Besides serving his community service, having a new baby and preparing his new album, T.I. is also taking up making beats. “I was in the Grand Hustle studio. We sat down. [Tip] told me he wanted to produce five records for me,” Rick Ross said. “I was like, ‘Wow. It’s all good.’ We sat down, and he played some beats for me. It was one of those special moments, ’cause I got so much respect for him as an artist, as a lyricist, as a CEO. Now he reeled me in as a producer. Real talk. I’m not saying he’s gonna sell them [beats] to everybody, but he laced me.”
T.I. isn’t bragging though, “It’s absolutely an honor and a pleasure people would even consider allowing me to produce for them,” he said. “I take it very seriously. I enjoy it a lot. It brings me outside my comfort zone. It makes me sharper. With rapping, I feel I can do anything. With producing, I’m real meticulous.”
