Libra the only TI album worth bumping since King. Other then that he had a few cool songs here and there. TI was the man tho between I'm Serious thru King, but after that the quality was dropping. I think he ran the natural course of a artist in his prime now to a vet who mostly known for his career at the height and now for being in the mix of social media justice. I was surprised by Libra being as good as it was tho after sitting on it for a month..
Since No Mercy hes had bumps in regarding to his albums, never had his full potential to actually shine through.
No Mercy = Originally was supposed to be King Uncaged, scrapped, had a very months in 2010 to do something.
Trouble Man = Despite being actually a great album, no idea what youre talking about, from what ive been told is that He really was glad that the album got finally put out and was done with it.
Paperwork = Garbage overall. No direction of the sound. Great songs but that is what happens when conflict between Pharrell & DJ Toomp happens.
Dime Trap = Originally a 22 or 25 track album. Cut down by Epic Records. Scrapped 2 earlier versions before he got to his third because of everything that happened between end of 2015 down to 2018.
His biggest enemy has always been the obstacles hes had to face through. Alongside with it Hes been expanding his business. While Dime Trap showed growth in many aspects it still was a very unfinished product. But with LIBRA he actually had the TIME do really go through the album, refine it and come up with something and it shows.
It never really excuses anything but ever since he got screwed over on No Mercy & Trouble Man where new people got in to Atlantic Record, yeah he hasnt really had the chance to truly refine and perfect the albums the way he wanted to.
