Test your knowledge of T.I.'s biggest hits, deep cuts and iconic moments.
The songs that give T.I. away split in two: the hard trap of 'What You Know' and 'Bring Em Out' on one side, the glossy pop of 'Whatever You Like' and 'Live Your Life' on the other. Name both lanes.
The facts behind T.I.'s run decide the close rounds: a 2003 album that named a whole subgenre, a Grammy won on someone else's single, and a stage name shortened out of respect for Q-Tip.
T.I.'s catalog runs on two tracks at once. Start with the crossover number ones everyone shouts, then test yourself on the hard trap and the guest verses, and find out which side of the King of the South trips you up.
Start here for the easy points. 'Whatever You Like', 'Live Your Life' with Rihanna and 'Dead and Gone' with Justin Timberlake are the radio-polished T.I. that even casual listeners name fast. If your knowledge of T.I. stops at pop radio, this is where you score, and where the quiz lulls you before it turns.
Here the same artist sounds nothing like the charts. 'What You Know', 'Bring Em Out', 'Rubber Band Man' and 'U Don't Know Me' are hard Atlanta trap, all triumphant horns and street swagger. The trap in a T.I. quiz is assuming the pop star could not have made these, then hearing the King of the South at his rawest.
Some of T.I.'s biggest moments are on other people's songs. His verse anchors Justin Timberlake's Grammy-winning 'My Love', Robin Thicke's 'Blurred Lines' and the all-star 'Swagga Like Us' with Jay-Z, Kanye West and Lil Wayne. Recognize a huge hit, realize the rapper is T.I., and you have found the points most players miss.
This is superfan territory. Before 'Whatever You Like', T.I. built his name on Trap Muzik and Urban Legend cuts like '24's', 'Doin' My Job' and 'ASAP'. Place these early records from a short clip and you outscore anyone who only knows the crossover era.
Play a T.I. quiz on Songtrivia and find out. Guess the song from a short clip across his hard trap cuts and his pop number ones. Name both the street records and the crossovers and you are a genuine King of the South fan.
The crossover hits everyone knows, 'Whatever You Like', 'Live Your Life' and 'Dead and Gone', alongside trap anthems like 'What You Know' and 'Bring Em Out', plus early cuts that separate the superfans.
The pop number ones are the easy points; most players name them fast. The hard Atlanta trap records and the pre-fame album cuts are where the quiz sorts casual listeners from real fans.
That is the sneaky part. His verse anchors Justin Timberlake's 'My Love', Robin Thicke's 'Blurred Lines' and 'Swagga Like Us', so a huge song you already know may be a T.I. feature in disguise.
Clifford Joseph Harris Jr., from Atlanta, Georgia. He first performed as Tip, then shortened T.I.P. to T.I. out of respect for Q-Tip of A Tribe Called Quest.
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