T.I. says he is taking time and laying out his new album titled Paperwork which is set to break into three short stories which connects 6 record.
Tip has already recorded 250 songs for the Paperwork album and now he’s already narrowed it down to the top 25 songs. Pharrell is working on the arthouse aspect while Tip is working on the traphouse music. Unlike Beyonce, Tip is only doing three short stories for the new project. He notes a difference between those releases, however. T.I. is all about bringing down his cost and raising up his profit margin.
The reason why Tip has a theory on the title Paperwork is simple. Clifford Harris aka T.I. explains on Hot97 that in life we all accumulate that we all have a paper trail which leads to paperwork. Everyday in life we have paperwork to deal with.
Despite Pharrell advising T.I. to release three individual projects for each short story, T.I. says he plans on releasing all of these songs on one album.
Clifford Harris aka T.I. says in an interview with New York radio station Hot 97.
“Paperwork is official.”
”If you’ve got paperwork on something, it’s official. Also, if someone has paperwork on you, then it could be some trouble. So, it’s official, it’s trouble, it’s authentic. Sounds like me. The music supports this theory very well.”
Paperwork is set to be a different type of album for T.I.
“This is the first time in my career that I have had enough time to create all the music, get the sequencing down, even before I start my clock and put myself on the calendar.”
”Now that I have all of the music…I could take my time and step back and make sure it’s the perfect blend, to create the perfect amount of synergy between trap music and art house.”
T.I. says he is handling the trap house aspect of the project while Pharrell manages the art house elements.
T.I. adds:
“I have narrowed those 250 down to the best 25.”
”5 extras are for international releases [and additional releases]…I want to narrow that 25 down to 20. Of that 20, I want to take six records at the top, six records in the middle, six records at the end, with two records as intermissions to the three. And I would like to shoot a movie that consists of three short stories, and the three short stories will connect these…records.”
Tip adds:
“She went and shot individual videos one by one by one.”
“That must’ve drove the cost through the roof…I’m doing three short stories. I’m not doing 18 videos. I’m doing three short stories. So the same way we would shoot an episode of House of Lies. We would take five days. This short story shall be complete. Five days, this short story shall be complete. See that will bring my cost down, which will raise my profit margin.”
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