Rapper T.I. hits us off with another track from his upcoming CD “Paper Trail” titled “Swagger Like Us” featuring a lackluster Kanye West, Jay Z and Lil’ Wayne. This track is the epitome of how far Hip Hop has fallen. A track like this should be fire, but instead it sounds like album filler - leaving so much to be desired. The hottest part of this song is the M.I.A. sample. And once again Lil’ Wayne ruins a track with his brain dead droning.
Is it just me or has Knaye’s production skills fallen way off lately?
Thanks to Style Razzi for sending this over!
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JOCKIN’ JAY-Z!
Don’t hate, SR!
Gurl u must be on that oooweee…lol this right here goes….that hater-ration needs to stop Mrs. Sandra:-)
Funky beat and sample……Leave that voice **** at home…..
Is it just me or has Knaye’s production skills fallen way off lately?
Yeah, its just u
I actually like the song. I was listening to it while ironing my work clothes this morning.
The track is hott … TIP & HOv deliver, its the verses from Ye and Weezy that don’t do it for me. The auto tune is so damn annoying.
Yeah…this joint is alright…
Kanye still has skills - but if Hip Hop has fallen off lately, it’s because the fans don’t demand more….(in my opinion)
I haven’t heard the song yet, but I would like to go out on a limb and say that Sandra is probably way off in her assessment, as usual. HOW can a track with TI, Jay, Wayne, and Kanye be wack?
I like it…got it on one of my pages
sandra u r crazy…that beat is RIDICULOUS!!! i need to know why tip felt the need to put them on this track…i think all of them got swagger, however w/ the exception of tip, they all fell flat…ain’t jay, ye, and wayne supposed to be considered “elite” rappers? i’m not the biggest jeezy fan, but damn i think even he would’ve killed it…
the sample is hot. TI and Kanye deliver, Lil Wayne is alright- same ish as usual, but Jay-z falls real short!!!!! His flow just isn’t what it used to be. Can’t wait to see if Jeezy will jump on and murder the track
My brother and I was talking about how we hear too much Weezy on the radio.If he is not on one, he is on another.And 3 of the stations he was on on all 3 stations at the same damn time yesterday.I be glad when his hype about being the best is over.If this is what “hip-hop” has to offer these days?Divas and negros thinking they the hottest.F out of here.
OK SHARONDA …. TELL US WHY YOU MAD “I be glad when his hype about being the best is over.If this is what “hip-hop” has to offer these days?Divas and negros thinking they the hottest.F out of here.”
@ STYLERAZZI - Jeezy would def be an added bonus …
I usually pass on the hip hop chronicles/wars/ info .. whateva you wanna call it
I’m old school … *shrugs*
“you can pay for school but you cant buy class”
jay could have stopped right there, wayne was alright and t.i. did his thing. im tired of the “t-pain on my voice” i like the song overall though
KANYE COULD REMIX “Mary had a damn little lamb” 12 times…release it on a CD. AND I’MA DOWNLOAD THE LEAKED TRACKS AND GO BUY THE CD! (Don’t let HOV be on *the ROC* Remix…)
Then wait in line for the “Mary Had a Damn Little lamb” Tour Tickets…
OOOOOOOHHHH, I LUBS ME SOME KANYE!
I love Jay and Kanye foreva, but this song is just OKAY to me…hope it’s not on Blueprint III. Tip and Wayne can kick rocks…I hope Tip still sells some records when it’s finally released…while they’re leaking a new track daym near every week, ’specially here in the A. And I’m sooo daym tired of this autotune shyt from Wayne…why you gotta autotune incoherant SCREWED UP dronin and muttering? Annoying. Although I do like the new T-Pain, go figure.
Ummm…I think this is supposed to be a leak from “Paper Trail”….not BP3. And I really hope he doesn’t call it Blueprint III….there will only be 1 “Blueprint”
And I’ve heard a lot of the T-Pain “leaked” tracks…so he was a “Rappa Ternt Sanga” and now he’s back to rapping? Nope…doesn’t work for me. Sure, everyone is on the whole autotune kick (which I don’t think will last past ‘08 - remember the Das Efx “diggity diggity” - that was short-lived), Pain does it the best…it’s his lane….
I don’t get why Kanye and Wayne are using the T-Pain machine (that’s what I call it) and the others aren’t. It doesn’t make sense. Kanye’s verse was weak, but the others were ok for me. The hook is hella annoying though.
Well considering the fact T-pain bit Roger Troutman’s style by using a Vocoder he isn’t original. I see Kanye and Wayne are starting to use it in every song they make now. The intro into the song is so long I thought it was instrumental at first. I agree that the track should have been Jeezy, T.I. and Jay Z.
Lol @ Kanye remixing Mary Had A Little lamb I would think that is a waste of good working money.
The autotune thing aint even TPain thing, I Wanna Be Your Man….remember that song…back in the day.