Subscribe164MPH is the best of: T-Pain | Ciara Ciara | 50 Cent | Ludacris | MMA | 164mph | Babes | Combat Sports | Angelina Jolie | WWE SmackDown | UFC | Best of MMA | Best of WWE | Hulk Hogan | WWE | John Cena | Tito Ortiz | PRIDE | Jordan | Triple H | and more... (What is 164mph?)
# 3 Blogger
Idolator
Idolator (feeds.gawker.com) has great T.I. news, photos, videos and more
Friday, Oct 30
Such Great Hoots? Owl City Is A Rare Boy-Pop Chart-Topper
Jay Sean feat. Lil Wayne, “Down” (2009) Timberlake scored three Hot 100 chart-toppers from his second solo album, but only this one failed to get appreciable urban-radio airplay; both “SexyBack” and “My Love” were big R&B/Hip-Hop chart hits.)
Friday, Oct 23
The People’s Choice Awards: They’re Really Serious About Letting The People Choose
Favorite Hip-Hop Artist Beastie Boys Eminem Flo Rida Jay-Z Kanye West Kid Cudi Lil’ Wayne The Lonely Island Lupe Fiasco Pitbull Soulja Boy T.I. Favorite Male Artist Eminem Jason Mraz Jay-Z John Mayer Kanye West Keith Urban Lil’ Wayne Maxwell Ne-Yo Rob Thomas Tim McGraw Toby Keith
Wednesday, Oct 14
Are The American Music Awards Really “Punishing” Kanye West? (Probably Not, No)
T.I., Paper Trail (1.522m in 2008 since Sept. 30 release; 496,000 in 2009; total 2.01m) Kanye West, 808s and Heartbreak (1.023m in 2008 since Nov. 24 release; 579,000 in 2009; total 1.602m) Lil Wayne, Tha Carter III (2.874m in 2008 since June 10 release; 392,000 in 2009; total 3.266m)
Tuesday, Oct 13
Michael Jackson Should Really Just Be Nominated For Every American Music Award At This Point
COUNTRY Favorite Male Artist Jason Aldean Darius Rucker Keith Urban RAP/HIP-HOP Favorite Male Artist Eminem Jay-Z T. I. Favorite Album Eminem, Relapse Jay-Z, Blueprint 3 T.I., Paper Trail 2009 American Music Awards [Official site]
Friday, Sep 25
Letting Her Finish: Taylor Swift Completes Country’s Pop-Chart Comeback
2. Jay-Z feat. Rihanna & Kanye West, “Run This Town” (LW No. 4, 8 weeks) 8. Drake feat. Kanye West, Lil Wayne & Eminem, “Forever” (CHART DEBUT) Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs 5. Jay-Z feat. Rihanna & Kanye West, “Run This Town” (LW No. 4, 9 weeks)
Sunday, Sep 13
2009 Video Music Awards Winners
The complete list of winners at Sunday night’s Video Music Awards, held at Radio City Music Hall in New York: Photo: Getty] The complete list of winners at Sunday night's Video Music Awards, held at Radio City Music Hall in New York: MORE »
Friday, Aug 21
Pitchfork Counts Down The Decade, Embraces Early-’00s Nostalgia
9. Justin Timberlake feat. T.I., “My Love” 8. Rihanna feat. Jay-Z, “Umbrella” 6. Kelly Clarkson, “Since U Been Gone” 5. Hercules & Love Affair, “Blind” 4. Gnarls Barkley, “Crazy” 3. Animal Collective, “My Girls” 2. M.I.A. feat. Bun B and Rich Boy, “Paper Planes (Diplo remix)”
Wednesday, Aug 5
What About Their Friends: Top 10 Debutantes Have Famous Pals to Thank
• The fifth new R&B/Hip-Hop chart-topper of 2009 assumes the penthouse this week, as Maxwell scores only his second-ever No. 1 hit with “Pretty Wings.” It’s also the first chart-topper from a regular Maxwell album; prior to this, he’d only ever crowned the chart with “Fortunate,” a fl...
Tuesday, Aug 4
2009 Video Music Awards Nominations
Jay-Z: “D.O.A (Death of Auto-Tune)” Kanye West: “Love Lockdown” Ne-Yo: “Miss Independent” T.I. featuring Rihanna: “Live Your Life” BEST HIP HOP VIDEO Eminem: “We Made You” Flo Rida: “Right Round” Jay-Z: “D.O.A (Death of Auto-Tune)” Asher Roth: “I Love College” Kanye West: “Love Lockdown”
MTV Decides To Honor Eminem’s Jokes About 2002 With A Video Of The Year Nomination
Best Male Video Eminem,”We Made You” Jay-Z, “D.O.A.” Kanye West, “Love Lockdown” Ne-Yo, “Miss Independent” T.I. and Rihanna, “Live Your Life” Britney Spears, Eminem, Lady Gaga, Beyonce, Kanye West Land VMA Video Of The Year Nods [MTV] Beyonce and Lady Gaga Lead 2009 MTV VMA Nominees [MTV]
Monday, Aug 3
Atlanta’s Newest Real Housewife Is Sooo Reallll, Soooooo Real
Continuing this year’s mini-trendlet of R & B stars of the ’90s turning into reality-TV stars of this decade, Soulbounce informs me that Kandi Burruss—formerly of the ’90s girl group Xscape alongside fellow reality-TV subject / T.I. paramour Tameka “Tiny” Cottle—is the newest cast...
Friday, Jul 10
The Invisible Glove: Jackson Presides Over Parallel-Universe Charts
Even as the early summer of 2009 has seen TV newscasters ignore global unrest in favor of Michael Jackson death coverage; L.A. spend millions amid a state budget crisis to police a Jackson memorial; and Jackson’s heirs treat his final documented wishes as mere suggestions, Billboard has n...
Monday, Jun 29
Oh Yeah, They Gave Out A Few Trophies At The BET Awards, Too
• Male Hip Hop Artist: Lil Wayne. • Female Hip Hop Artist: M.I.A. • New Artist: Keri Hilson. • Gospel Artist: Mary Mary. • Actor: Will Smith. • Actress: Taraji P. Henson. • Male Athlete: LeBron James. • Viewer’s Choice Award: “Live Your Life,” T.I. • Humanitarians of the Year: Alicia Keys and Wyclef Jean.
Monday, Jun 15
Teen Choice Awards Engage In A Bit Of Prediction
Choice Music: Male Artist Lil Wayne Jason Mraz Ne-Yo Soulja Boy Tell ‘Em Kanye West Choice Music: Album (Male Artist) David Cook, David Cook Relapse, Eminem Tha Carter III, Lil Wayne We Sing, We Dance, We Steal Things, Jason Mraz 808s and Heartbreak, Kanye West
Wednesday, May 13
Beyonce To Have Cage Match With Alter Ego At BET Awards
Viewer’s Choice: Beyonce Knowles - “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)” Keri Hilson feat. Lil Wayne - “Turnin’ Me On” Lil Wayne - “A Milli” Soulja Boy feat. Sammie - “Kiss Me Thru the Phone” T.I. feat. Rihanna - “Live Your Life” T-Pain feat. Lil Wayne - “Can’t Believe It” Kanye West - “Love Lockdown”
Friday, May 1
Green Day Own Rock Charts, Prepare to Qualify
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs 3. Pleasure P, “Boyfriend #2″ (LW No. 6, 13 weeks) 4. Keri Hilson feat. Lil Wayne, “Turnin’ Me On” (LW No. 3, 23 weeks) 5. Soulja Boy, “Turn My Swag On,” (LW No. 7, 15 weeks) 6. T.I. feat. Justin Timberlake, “Dead and Gone” (LW No. 2, 16 weeks)
Friday, Apr 17
Fergie Power: How the Spun-Off Diva Dragged Her Homeboys to No. 1
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs 1. Jamie Foxx feat. T-Pain, “Blame It” (LW No. 1, 18 weeks) 2. T.I. feat. Justin Timberlake, “Dead and Gone” (LW No. 3, 14 weeks) 3. Keri Hilson feat. Lil Wayne, “Turnin’ Me On” (LW No. 2, 21 weeks) 4. Soulja Boy feat. Sammie, “Kiss Me Thru the Phone” (LW No. 5, 16 weeks)
Friday, Apr 3
Lady GaGa Takes Slow And Steady Route To The Top
4. T.I. feat. Justin Timberlake, "Dead and Gone" (LW No. 4, 17 weeks) 6. All-American Rejects, "Gives You Hell" (LW No. 5, 20 weeks) 7. Kelly Clarkson, "My Life Would Suck Without You" (LW No. 6, 11 weeks) 10. Ciara feat. Justin Timberlake, "Love Sex Magic" (LW No. 27, 3 weeks)
Thursday, Mar 26
T.I.'s Sentence: A Year And A Day
A judge has sentenced T.I. to one year and one day in prison for being found guilty of federal weapons charges, a sentence that's in line with the plea deal the MC struck with authorities one year ago. T.I.—real name Clifford Harris—has 6-8 weeks to turn himself in to prison, and he can whittle his...
Friday, Mar 13
The Reverse Swift: Cyrus Scales Charts with Less Funky, More Honky (Tonk)
The Climb" makes its high Hot 100 debut thanks largely to first-week sales at iTunes and other digital retailers of 166,000. According to Billboard, that's "the artist's best single-week sales sum," which is saying a lot, considering Cyrus has already scored a number of impressive debu...
Thursday, Jan 15
T.I.'s Road To Redemption Goes Through MTV [Community Service]
I thought T.I. put out some of the better singles of last year, but turning his community service for a fairly serious crime into a reality show is unconscionable, if not unexpected. I gather from this promo that he is going to help seven at-risk youth through the kinda-discredited methods of...
Friday, Nov 7
Steady Chasin' That Paper: T.I. Replaces Self, Settles In Atop Charts [100 And Single]
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs 3. T.I., "Whatever You Like" (LW No. 3, 16 weeks) 5. T-Pain feat. Lil Wayne, "Can't Believe It," (LW No. 4, 17 weeks) 8. Lil Wayne feat. Bobby Valentino, "Mrs. Officer" (LW No. 5, 18 weeks) 10. Slim feat. Yung Joc, "So Fly" (LW No. 10, 22 weeks)
Friday, Oct 31
Independent Woman: Beyoncé Approaching Destiny’s Chart Record
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs 3. T.I., "Whatever You Like" (LW No. 3, 15 weeks) 4. T-Pain feat. Lil Wayne, "Can't Believe It," (LW No. 4, 16 weeks) 5. Lil Wayne feat. Bobby Valentino, "Mrs. Officer" (LW No. 6, 17 weeks) 10. Slim feat. Yung Joc, "So Fly" (LW No. 9, 21 weeks)
Friday, Oct 24
Damn That Radio Song: T.I.’s Twofer Still Tops, But Airplay Gives One Song The Edge
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs 3. T.I., "Whatever You Like" (LW No. 2, 14 weeks) 4. T-Pain feat. Lil Wayne, "Can't Believe It," (LW No. 4, 15 weeks) 6. Lil Wayne feat. Bobby Valentino, "Mrs. Officer" (LW No. 6, 16 weeks) 9. Slim feat. Yung Joc, "So Fly" (LW No. 8, 20 weeks)
Friday, Oct 17
Got Lost In The Game: Hot 100 Victory Returns Britney From Chart Wilderness
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs 4. T-Pain feat. Lil Wayne, "Can't Believe It," (LW No. 3, 14 weeks) 6. Lil Wayne feat. Bobby Valentino, "Mrs. Officer" (LW No. 6, 15 weeks) 8. Slim feat. Yung Joc, "So Fly" (LW No. 13, 19 weeks) 10. Lil Wayne feat. T-Pain, "Got Money" (LW No. 7, 22 weeks)
Thursday, Oct 16
We'll have more on this in tomorrow's 100 ...
We'll have more on this in tomorrow's 100 And Single, but for now: Britney Spears' "Womanizer" has broken the "biggest-jump-to-the-Hot-100's-top" record set by T.I. and subsequently broken by T.I. over the past few months, jumping from No. 96 to No. 1 on the singles chart thanks to a heap of iTu...
Friday, Oct 3
Whatever He Likes: T.I. Holds Chart Penthouse, Takes Reservation for Next Week
1. T.I., "Whatever You Like" (LW No. 1, 8 weeks) 2. Pink, "So What" (LW No. 2, 6 weeks) 3. Kanye West, "Love Lockdown" (LW No. 3, 2 weeks) 7. T-Pain feat. Lil Wayne, "Can't Believe It" (LW No. 8, 9 weeks) 8. Ne-Yo, "Closer" (LW No. 7, 24 weeks) 10. Estelle feat. Kanye West, "American Boy" (LW No. 10, 24 weeks)
Friday, Sep 26
Darius Rucker Leaves Hootie Behind, Shows Kanye The Way To Cross Over
1. T.I., "Whatever You Like" (LW No. 2, 7 weeks) 2. Pink, "So What" (LW No. 1, 5 weeks) 3. Kanye West, "Love Lockdown" (CHART DEBUT) 7. Ne-Yo, "Closer" (LW No. 7, 23 weeks) 8. T-Pain feat. Lil Wayne, "Can't Believe It" (LW No. 8, 8 weeks) 10. Estelle feat. Kanye West, "American Boy" (LW No. 9, 23 weeks)
Thursday, Sep 25
MySpace Music Will Not Let You Buy Whatever Popular Single You Like
9. Estelle feat. Kanye West, "American Boy" Streamable from Estelle's MySpace page; not available for purchase via widget, despite presence on Amazon. (It would appear that the Estelle insta-tribute band the Studio All-Stars don't have a MySpace page.)
Friday, Sep 19
Pink And Estelle Have The Last Laugh
5. Jay-Z & T.I. feat. Kanye West & Lil Wayne, "Swagga Like Us" (CHART DEBUT) 8. T-Pain feat. Lil Wayne, "Can't Believe It" (LW No. 12, 7 weeks) 9. Estelle feat. Kanye West, "American Boy" (LW No. 53, 22 weeks) 10. Lil Wayne feat. T-Pain, "Got Money" (LW No. 15, 16 weeks)
Wednesday, Sep 17
The BET Awards Continue To Wave The Banner For A "Best Ringtone" Award [Everybody's A Winner]
Best Live Performer Busta Rhymes Jay-Z Lil Wayne T.I. Kanye West MVP of the Year DJ Khaled Jay-Z Lil Wayne T.I. Kanye West CD of the Year Jay-Z – American Gangster Lil Wayne – Tha Carter III Lupe Fiasco – Lupe Fiasco’s “The Cool” Nas – Untitled Kanye West – Graduation
Friday, Sep 12
Ruth Vs. Maris, meet "Twist" Vs. "Smooth": All-Time Hot 100 Pits Old Against New
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs 2. T.I., "Whatever You Like" (LW No. 2, 8 weeks) 4. T-Pain feat. Lil Wayne, "Can't Believe It," (LW No. 7, 9 weeks) 5. Young Jeezy feat. Kanye West, "Put On" (LW No. 3, 18 weeks) 6. Lil Wayne feat. Bobby Valentino, "Mrs. Officer" (LW No. 12, 10 weeks)
Sunday, Sep 7
T.I. Did Not Fake Out The Leakers
Surely I'm not the only person who thought that the O-Zone-inspired "Live Your Life" was T.I.'s attempt to put one over on the Internet and leak a fake single that pushed the right memetic buttons, and that the recently house-incarcerated rapper would premiere his real new single at the VMA...
Friday, Sep 5
The Video Music Awards: They're Coming! Get Ready!
BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS Kanye West, "Good Life" Not a Pussycat Dolls victory among them! And the PCDs haven't been announced as performers or anything yet, either, which leads me to believe that the only thing they'll be taking home Sunday night is a goose egg.
Friday, Aug 29
T.I. Sets Perennially Broken Hot 100 Record
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs 3. Rihanna, "Take a Bow" (LW No. 1, 18 weeks) 4. Lil Wayne, "A Milli" (LW No. 3, 18 weeks) 5. Young Jeezy feat. Kanye West, "Put On" (LW No. 5, 16 weeks) 7. Robin Thicke, "Magic" (LW No. 6, 14 weeks) 8. T.I., "Whatever You Like" (LW No. 13, 6 weeks)
Wednesday, Aug 27
2008 Video Music Awards Nominations
BEST HIP-HOP VIDEO Mary J. Blige, "Just Fine" Lupe Fiasco, "Superstar" Flo Rida, "Low" Lil Wayne, "Lollipop" Kanye West, "Homecoming" BEST MALE VIDEO Chris Brown, "With You" Flo Rida, "Low" Lil Wayne, "Lollipop" T.I., "No Matter What" Usher, "Love In This Club"
Tuesday, Aug 26
T.I. And Rihanna Do The Numa Numa Dance
ONE-LISTEN VERDICT: If making a song that forces Rihanna to sing a vocal hook based around the "may-ya-heee" melody from O-Zone's "Dragostea Din Tei" is T.I.'s revenge on the Internet for leaking tracks from Paper Trail before its release, I am now in love with him more than ever. And I can't w...
Monday, Aug 25
"Time" Tries To Rack Up The Pageviews With A List Of 10 Songs That A Writer Happened To Hear This Summer
1. Kid Rock - "All Summer Long" 2. Rihanna - "Disturbia" 3. Usher - "Love in This Club" 4. Estelle - "American Boy" 5. T.I. - "No Matter What" 6. Leona Lewis - "Bleeding Love" 7. Lil Wayne - "A Milli" 8. Pussycat Dolls - "When I Grow Up" 9. Coldplay - "Viva La Vida" 10. Katy Perry - "I Kissed a Girl"
Kanye West, Jay-Z, Lil Wayne, and T.I. twist ...
Kanye West, Jay-Z, Lil Wayne, and T.I. twist M.I.A.'s "Paper Planes" into "Swagger Like Us," which West says exhibits "THE RAP OLYMPIC TEAM!" (caps and punctuation his, of course). I'm hoping that the video features at least one fancy model who's wearing an outfit that looks like an umpteen-la...
Monday, Aug 11
The Video Music Awards Nominations Keep On Dancing Into Our Field Of Vision
Lil Wayne - "Lollipop" Directors: Gil Green & Dwayne Carter Kanye West - "Homecoming" Director: Hype Williams Rihanna - "Take a Bow" Director: Anthony Mandler BEST MALE VIDEO: Lil Wayne - "Lollipop" Director: Gil Green/D. Carter T.I. - "No Matter What" Director: Self/James Lopez
Friday, Aug 8
T.I. Is Much More Generous In Your Dreams
Tell me that the scenes of over-the-top extravagance and spending-sprees weren't a huge sign that there was a "twist" ending coming to close out this fairytale of T.I. and an innocent chicken-wing-slinger, what with the tough economy, T.I.'s legal woes, and Paper Trail being pushed back. (A...
Thursday, Aug 7
Live-Blogging Tokio Hotel's Final Day Of Hosting "TRL": There's Enough Eyeliner To Go Around
11:00 a.m. No. 10 on the countdown: The new single by LL Cool J, which features The-Dream and name-drops Justin Timberlake. It gets more than 60 seconds of airtime, so I guess it's "good." I think it does! 11:36 a.m. No. 4: T.I.'s sad song. Talked-over, not even 10 seconds.
Monday, Aug 4
This nearly-eight-minute remix of Lloyd's ...
This nearly-eight-minute remix of Lloyd's "All Around The World" is pretty much an excuse for every MC on the track—The Game, T.I., Busta Rhymes, Rick Ross, Pitbull, Ace Hood, Yung Joc, Young Dro, and DJ Khaled—to rap over the "Ashley's Roachclip" beat. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the best pa...
Monday, Jul 28
MTV Gets Ready For A Britney-Katy Perry Make-Out Session
BEST MALE VIDEO: Lil Wayne - "Lollipop" Cash Money Records/Universal Motown Director: Gil Green/D. Carter T.I. - "No Matter What" Grand Hustle/Atlantic Records Director: Self/James Lopez Flo Rida - "Low" Poe Boy Ent./Atlantic Records Director: Bernard Gourley
Monday, Jul 14
According to MTV, T.I. and Fall Out Boy have ...
According to MTV, T.I. and Fall Out Boy have recorded a track together for T.I.'s upcoming album. MTV describes the song as "somber and emotional, loaded with dramatic, crashing guitars, soaring strings and the King of the South's deeply personal lyrics, which detail the trials and tribulat...
Friday, Jul 11
Can't Touch This Werewolf: Kid Rock Brings Back The Sales-Free Chart Hit
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs 2. Lil Wayne, "A Milli" (LW No. 2, 11 weeks) 7. Lil Wayne feat. Static Major, "Lollipop" (LW No. 7, 17 weeks) 9. Young Jeezy feat. Kanye West, "Put On" (LW No. 10, 9 weeks) 10. Usher feat. Beyonce and Lil Wayne, "Love in This Club, Part II" (LW No. 8, 11 weeks)
Friday, Jun 27
Maybe Pete Wentz Did Bring The Music Video Back
The weeks prior to the FNMTV premiere almost seemed like a setup for the show's premise. Two hours of videos in the morning, one hour of TRL in the afternoon, and 21 hours of Made reruns, the new roommates on The Real World, etc. That made for 23 video plays on Wednesday, June 11, and 21 on Thursda...
Monday, Jun 23
50 Cent's Lawyer Claims The Gatman Doesn't Own Any Firearms [Gun? What's A Gun?]
Wait, so not only does he not own guns, but $25,000 a month is "the world" to him? This isn't the 50 Cent we fell in love with. U.S. Judge Issues 50 Cent Gun Ban [BBC] 50 Cent Reacts To Ex's Restraining Order, ''She's Trying To Use [My Son] To Hurt Me As Best She Can'' [SOHH]
Thursday, May 15
"Vibe" Gives You A Sweet, Sweet Fantasy Of Access
Otherwise, the June issue includes a list of the top "summer bangers" (and runners-ups) of the past decade, of which AP can only say that from May to September 2006 he heard Chamillionaire's "Ridin' Dirty" a helluva lot more than he heard T.I.'s "What You Know" on the radio. And "It's Murder,"...
Monday, Dec 17
"Pitchfork" Thinks LCD Soundsystem's "All My Friends" Is Something Great
84: 50 Cent "I Get Money" 65: DJ Khaled [ft. T.I., Akon, Rick Ross, Fat Joe, Birdman & Lil Wayne] "We Takin' Over" 59: Lil Wayne "Upgrade U" 51: Kanye West [ft. T-Pain] "Good Life" 32: R. Kelly [ft. T.I. and T-Pain] "I'm a Flirt (remix)" 25: Kanye West "Can't Tell Me Nothing"
Wednesday, Nov 21
Did T.I. Have His Rights Violated By The Federales? [Crime]
Are you a well-known rapper stuck at home on Thanksgiving while facing federal weapons charges? Well, maybe you'll be out by Christmas if your lawyers can argue the court to "suppress evidence and statements that they believe were obtained illegally."
Tuesday, Nov 13
T.I. Issues "Video Statement," Refuses To Get Dressed For Camera [Prepared Statements]
As might be expected from a guy still waiting for his day in federal court, T.I. doesn't really say much--or anything--about his case; he's smart enough to know that when you're facing a weapons charge you thank your fans a lot, talk about God, and leave the facts to the lawyers. But he certainl...
Thursday, Mar 22
Liner Notes: What You Know About The New T.I. Album?
T.I.'s new album, due in July, will feature cameos by Justin Timberlake, Eminem, R. Kelly, Nelly, Akon, Lil' Wayne. Meanwhile, in a velour-intensive game room in the L.A. suburbs, Snoop Dogg sits at home, wondering why he never got the call. [Billboard]
Wednesday, Dec 20
What You Know About That: T.I. Has Mad Technical Skills
Editors's note: From time to time, Idolator directs your computer questions to rapper T.I., who just happens to have been trained as an I.T. After the click-through, his thoughtful advice on how to be the "king" of the tech-geek doman. Dear Bradley, Cheers, T.I. the I.T.
Tuesday, Nov 7
Leak Of The Day: The Game Gets His Buddies Together And Puts On A Big Show
The Game's 11-minute remix for "One Blood" features an awards show's lineup worth of guests, with a roster including (thanks to Notes From A Different Kitchen): Jim Jones, Snoop Dogg, Nas, T.I., Fat Joe, Lil' Wayne, Nore, Jadakiss, Styles P, Fabolous, Juelz Santana, Rick Ross, Twista, Ku...
