i honestly didn't think it deserved to go gold 1st week. But there were 3 reasons why it did. 1 the hype from the single "whatchu know bout dat". 2. The atl movie release. 3. It was past due from previous cds. But this is by no means his best work.

His music is good. It not like u like them other rappers from the south. I feel were u coming from djk, but t.i. Is accually making me listen to the radio more. He bring lyrics to da south and to commerical rap. Personally i thought fishscales was way better then king, but there to different styles u can't hate on the man for doing his thing.

Pfft...where the F*ck do all of you noobs come from? ive never seen any of you post.....so F*ck off.

Thats serious... The most in any genre? thats crazy.

And dareal way to go off topic stupid sh*t.....

Djk you must be a female fareal or from the hatter section out of newyork. You a true hatter fareal. Just sit back a few more years and wait till the south give the game back. T.i deserves this and more and so does ghostface fareal i bought both albums. Dirty dirty

Congratulations to t.i.p. For doin them #'s. He does have a solid album, his best one yet. But it's crazy how atlantic pushed his album, but did virtually nothing to support little brother's minstrel show. Its amazing how the industry is treating this hip hop thing of ours. Its a shame to, because another classic from ghostface is being overshadowed. Nonetheless, bigup to t.i.

To big: no, i am not a female i just don't see what is so amazing about t.i.......one video and he sells 522000+?.....

Don't argue with this dude. Its obvious that 1, he didn't get past a 3rd grade reading level. 2 he doesn't listne to music, he just skims threw it, and goes by what ppl tell him. 3. He's a blatent hater and a fool. "never argue wit fools, cause ppl from a distance can't tell who's who"

Peace to ti for doing his thing. I copped his previous work but decided to skip on this one. I'm havin' a tough time getting into the stuff comin' out of the south these days. Nothing that i heard from this album made me feel like i needed to run out and cop it. Nontheless, gotta' give the man his props for moving all those units in one week. As for ghost, his loyal fans like myself will cop his joint, although i doubt that he's going to get much of a push from def jam after the current single fizzles.

I like what ti is doing. And i believe that he is putting his all behind every project. Has the proper name for his movement "grand hustle"....problems your on point with your comment but ghost had his time....in my opinon way more than any other artist...he had shine with wu and solo joints too. I only got into his first one and supreme clientel...but even then i get the feeling from his swagger that he thinks he doesnt have to push himself as far as doing his own work....magazines, interviews, hosting shows...etc. Until it was too late. No disrespect but, to me...up north cats think its their birth right to out sell, out shine, out do other acts. On the real he wasnt even the hotest in tha' wu....1. Methodman, 2. Ray 3. Ghost. Just my opinion tho..

It's good to see a player from the south get his shine on. Wutcha know about dat......

Whatcha know about dat! whatcha know about dat! t.i. For some reason i knew this album would be a hit. The single is hot. His movie was coming out in the same week which meant double promotion for his album. Finally, the man is a legitimate lyricist and thats going to bring his die hard fans to those record stores. Dlk..you just answered your own question with your last post...whatcha know about dat.

Aye to all the haterz remember what t.i said.."your hatin is fuel to my fire"..sh*t i from the eastcoast t.i was the cat i was F*ck*n wit since outkast...

Kalliope4eva, what the f*** are you smoking, you make good comments, but you seem to come off with some straight bullsh*t at times to. This cat has been hot from day one, lyrically i can tell you dont really listen to him, because if you did, you would not have said what you said. He has bangin production thats lesson 1, lyrics are hot and he is mad funny, lesson 2, he was on espn and this time he has proper marketing, lesson 3. He has been touring like hell, lesson 4. So all that talk about ghost being weak kill that, but this site is about t.i. So i am giving a shout out to t.i., yo tip you got a hot cd. I supported your joint, grand hustle hold it down, mad inspiration coming from your cd. One!!peace!!!

That's what's up!

This is well deserved of t.i i mean the dude had a very good marketing stragedy a movie and album all in the same week quality promo!! the next album that's going to do first week numbers like that this year will be (game's) or (nas's). Ohh and the good doctor (detox) around november...

I have been trying to tell you clowns since i got on nbs that the south is on top and its going to stay that way for a long time. First or all f#ck you if you are hateing on ti i mean damn the man is on top right now his movie is doing good his album is doing good and what you know about that is number 1 on almost every countdown and right now he has the 2 best album in my opinon of 2006 as of right now

I like t.i, but i love ghostface, everybody knows that t.i.p was going to sell, whenever you got the hoes supporting you, you pretty much gonna go platinum off of that, thats todays hip hop, it's not enough real n*ggas supporting real hip hop, but i like t.i, he's a nice emcee, so im glad that he is having this success, and yes the south is doing their thing, but dont get it twisted, it's coiming back around, so pretty soon it will be back to the lyrics, and thats when emcees like ghostface will be more appreciated in todays bullsh*t industry, and as far as the south goes, yeah you got some hot emcees, but for every t.i, and lil wayne, you got wack n*ggas like d4l, and dem franchise boyz, for every outkast, you the ying yang twins, nuff said.

Thas koo fa him.i think he good and he should keep doin wat he doin

Smoking? naah...i dont smoke...banging production, tight lyrics, him being hot, thats allll opinion. If your salty about how "i" feel about his shyt thats cool, but dayem dont take it to heart. Shyt i just think hes been trash for a moment....like i say..thats my opinion....ohh. The bullshyt i do post...just filter it out like you did when i spoke on ghost...obviously your a fan right? read my comment werd 4 werd...all opinion....lol. Dayem.

Peace to gods and earths. I am from the south, and i like fishscale better than king. However, i'd like to see m-1's (dead prez) album go gold. I am really tired of hearing cd's laden with allusions to cocaine.

The title "fishscale" is prideful cocaine talk^^^^^^

Big ups to tip. Everybody knew his sh*t was gon sell big. He cool wit all the right peoples and he is a trendsetter. When u got so many folk backin u up that's what happens. It's a shame how labels will cater to certain artist and not others. Fishscale is hott and ghostface should get his props for that. But i do believe we was talkin bout tip goin gold in his first week

What i like about the south is they stick together. All that beef mess to sell a record is not cool. There a gang of up north rappers and they barely get along with each other. Do yo thang t.i.p.

I feel your opinion and respect your intellect, that is why it is hard for me to understand how you think he is weak, ghost is a visiual m.c. You basically can see everything if you listen closely. And i know that you listen to your music, and analyze lyrics, you are letting the regions get at you, and if you look at "ghostface soul controller" you will see that i got on all of new york for bootlegging trying to burn and hustle every damn thing, all my sh*t is authentic, i go to the store and buy between 3-5 cd.s in a wop. My music collection is so wide in variance that people bug like damn you listen to any damn thing, that's how you learn in music, i cant stay on one level all of the time. And to me it seems like you are that kind of cat that listens closely to things, so it is hard to imagine you speak like that, thats all ( but we cool, just a debate) but right now i can care less about this sh*t nowadays i like what i like and give a F*ck about who likes or dislikes what i like, if it was me by myself, with everybody surrounding me, i would still stay true to my game and style. Peace!!!

I've been tellin folks t.i.p. Was that dude.nobody wanted to pay attention until jeezy came out talkin that trap sh*t.i'm not hatin,just know who came in tha game wit it since '01.

What in the hell is goin on. Ti is an ok artist. This album is nowhere near urban legend and 522,000????? i really dont believe that, he must have paid of billboard to say that, cuz i dont believe he got that many fans.

T.i. Is a great lyricist. Not his best album, not as good as trap muzik, but still hot sh*t. If this man was from nyc there wouldnt be all this hatin. Give props where its due, t.i. Is much more than some guy rappin for chicks, he's got real lyrical skills.

Its a difference between being an artist and being a businessman. I just believe that all them wu cats had the world in the palm of their hands, and they just fumbled. Better yet they didnt show up to play. Dont get me wrong, in the 90's i was feeling rza's production....it was new to me...but i felt like they stuck with it toooo long. I cant really sit and listen to none of rzas production.....my opinion. It just sounds like garbage to me....now do i think ghost is weak when it comes to rhymes...hell naah!!! but it takes more than a metronome flow, and sick punchlines to make it nowadays....ask canibus. Naah i dont think he sould be on lil jon/mannie/ dre production. ...man i copped that pretty toney cd....man..i cant tell you where i put it...only one i felt was the one he was trying to beat a clock... That cd got lost in my ryde before i got to tha' crib. On another note...the east can might be brought back to life by the virgina beach boyz....clipse. Now them boys got tight production...lol. And swagger too. Dayem i cant wait.

I would like to extend my congratulations to t.i. This is how it should be. You allow your work to work for you!

Djk i feel ya homie i wanted fish scale to ve number 1 too im not a t.i. Fan but i aint gone hate he doing his thing good for him it's just the way the industry is set up now i cant even listen to t.i. I put in fish scale

Djk. T.i.p is the king of the south and n*ggas that is from the south that's in the game respect that because they know. The closest n*gga to him is wayne and he said it so you can stop ridin him cause you from ny, hell pretty soon he gonna be the king in everybody book so that means the world n*gga. So stop hatin and listen to what my cuz got ta say folk.

Why ya'll cats hating on t.i., i feel ghostface aight. I can't relate to the sh*t he talking man. I mean ya'll say for every outkast we got ying yang twins or whatever but for every jay-z ya'll got black rob who single was garbage. Or ya'll got loon i mean at least our wack rappers get supper paid go commercial come with catchy sh*t. Ya'll wack rappers barely even get heard. Forget gold ya'll wack rappers go styrophone, and fall off the map. Ya'll got a whole lot of wack ass rappers them n*ggas just don't get all the radio burn like our wack groups like d4l, or franchise boyz i mean though they album selling though so somebody feeling them. Let's just post comments that are saying a little something. If you don't like a cat just say i really ain't feeling that cat. Why ya'll hating so much saying pointless sh*t. Tell one mc in new york that can F*ck with lil wayne lyrically besides n*ggas like jay-z or nas some legends. Tell who else though put wayne in your cd player, get high and listen to that n*gga. Who F*ck*ng with bunb, ti, andre 3000, face, eightball and mjg just to name a few kings down here. We got it baby (the south). We do collaborations that people always want to see we the sh*t. Atl shawty. Oh yeah good sh*t ti (king album).

Ya'll who hatin on the cd probably haven't even really listen to the songs man. Take the cd and just listen to it. Live in the sky (fire), top back(fire), goodlife(great vibe), why you wanna, i'm talking to you. Just listen these tracks. We feeling the cat down here because we know he real, really can go to the hoods he naming in his songs like ride with me and probably see him there, jeezy to. Go to the club at any time and see them cats there doing they thing and them n*ggas cool and approachable n*gga. Them n*ggas stand out after the club like everybody else and n*ggas don't even try to rob em'. Man that's why we feel cause them cats ain't no sell outs they keep it real. Just elaborate to some of you cats who think these n*ggas just yapping on their records.

T.i. Is my n*gga, he always speaks da truth, and puts P*ss* ass n*ggas like lil flip in their place, da n*gga always keeps it real, dats one of da reasons why he's my favorite rapper, it's kinda hard to explain, he's conceited but modest at the same time, in other words, he's just one real ass n*gga

Look this is to the people from the north sayin that we don't wanna give ya'll props that aint true i'm from the south and i like north rappers i think that nas, talib kweli, jay-z, biggie r just a few from up there that r good but t.i. Is good to and he has lyrics that r good and deliver right. I think that king is his best album lyrically and all i can say is that its bout time that hes respected commercially and not just from the hood. He deserves to sell over 522,000 in one week. Yall actin like the south has no good rappers. Look at 50 cent he is garbage as hell and goes multi platinum on every album. Eminem is the greatest artist alive he is the white 2pac and he goes multi platinum on every album

He's ok....not the king but he's ok.

To all da h.a.t.e.r.s. Can u duplicate or do better ?!! i'm from salinas, kali and we call t.i. "the king" out here. Really you don't know me ya you know they call me t.i. But you don't know me you be hatin and i see why cuz you don't know me you gone make me bring a chevy to a real slow creep my beep hangin out the window, mouth fulla gold teeth when the guns start poppin, wonder when its gonna cease cap'll hitchu on the side and create a slow leak we been in the speculation cuz today we gone see what's the future of a beep beep hatin on me ! =]

Sells dont mean nuthin 2 da streetz he still suckz

Yall know wat im from chicago but live in the south and i like the south music better because they make hype music and crunk music. Some people r saying the south dont have good lyricist but we do take luda for exapmle and have you heard lil wayne's "georgia bush song" real ass sh*t. The problem is the ppl from up north think they hot and some r but all the do is make dis records. And ppl dont want to listen to beef all the fuc**n time.

Hey sexy congratulations sweetie i knew u could do it but yeah when ever u get a chance hit me up on the low in the mil at 1-414-429-8005 this u gurl mika till then my n*gga duces

Ok...this is for everyone so you all can stop arguing and Bia'ching back & forth. Hottest rappers out (as in right now for those who don't understand) 1. Jay-z 2. Lil' wayne 3. The game 4. T.i. 5. Dipset (cam'ron/juelz santana) bottom line

That lists above takes into account street rep, lyrical skills, album sales, and any other category accounted for in analyzing music. Please stop the hate, doesn't matter when your from, like chamillionaire said at the hip-hop awards "east, west, south, i'm a fan of hip-hop." it doesn't matter where your from, if you come with it and people like it, then it's hott. End of discussion. Any body that wants to have a real conversation about hip/hop hit me up.

Yo djk hw bout u shut d F*ck up.what you know bout rap??t.i is the future of hip-hop he is the king of the south you and your peeps can either hate it or luv it.better watch your back talking all that sh*t about p.s.c or t.i.p you gone get your back blown a.s.a.p

Ti is so fine an i think theat all his albumb was off the hook

T.i. N da game r da new faces in hip hop not 50

T.i baby you so hot. You know you look good in anything you wear. So i just wanted to holla at cha baby face!!!!