May 14th, 2008

MTV’s Hottest MCs – TI Named #10

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Why He’s Hot
Hold up. Just last year, T.I. was up for debate to be #1, and now he slips to #10? What happened? First of all, let’s be clear: Tip’s decline in ranking has nothing to do with his skills. We all know that he is still one of the best in the business and his popularity is still intact. Unfortunately, since almost topping the last list, Tip had to take an unforeseen, unwelcome hiatus when he was arrested in November on a slew of gun charges, leading to more than six months of house arrest. Promotions for his platinum T.I. vs. T.I.P. came to an end. The kibosh was put on the single "Hurt" and its video. Any chance of dropping another LP at the top of ‘08 was thwarted quick. Movies, endorsements — everything shut down. He says his arrest probably cost him between $10 million and $12 million. Musically, he was inactive for months while many of his peers continued to put out sterling material.

FULL STORY

MTV is releasing one spot each day until the show itself airs on friday 10pm est. Thoughts on #10…

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This entry was posted on Wednesday, May 14th, 2008 at 12:28 pm and is filed under Discussions, T.I..



21 Responses to “MTV’s Hottest MCs – TI Named #10”

  1. beanz86 Says:
    May 14th, 2008 at 12:32 pm

    first b!tch

  2. badseed Says:
    May 14th, 2008 at 12:43 pm

    Ten is a good place for him at this point! I’m sure he will climb up the list as the year moves on. That’s what’s good about Hip Hop the list can and will change every 6 months

  3. T2 Says:
    May 14th, 2008 at 12:45 pm

    T.I. is top 5 at the moment he should be higher but it all depends on who they put ahead of him for me to change my opinion.

  4. houstonG23 Says:
    May 14th, 2008 at 1:03 pm

    i think T.I. is top 3, fuck weezy, that nigga weezy startin to sing to much, T.I. spit that real shit

  5. Harlem Brotha Says:
    May 14th, 2008 at 1:18 pm

    Wayne is going to be number 1

  6. Clipz Says:
    May 14th, 2008 at 1:51 pm

    Its only right cuz he hasnt been active for obvious reasons. “No matter what” was a good track but its only 1 track.

    All Im sayin is Jim Jones and Soulja boy betteer not b on the list

  7. Superman/Hip Hop Fan Says:
    May 14th, 2008 at 1:52 pm

    co-sign number 2. Al these niggas sayin he should be top 3 are just in stan mode. T.I is one of my favorite rappers but he is not active and therefore not “hot”.

  8. snow Says:
    May 14th, 2008 at 2:13 pm

    T.I. last album was fire, IMO. 10 is a bit low on the list

  9. yapz Says:
    May 14th, 2008 at 2:22 pm

    im a fan of TI but he aint done shit this year. i dont think he deserves to be on the list. what has he done in that past year? NOTHING. He hasnt even been heard of until the last month or so.

  10. Da Baddest B!tch Says:
    May 14th, 2008 at 2:24 pm

    please. if i had it my way, he would be number 15 so hes fine right where he is.

  11. WTF? Says:
    May 14th, 2008 at 2:35 pm

    he should be in the top 5 definatly. They gonna put weezy in at number 1 watch. my nigga t.i be spittin fire recently n he’s in at number 10? maybe if he starts using the robotic voice thing like wayne MTV might consider him number 2? that shits fuckd up