''T.I.P.'' is the second
independent album
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by rapper
Young Buck
David Darnell Brown (born March 15, 1981), best known by his stage name Young Buck, is an American rapper. He heads his own record label, Cashville, and was a member of the former hip hop group G-Unit.
Early life
Brown was born in Nashville, Te ...
. It was released on November 8, 2005, through the independent label, Mass Appeal Entertainment. Guest appearances on the album include D-Tay, Rizin Sun, First Born and
Bun B
Bernard James Freeman (born March 19, 1973), known professionally as Bun B, is an American rapper. He is best known as one half of the southern rap duo UGK (UnderGround Kingz), a group he formed in 1987 alongside Pimp C. Aside from his work with ...
.
The album was recorded before Young Buck signed with
G-Unit
G-Unit (short for Guerilla Unit) was an American hip hop group formed by longtime friends and East Coast rappers 50 Cent, Tony Yayo, and Lloyd Banks. After amassing a string of self-released mixtapes in the early 2000s, the group released th ...
in 2002, but it was not released until after his 2004 solo debut album, ''
Straight Outta Cashville
''Straight Outta Cashville'' is the debut studio album by American rapper Young Buck, released on August 24, 2004 by G-Unit Records and Interscope Records.
Background
''Straight Outta Cashville'' title alludes to the N.W.A album, ''Straight Outta ...
''.
Reception
''T.I.P.'' sold more than 26,000 copies in its first week of release to debut at number 40 on the
''Billboard'' 200 albums chart.
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It also reached number 11 on the
Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums
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chart.
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Stylus Magazine
''Stylus Magazine'' was an American online music and film magazine, launched in 2002 and co-founded by Todd L. Burns. It featured long-form music journalism, four daily music reviews, movie reviews, podcasts, an MP3 blog, and a text blog.
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writer Evan McGarvey criticized the album's "meager" production values, and he noted that "Young Buck’s charms are alluring, if a little unrefined."
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McGarvey praised Young Buck for knowing "even then that two rappers make a song intrinsically different than one voice. That in itself is a lesson most rappers seldom learn as rookies."
Steve Juon of RapReviews wrote that opening track "Blood in Blood Out" sounded similar to Young Buck's later work, providing the album with a "fairly promising" start.
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However, Juon added that "too much of this album is just plain mediocre", and that its release was an obvious attempt "to cash in on Buck's fame."
Track listing
All lyrics by Young Buck, music compositions listed below.
Credits
;
Mastering
*Eric Conn
*Don Cobb
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Mixing
*Eric Schilling
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Design
*Blake Franklin
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Performers
*Young Buck
*Rizin' Sun
*Smoov Jizzell
*D-Tay
*First Born
*Bun B
Chart performance
References
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2005 albums
Young Buck albums
Demo albums