}} T.I. vs. T.I.P. is the fifth studio album released by Atlanta rapper T.I. The album was released on July 3 2007. In the first week of sales, the album went nearly gold, selling 468,000.Brendan Grimaldi (July 11, 2007). [LINK: http://music.aol.com/popeater/2007/07/11/off-the-charts-t-i-is-still-the-king] Off the Charts: T.I. Is Still the 'King' AOL. Accessed December 31, 2007. The album received mostly lukewarm reviews. However, it has been nominated for a Grammy. History "It'd be easy for me to go over people's heads", he rationalized. "Sometime people might see me act a certain way one time and another way one another time. They might not believe the same cat you see dressed so sharp and winning awards and speaking eloquently is the same cat you see fist-fighting with hoodlums outside a nightclub. This album will be an explanation of all of this". Shaheem Reid (March 19, 2007