Clifford Harris aka T.I.P. is getting restless while on house arrest awaiting trial on federal gun charges. T.I. spoke to MTV.com yesterday by phone from his home in Jonesboro, Georgia. Although he doesn’t know when his album “Paper Trail” will be released, he’s already recorded 50 tracks and is preparing to release a new single, “Let My Beat Pound.”
“That’s gonna be a big record,” Tip said. “It’s a different record. It’s a record I approached differently, and it don’t sound like a typical T.I. record. It’s basically about when you got your first car, one of the first things was to make sure your [sound] system was right. The love for the boomin’ system. It has the sentiments of LL Cool J’s ‘Boomin’ System,’ but it kind of sounds like a Sir Mix-A-Lot [song]. It’s kinda got the mood and tempo of ‘Posse on Broadway,’ but it’s outta here.”
“It’s a lot of bullsh– out right now,” he told MTV News. “I’m not gonna front. I feel it’s definitely about time for somebody to come back out and kick this thing back in gear. The rotation is suffering right now. I intend to do something about it. It’s just a matter of when.”
T.I. also took time out to promote the American Gangster DVD which is set to hit stores the same day his trial begins in Atlanta – Feb. 19.
“It’s one of those movies that develop a cult following,” he said. “Especially being a true story and having such phenomenal talent involved like Ridley Scott, Russell Crowe, Denzel, Cuba Gooding Jr., Idris Elba. It’s got so many talented actors that … [we] in the hip-hop culture saw ourselves represented. Even though it was in a different era, we were represented. It was flattering to me to see such a high-profile movie be dedicated to the Harlem era.”
