KING (T.I. ALBUM)

{{Infobox Album |
Name = King |
Type = Album |
Artist = T.I. |
Cover = King_(album).jpg |
Released = March 28, 2006 |
Recorded = 2005 - 2006 |
Genre = Southern hip hop |
Length = |
Label = Atlantic, Grand Hustle |
Producer = T.I. (exec.), Jason Geter (co-exec.), Just Blaze, Mannie Fresh, Swizz Beatz, Grand Hustle Team, Travis Barker, Pharrell Williams, Nick Fury, DJ Toomp |
Reviews =
★ All Music Guide link

★ ''Rolling Stone'' link

★ ''XXL Magazine'' link

★ RapReviews.com link

★ HipHopDX.com link

★ ''Pitchfork Media'' (8.4/10)link

★ ''Prefix Magazine'' link

★ ''Stylus Magazine'' B+ link

★ ''Coke Machine Glow'' 74% link

★ ''Pop Matters'' link

★ ''Playboy'' link |
Last album = ''Urban Legend''
(2004) |
This album = '''KIng'''
(2006) |
Next album = ''T.I. vs. T.I.P.''
(2007) |
|Misc =
'''King''' is a Grammy-nominated album from hip-hop artist T.I. It was released on March 28, 2006 in the United States.

Contents

History

Chart Performance

Track listing

Limited Edition DVD Release

Album singles

Sample credits

Leftover tracks

Album charts

References

History

It features guest appearances by Pharrell, Common, B.G., UGK, Jamie Foxx, Young Jeezy, P$C, Governor and Young Dro and production by Just Blaze, Pharrell Williams, Mannie Fresh, Swizz Beatz, DJ Toomp, Travis Barker, Caviar, Stanley Jones and Grand Hustle's own, Khao.

Chart Performance

''King'' debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 selling over 522,000 copies on its first week from the promotion of his debut movie ATL and went platinum in one month. It was one of few rap albums to go platinum in 2006.^[1] The album has sold 1.8 million copies to date in the United States and 2.1 million worldwide.
The album was nominated for Best Rap Album at the 2007 Grammy Awards, but lost to '''Release Therapy''' by Ludacris.

Track listing

All skits produced by Kannon "Caviar" Cross and Stan the Guitar Man. A version of the album with the skits removed was released on iTunes.

#	Title	Feature guest(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"King Back"		Just Blaze	4:12
2.	"Front Back"	UGK	Mannie Fresh	3:42
3.	"What You Know"		DJ Toomp	4:34
4.	"I'm Talkin' to You"		Just Blaze	5:40
5.	"Live in the Sky"	Jamie Foxx	Keith Mack	5:46
6.	"Ride Wit Me"		Keith Mack	4:04
7.	"The Breakup (Skit)"	Mike Epps, Malika (performers)	Kannon "Caviar" Cross and Stan the Guitar Man	1:56
8.	"Why You Wanna"		Khao	3:37
9.	"Get It"		Swizz Beatz	3:40
10.	"Top Back"		Mannie Fresh	4:42
11.	"I'm Straight" + "Pimp C (Skit)"	B.G. & Young Jeezy + Pimp C (performer)	Nick Fury	6:35
12.	"Undertaker"	Young Buck & Young Dro (additional vocals by DJ Drama)	Khao	4:13
13.	"Stand Up Guy"		Khao	3:16
14.	"You Know Who"		Tony Galvin Travis Barker (additional production)	2:54
15.	"Goodlife" + "Phone Call (Skit)"	Pharrell and Common + Mike Epps (performer)	The Neptunes	4:28
16.	"Hello"	Governor	Khao	3:34
17.	"Told You So"		Keith Mack	4:22
18.	"Bankhead"	P$C and Young Dro	DJ Toomp	4:26

Limited Edition DVD Release

The DVD includes:

★ Live concert footage from Houston, Texas.

★ Music Video of Front Back which features UGK

★ A special slide show to accompany the audio of 'Drive Slow Remix' (featuring Kanye West, Paul Wall, & GLC).

Album singles

★ Front Back (street single/buzz single)

★ What You Know

★ Why You Wanna

★ Live in the Sky (featuring Jamie Foxx)

★ Top Back (Released as a remix featuring Young Jeezy,Young Dro, Big Kuntry King, and B.G.)

Sample credits

★ What You Know: Contains interpolations from "Gone Away" [Donna Hathaway, Curtis Mayfield, & Leroy Hutson].

★ Why You Wanna: The chorus samples Q-Tip's vocals from Got 'Til It's Gone with Janet Jackson and it samples a slowed-down keyboard chord from Crystal Waters' "Gypsy Woman (She's Homeless)".

★ Hello: The Isley Brothers' song "Hello, It's Me".

★ Front Back: Contains excerpts from "Front Back Side To Side" written by Chad Butler

★ King Back: Has a sample of the "Exorcist" theme song/Excerpts from "Sting Of The Serpent".

★ Get It: Contains samples from "Mollo Tutto" written by Enrico Simonetti, Antonio Murri, & Dino Verdi

★ You Know Who: Contains samples from the composition "Fight Back".

★ Bankhead: Contains interpolations of "Exodus (Main Theme)"

Leftover tracks

T.I. gathered all the leftover tracks from the album and created a mixtape called "The Leak".

Album charts

Chart (2006)	Position
U.S. ''Billboard'' 200	1
U.S. Top ''Billboard'' R&B/Hip-Hop Albums	1
U.S. Top ''Billboard'' Rap Albums	1
New Zealand Top 40	2
Canadian Album Chart	24
French Album Chart	36
Japanese Album Chart	82
Switzerland Album Chart	99
United Kingdom Album Chart	83
United World Chart	1

References

1. ''Sound of the Summer'', The Source #211, p53