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August 25, 2008

T.I., Jigga, Yeezy, Weezy Sample M.I.A.

thubmnail icon: T.I., Jigga, Yeezy, Weezy Sample M.I.A.

"Swagger Like Us," a leaked track from T.I.'s forthcoming Paper Trail, samples M.I.A.'s similarly fibrous "Paper Planes" then throws Jay-Z, Kanye, and Weezy into the mix. T.I.'s clearly bummed about the early appearance of the West-produced track, telling MTV he's "beating down the Internet as we speak." Ouch. He continues:

Don't ruin the event ... Wait till the cake comes out the kitchen before you eat it. That's like a kid who sees his toys before Christmas; it takes away from me and I think it takes away from the fans as well. When it's time, I'mma give it to you. They leaked my record with me and The-Dream ["Like I Do"] too. Leakage is never a problem I have had. I'm not used to it.

Glad you've never had leakage, T.I. Now you know how Bradford feels. Take a listen, if you will. It includes a solid argument against skinny jeans.

According to Tip in that MTV article, "Swagger Like Us" will also appear on Jay-Z's The Blueprint, long after its appearance on hard drives everywhere.

Paper Trail is out 9/30 via Grand Hustle/Atlantic.

Posted at 11:48 AM by brandon
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That is a pretty shitty song. You think with the talent on the track, it would be much better.

Posted by: Greg at 08/25/08 12:04 PM | Reply
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Damn, Hova's a hypocrite as far as skinny Jeans go.

"I used to play the block like that, i used to carry knots like that, now i got Black Cards, good credit and such, baby boy, cause I'm all grown up!" - Jay-Z (30 Something)

Posted by: Hova at 08/25/08 12:27 PM | Reply
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pretty bad

Posted by: Kevin at 08/25/08 2:04 PM | Reply
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Sounds cool to me, but 'gum - or brandon - why do you have Young Jeezy listed in the Tags? I didn't hear him in the song?

Posted by: b.LOUD at 08/25/08 2:22 PM | Reply
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brandon

Ha. Well, I got excited about all the "Eezy"'s in there and just kept going .... Fixed.

Posted by: brandon profile link in reply to b.LOUD's comment at 08/25/08 2:32 PM | Reply
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boring.

also I guess it was too much to assume that TI was done with vocoders.

Posted by: chrk at 08/25/08 5:47 PM | Reply
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I don't really like how Kanye samples really catchy songs and doesn't use the catchy parts.

Posted by: juano at 08/25/08 7:45 PM | Reply
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More style over substance from some of the biggest names in hip-hop. It's really too bad Jeezy isn't on this track 'cause then maybe it'd be worth a damn.

Posted by: Junior at 08/26/08 2:16 AM | Reply
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oh my fucking god is that awful, i like kanye but hes fuckin terrible these day . Hooooovvvvuhhhh diippin dippin rovers. TI should do jail time not house arrest for this peace of shit

Posted by: matthew at 08/28/08 12:51 PM | Reply
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i really don't like the fact that they sampled the song at all.. i think remixes of Maya's songs take away from it's meaning.

Posted by: Kayla at 10/10/08 12:00 AM | Reply
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