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''Trap Muzik'' is the second studio album by American hip hop recording artist T.I., released on August 19, 2003, through Atlantic Records and his newly found record label Grand Hustle Records. Due to the poor sales on T.I.'s debut album ''I'm Serious'' (2001), T.I. asked for a joint venture deal with Arista Records or he be released from his contract; he was subsequently dropped from the label. In 2003, T.I. launched Grand Hustle Records with his longtime business partner Jason Geter and signed a new deal with Atlantic Records.〔Soren Baker (May 12, 2005). ("Taking the street route back" ) ''Los Angeles Times'' Retrieved in 2009.〕 The album spawned the hit singles "24's", "Be Easy", "Rubber Band Man", and "Let's Get Away". The album features guest appearances from 8Ball & MJG, Jazze Pha, Bun B and Macboney. With longtime T.I.'s record producer DJ Toomp serving as a executive producer for this album. ''Trap Muzik'' debuted at number 4 on the US ''Billboard'' 200 chart, selling 109,000 copies in the first week. It also debuted at number 2 on the US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums. As of December 2003, the album became a certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), selling one million copies worldwide.〔 〕 Upon its release, ''Trap Muzik'' received generally favorable reviews from most music critics, who generally regarded it as a major improvement from his debut album, ''I'm Serious'' (2001). In 2012, this included Complex naming the album one of the classic albums of the last decade. On February 20, 2013, allhiphop.com placed it as number 5 as the best southern hip-hop album of all time. ==Background== Due to the poor commercial reception of his debut album ''I'm Serious'' (2001), T.I. asked for a joint venture deal with Arista Records or to be released from his contract; he was subsequently dropped from the label.〔〔 He then formed his own record label,〔(Artist Details: T.I. ) Accessed December 22, 2007.〕Grand Hustle Records, with his longtime business partner Jason Geter, and began releasing mixtapes with the assistance of one of his DJ's, DJ Drama.〔 He then resurfaced in the summer of 2003 with fellow Atlanta rapper and former label-mate Bone Crusher's song "Never Scared." T.I. gained album buzz after appearing on Bone Crusher's single "Never Scared." His mixtapes and mainstream exposure from "Never Scared" eventually recaptured major label attention from many major record label's such as Warner Bros. Records, Universal Records, Epic Records, Columbia Records, Def Jam Recordings' southern division Def Jam South and Sean Combs' Bad Boy Records' southern division Bad Boy South as suitors. But he chose to signed a joint venture deal with Atlantic Records that year.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Trap Muzik」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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