I-TI igama lesiteji somculi we-rapper waseMelika, umbhali wamaculo, kanye nomkhiqizi wokuqopha. Lo mculi ungomunye "wabadala" balolu hlobo, njengoba eqala umsebenzi wakhe emuva ngo-1996 futhi wakwazi ukubamba "amagagasi" amaningana okuthandwa kohlobo.
I-TI ithole izindondo eziningi zomculo ezihlonishwayo futhi iseyiciko eliphumelelayo nelaziwayo.
Ukwakhiwa komsebenzi womculo we-TI
Igama langempela lomculi nguCliffort Joseph Harris. Wazalwa ngo-September 25, 1980 e-Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Umfana wathandana ne-hip-hop kusukela ebuntwaneni, ebambe igagasi le-rap yasesikoleni esidala. Waqoqa amakhasethi nama-CD, waqaphela ngenkuthalo izitayela ezintsha kulolo hlobo, waze waqala ukuzama ukwenza umculo ngokwakhe.
Maphakathi nawo-1990s, ukunambitheka kwakhe komculo nethalente lokubhala izingoma kwabonakala nakwabanye abarepha. Amaqembu amaningi e-hip-hop acele u-TI ukuthi abhale izingoma zawo. Ngalesi sikhathi, ubeyilungu lePimp Squad Click.
Ngo-2001, lo rapper wayeselungele ukukhipha ukukhululwa kwakhe kokuqala. Icwecwe elithi I’m Serious nelegama elifanayo alizange lidonse amehlo abantu abaningi, kodwa lo mculi waduma kakhulu emibuthanweni yakhe. Lokhu kukhululwa kwasiza futhi ukuheha ukunakwa kwelebula lomculo elidumile i-Atlantic Records, okwathi ngo-2003 yamnikeza inkontileka kuphela, kodwa futhi yasiza ekwakheni ilebula yakhe esekelwe e-Atlantic.
UCliffort Joseph Harris ukuvuma okuvela ku-albhamu yesibili
IGrand Hustle Records yasungulwa ngo-2003, kanti enye yezinkampani ezikhishwe okokuqala kwaba i-albhamu yesibili ye-TI ethi Trap Muzik. Ngendlela, igama le-albhamu alihlangene nomkhuba womculo we-trap odumile esikhathini sethu.
Igama elithi "ugibe" lalisho indawo yokuthengisa izidakamizwa, ngakho igama lalibonisa kakhulu isimo sobugebengu emigwaqweni yedolobha nasemkhathini we-albhamu.
I-albhamu yeTrap Muzik yathola isitifiketi segolide ekupheleni kuka-2003. Yathengiswa kahle, yaduma kakhulu emibuthanweni ye-hip-hop, futhi i-TI yathola ukuqashelwa kwangempela. Amaculo asuka ku-albhamu abe yimfashini ngempela. Njalo ebusuku babedlala kumakilabhu aphambili e-Atlanta, babengamaculo amafilimu, ngisho nemidlalo yekhompyutha.
Ukuboshwa kanye nokuqhubeka nomsebenzi ophumelelayo we-TI
Kusukela ngo-2003 kuya ku-2006 umculi wayenezinkinga ezinkulu nomthetho (wagwetshwa iminyaka emithathu ejele ngokutholakala nezidakamizwa).
Ngendlela, wathola isikhathi cishe ngokushesha ngemva kokukhululwa kwe-disc yesibili, ngakho-ke u-rapper wayengenaso isikhathi sokujabulela ngokugcwele impumelelo. Nokho, ukukhululwa kwangaphambi kwesikhathi kwenzeka, ngakho uCliffort washeshe wakwazi ukusebenza emculweni omusha.
Ngakho-ke, ngo-2004, i-albhamu yesithathu ethi Urban Legend yakhululwa. Ukukhululwa kwenzeka ngemva nje konyaka nengxenye ngemva kweTrap Muzik, okwathi, uma kubhekwa isikhathi esichithe ejele, kwaba umphumela oyirekhodi. I-albhamu yesithathu iphumelele kakhulu kuneyesibili. Cishe amakhophi angu-200 athengiswe ngeviki lokuqala.
I-TI yayiphezulu kuzo zonke izinhlobo zamashadi omculo. Kulokhu wasizwa ngokwengxenye ukusebenzisana okuningi nabanye abaculi abadumile. Kuvele ku-albhamu: Nelly, Lil Jon, Lil' Kim, njll.
Izinsimbi zomculo ze-albhamu zidalwe ngabakhi bezingoma abadumile bangaleso sikhathi. I-albhamu ibihloselwe impumelelo. Ezinyangeni eziyisithupha kamuva, i-albhamu yadlula "i-platinum" isitifiketi, kuyilapho eyandulelayo ngesikhathi esifanayo - kuphela "igolide".
Ukusebenzisana kwe-albhamu ye-T.I
Ngokumelene nesizinda sempumelelo eyedwa ngo-2005, u-TI, kanye neqembu lakhe elidala le-Pimp Squad Chofoza (okuyinto, ngendlela, engakakhiphi nokukhishwa okukodwa), banquma ukukhipha i-albhamu yokuqala. Ukukhishwa futhi kwaba yimpumelelo yezohwebo.
Ngo-2006, kwakhululwa i-albhamu entsha yomculi, ebizwa ngokuthi iNkosi. Ukukhishwa kwashicilelwa yi-Atlantic Records futhi kwabuyisela ilebula ekuphileni. Iqiniso liwukuthi i-King ibe yirekhodi eliphumelela kakhulu kwezohwebo elikhishwe yile nkampani kule minyaka eyishumi edlule.
Ngale albhamu, u-TI ngokungenamahloni wazimemezela njengenkosi ye-southern rap. I-single ephumelele kakhulu negqamayo evela ku-albhamu ithi What You Know. Ingoma ingene esilinganisweni esinamandla se-Billboard Hot 100 futhi yafinyelela endaweni ehamba phambili lapho.
Ngemva kwenyanga kukhululwe, lo mculi wabhekana nokudubulana okukhulu, lapho omunye wabangani bakhe ashona khona. Nokho, umsebenzi womculi ubulokhu uhlotshaniswa nobugebengu, ngakho ukuhlasela akuzange kuphoqe uCliffort ukuthi ashiye umculo, futhi waqhubeka nokuqopha izingoma ezintsha.
I-TI yazinza ohlwini olujwayelekile ngokukhipha ingoma eyodwa ethi My Love noJustin Timberlake ngo-2006. Ingoma yaba yingoma eyashisa izikhotha, futhi i-TI yaziwa ngabalaleli abaningi.
Ngawo lowo nyaka, wathola imiklomelo emibili ye-Grammy ngasikhathi sinye (ngezingoma ezivela kudiski yangaphambili), i-American Music Awards futhi waba umculi odumile emhlabeni wonke. Ezingomeni ze-albhamu ye-King, uthole imiklomelo eminingi kakade ngo-2007.
Ukuthuthukiswa okuqhubekayo kwe-TI
Ngemuva kwempumelelo enjalo, i-TI yakhipha enye ama-albhamu ambalwa aphumelele. Lezi yi-TI vs. I-TIP, ecishe yaphinda ngokuphelele impumelelo ye-disc yangaphambilini (ngendlela, i-2007 yaphawulwa ukwehla okujwayelekile ekuthengisweni kwemidiya yomzimba yomculo, ngakho-ke imiphumela ye-TI kulokhu yayimihle kakhulu), i-Paper Trail yaqoshwa cishe ngokuphelele. ekhaya (ngenxa yokuboshwa komculi).
Kuze kube manje, umculi umatasa ukhulula izingoma ezintsha. Abaphumelele kakhulu kwezohwebo, kodwa bathola ukubuyekezwa okuhle kubalaleli nabagxeki.
