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I'm Serious [PA]

T.I.
1 disc

1. Intro
2. Still Ain't Forgave Myself
3. Dope Boyz
4. What Happened?
5. You Ain't Hard
6. Why I'm Serious (Interlude) - (Interlude)
7. I'm Serious - (featuring Beenie Man)
8. Do It
9. What's Yo Name - (featuring The Neptunes)
10. Hands Up
11. Chooz U - (featuring Jazze Pha)
12. I Can't Be Your Man
13. Hotel - (featuring Too $hort)
14. At the Bar
15. Heavy Chevys - (featuring P$C)
16. Grand Royal
17. Outro
18. [Untitled Track] - (hidden track)
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Additional Info

Manufacturer Part Number (MPN): 14681
Credits

Producer
Engineer
Contains an untitled hidden track after "Outro".
Personnel includes: T.I., Beenie Man, Too Short, Jazze Pha, Youngbloodz (rap vocals); Pharrell Williams, Chad Hugo (various instruments); Craig Love (guitar); Preston Crump (bass); Chae, Myrna "Peach" Crenshaw, P$C, Mack Boney, Joi, Verdia (background vocals).
Producers include: Charles Pettaway, Kawan "KP" Prather, T.I., Jason Geter, DJ Toomp.
Engineers include: Matt Still, Mike Wilson, Andrew Coleman.
Recorded at Stankonia, Patchwerk, Atlanta, Georgia; Master Sound Studios, Virginia Beach, Virginia.
Personnel: Craig Love (guitar); Myrna Crenshaw (background vocals).
Audio Mixers: Jay Goin; Ken "Duro" Ifill; Troy Hightower; Robert Hannon; Matt Still.
Recording information: MasterSound Studios, Virginia Beach, VA; Patchwerk Recording Studio, Atlanta, GA; Stankonia Recording, Atlanta, GA.
Arrangers: Pharrell Williams; Chad Hugo.
The message that Atlanta rapper T.I. wants all his listeners to hear is I'M SERIOUS. Although he starts out the album with an intro alluding to his prowess as a pimp, dealer, and hustler, the album's first song finds the southern hip-hop hard case going to great pains to illuminate the life experiences that led to his current position, ultimately observing "what I am today I made myself" before delivering the killer blow that is the song's title, "still ain't forgave myself." Its a rare rapper who's willing to take that much personal responsibility for his role in society. Even though most of the other cuts on I'M SERIOUS find him reveling in that role, T.I. possesses the narrative skill, dramatic overview, and low-key delivery that allow his gangsta boasts to go down easily.