Ludacris Previews New LP, Says Dispute With T.I. Was Never 'Beef'

J-Banks · 09-26-2008, 09:56 PM

Ludacris Previews New LP, Says Dispute With T.I. Was Never 'Beef'

MC also debuts his 'Undisputed' video for New York crowd.

By Shaheem Reid, with additional reporting by Sway Calloway

Ludacris welcomed his audience with popcorn and jokes on Thursday night in New York's Tribeca neighborhood, as he gave them a preview of his new LP, Theater of the Mind, and debuted the video for "Undisputed." The clip shows 'Cris in a gym going through lyrical workouts, with flamboyant boxing champ Floyd "Money" Mayweather acting as his corner man.

"A lot of people heard my mutha----in' pool house just burned the f--- down today," he said, after a member of the crowd asked about the fire in Luda's Atlanta home on Wednesday. "I can honestly sit back and laugh at it, because it wasn't my actual house and nobody got hurt.

"Materialistic things can be replaced and you can't replace people," he continued. "But if you could've seen the expensive tiles that was inside that mutha----in' crib — that sh-- upset the hell out of me. For real. It's gonna take a minute to rebuild that mutha----a, too." ('Cris recently boasted about his property in his freestyle "Big Ass House" on his Gangsta Grillz: The Preview mixtape, and according to reports, the pool house alone was larger than most regular homes.)

On Theater of the Mind, 'Cris goes for the jugular, clearly fired up about not getting the recognition he has earned as the most versatile MC to come down the pike since his debut in 2001.

"This album is set out to get the credit I deserve as an MC," Luda told Sway at the event. Along with Swizz Beatz, the record also features the likes of Chris Brown and Sean Garrett, both of whom appear on the first single, "What Girls Like." On "Wish You Would," Luda shares the mic with fellow ATL resident T.I., and Tip returned the favor by inviting Luda to appear on the King of the South's Paper Trail.

"We've been talking under the radar for a really long time, which nobody would know," Luda said of the affiliation with his onetime lyrical nemesis. "We were trying to figure out when would be the right opportunity to surprise people. Atlanta is small as hell, compared to New York City. It's a lot of people in New York; artists don't see each other. [Me and T.I.] got the same circle of friends. We'd see each other. You can never go anywhere without seeing their people, them seeing our people.

"It was never what you would consider 'beef,' " 'Cris explained. "Beef to me is when you talking about somebody's family and they wanna punch the sh-- out of your ass. Between me and him, it's the original root of hip-hop. Little lines on wax. He and my manager had a disagreement that led to some stuff, but that was between two grown men, of course. Even that, that sh-- lasted all of 30 seconds. It wasn't what people made it out to be. ... We would see each other all the time in Atlanta. It was really our lives, your entertainment."

The album is tentatively scheduled for a November 11 release.

Source: MTV

DrUnK-N-MuNkY · 09-26-2008, 10:38 PM

single sound tight to

I might cop Luda new shit

kingstyles3764 · 09-27-2008, 12:52 AM

im glad they have a rap battle without the ignorant shitand then can brush it off, most these dumb rappers cant, they so fuckin SENSITIVE at every fuckin word, ima get the t.i. and might get the luda shyt

SOUTH HARLEMITE · 09-27-2008, 02:46 AM

ima huge fan of luda and i aint even from where dat nigga residen at

iTzMe · 09-27-2008, 10:42 AM

im definitely buying his album..he never disappoints

MrCatchaTemper · 09-27-2008, 02:50 PM

Luda>>>>>>>>>>T.I.

dont get me wrong I like TI....

cant wait fo ludas album

GMNRecordsCT3 · 09-28-2008, 10:26 AM

Luda one of them dudes... he killed Tip from that one verse too...

MrCatchaTemper · 09-28-2008, 01:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gmnrecordsct3

luda one of them dudes... He killed tip from that one verse too...

co mufuckin sign!!!!

09-26-2008, 09:56 PM	#1
J-Banks Super Moderator Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Providence, RI Posts: 21,015 Repped: 5,294 Repped 53,425 Times in 7,839 Posts Blog Entries: 1 Neg Reps: 53 Neg Repped at 93 Times in 86 Posts	Ludacris Previews New LP, Says Dispute With T.I. Was Never 'Beef' Ludacris Previews New LP, Says Dispute With T.I. Was Never 'Beef' Ludacris Previews New LP, Says Dispute With T.I. Was Never 'Beef' MC also debuts his 'Undisputed' video for New York crowd. By Shaheem Reid, with additional reporting by Sway Calloway Ludacris welcomed his audience with popcorn and jokes on Thursday night in New York's Tribeca neighborhood, as he gave them a preview of his new LP, Theater of the Mind, and debuted the video for "Undisputed." The clip shows 'Cris in a gym going through lyrical workouts, with flamboyant boxing champ Floyd "Money" Mayweather acting as his corner man. "A lot of people heard my mutha----in' pool house just burned the f--- down today," he said, after a member of the crowd asked about the fire in Luda's Atlanta home on Wednesday. "I can honestly sit back and laugh at it, because it wasn't my actual house and nobody got hurt. "Materialistic things can be replaced and you can't replace people," he continued. "But if you could've seen the expensive tiles that was inside that mutha----in' crib — that sh-- upset the hell out of me. For real. It's gonna take a minute to rebuild that mutha----a, too." ('Cris recently boasted about his property in his freestyle "Big Ass House" on his Gangsta Grillz: The Preview mixtape, and according to reports, the pool house alone was larger than most regular homes.) On Theater of the Mind, 'Cris goes for the jugular, clearly fired up about not getting the recognition he has earned as the most versatile MC to come down the pike since his debut in 2001. "This album is set out to get the credit I deserve as an MC," Luda told Sway at the event. Along with Swizz Beatz, the record also features the likes of Chris Brown and Sean Garrett, both of whom appear on the first single, "What Girls Like." On "Wish You Would," Luda shares the mic with fellow ATL resident T.I., and Tip returned the favor by inviting Luda to appear on the King of the South's Paper Trail. "We've been talking under the radar for a really long time, which nobody would know," Luda said of the affiliation with his onetime lyrical nemesis. "We were trying to figure out when would be the right opportunity to surprise people. Atlanta is small as hell, compared to New York City. It's a lot of people in New York; artists don't see each other. [Me and T.I.] got the same circle of friends. We'd see each other. You can never go anywhere without seeing their people, them seeing our people. "It was never what you would consider 'beef,' " 'Cris explained. "Beef to me is when you talking about somebody's family and they wanna punch the sh-- out of your ass. Between me and him, it's the original root of hip-hop. Little lines on wax. He and my manager had a disagreement that led to some stuff, but that was between two grown men, of course. Even that, that sh-- lasted all of 30 seconds. It wasn't what people made it out to be. ... We would see each other all the time in Atlanta. It was really our lives, your entertainment." The album is tentatively scheduled for a November 11 release. Source: MTV __________________ JBanksblog.com - check it out __________________

09-26-2008, 10:38 PM	#2
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09-27-2008, 12:52 AM	#3
kingstyles3764 Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: everywhere from the south to the east to the midwest, college is a trip Posts: 344 Repped: 40 Repped 15 Times in 13 Posts Neg Reps: 6 Neg Repped at 3 Times in 3 Posts	im glad they have a rap battle without the ignorant shitand then can brush it off, most these dumb rappers cant, they so fuckin SENSITIVE at every fuckin word, ima get the t.i. and might get the luda shyt

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SOUTH HARLEMITE Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: HARLEM Posts: 67 Repped: 0 Repped 0 Times in 0 Posts Neg Reps: 0 Neg Repped at 0 Times in 0 Posts	ima huge fan of luda and i aint even from where dat nigga residen at

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iTzMe Punch Line King Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 1,987 Repped: 1,061 Repped 2,656 Times in 363 Posts Neg Reps: 24 Neg Repped at 11 Times in 8 Posts	im definitely buying his album..he never disappoints

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MrCatchaTemper MrCalmNCollective Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: THa 5-1-9 Posts: 1,932 Repped: 350 Repped 112 Times in 52 Posts Neg Reps: 0 Neg Repped at 9 Times in 9 Posts	Luda>>>>>>>>>>T.I. dont get me wrong I like TI.... cant wait fo ludas album