T.I. has made an interesting observation about todayās Hip Hop landscape acknowledging both the amount of talent and how overcrowded the space has become.
Tip shared his observation during an appearance on Shaquille OāNealās podcast, The Big Podcast with Shaq, which dropped on Wednesday (February 28).
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āThis generation reminds me of every other generation,ā he began. āYou got some people who are exceptionally dope, and some people who are just alright. You know what I mean?ā
He continued: āBut itās a lot more of it to choose from now. I feel that, actually, what theyāve done with music is equivalent to if they were to open up the doors of the arena and say, āanybody think you can play basketball? Come on out the stands out here to the floor. Here go you a jersey, man. Get in the game.'ā
T.I. (@Tip) speaks on the new generation of Hip-Hop š pic.twitter.com/SON5zstuhJ
ā The Big Podcast (@bigpodwithshaq) March 2, 2024
Elsewhere in the same interview, T.I. revealed that while he appreciated his colleagues ā like Nelly and Usher ā who were part-owners of basketball teams, he couldnāt see himself investing in a team himself.Ā
āSo many of my contemporaries ā likeĀ Nelly, you know, he got a piece of CharlotteĀ ā andĀ Usherās got a piece of Cleveland,ā he began around the 29-minute mark. āYou know, people be asking me, āwould I ever do it?ā And I donāt think I would, you know? Because I just canāt see me taking so much of my money, investing it in something, and I canāt do what the fuck I wanna do.ā
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He continued: āI just canāt imagine that. Iām gonna put my money into something where I can dictate, and I can determine, the way itās gonna go.ā
He also revealed thatĀ he and DMX were planning to collaborate before the legendary rapperās untimely death.
āX came to my house like two weeks before he died. We were planning to work together,ā he said. āHe came to the studio and I was recording something else. I think by the time I had finished he had to run to another engagement.ā
The Grand Hustle general continued: āAnd then one time he said he wanted to go to the studio but I was at the house with the kids and I couldnāt get out, so he said, āIāma just pull up on you, man.āā
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āHe came by and we just sat up all night ātil four, five in the morning, talking loud in the kitchen. I was having margaritas, I think he might have had a beer. Smoking and chilling, just talking like we known each other forever. That was the first time we had ever really [met].ā
He added: āWe were talking about kids and he left town that day and I left town, I was taking my kids to Orlando. And we was on the phone planning to meet back up and work again. I think maybe two, three days later, he had passed.ā