Background
On a steady basis since 2003 with two successful albums released under his belt, with 2003's major success story Trap Muzik and the release of yet another major improvement 2004's success story Urban Legend. The MC has been responsible for some of the most memorable rap singles of the decade. Those singles including 24's, Rubberband Man, Bring Em Out, U Don't Know Me and the underappreciated ASAP amount to a run as impressive as anyone else's during the same years. Noteing that all those singles being successful on the Billboard Hot 100.
Along with the success of his two successful albums T.I. had to deal with his legal issues with the law from his past life those including being put behind bars for violating a probation that resulted from a 1997 arrest on cocaine distribution and the manufacturing and distribution of a controlled substance.
With a warrant issued in March 2004 for T.I.'s arrest after he violated his probation of the 1997 drug conviction. He was sentenced to three years in prison. Only to be released one month later, to be granted a work release program that allowed him to continue making music. Also being on probation stemming from a 1998 conviction for violating a state controlled substances act and for giving false information. After being released on probation, he earned a litany of probation violations in several counties around Georgia for offenses ranging from possession of a firearm to possession of marijuana.
Originally to be released as a soundtrack to his big screen acting debut film ATL starting himself T.I., but due to recording to much stuff worth of material he went on and proceeded to start recording his fourth album instead. In a brilliant move, T.I. decided not to release a soundtrack for his movie, ATL, instead making King the musical focus of the motion picture. With that, the album served as a solo joint for T.I. while receiving the same push of a movie soundtrack. That may have helped give T.I. the highest-selling debut of his career.
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