When Artists Change Album Titles

T.I.'s got a new name for his next musical set.

T.I. : Traps Open to The Dime Trap - The King of the South previously announced that he was recording material for his tenth album, Trap's Open, but has now taken the project in a different direction. Speaking with Movie Web while doing press for his latest film, Ant-Man, which opened last Friday, T.I. revealed, “My tenth album, The Dime Trap, I’m working on it. I just released the first teaser from it yesterday and it’s going to be an extension or a continuation of the vibe from Trap Muzik. I feel like, when you’ve done hits like ‘Whatever You Like’ and ‘Dead and Gone,’ when you do those mainstream kind of ‘Blurred Lines’-ish kind of records, you don’t go and try to top ‘Blurred Lines.’ You just come to a whole new element, bring it back down and build the process back over again. I’m breaking it all down, back to the element of where my mu...
Young Thug: Carter 6 to Barter 6 - Young Thug was really trying to get under Lil Wayne's skin when he announced that he was naming his last project Carter 6 after jumping in the middle of Weezy and Birdman's dispute. However, lawyers got involved and Thugga was forced to switch it up. He let the world know that it wasn't his call though, saying, "Can’t name the mixtape Carter 6 ’cause these f**k-a** n****s tryna sue, just like some h**s. Big ol’ blood, so I’m going Barter 6. On the f**king way.”(Photo: Paras Griffin/Getty Images)
Kanye West: So Help Me God to SWISH - Yeezus was leaning on the Lord once again for his upcoming seventh album, So Help Me God, but decided to baptize the project with a new title, SWISH, in May. However, the creative geniuswarned, "I might change it again but that’s the name now."(Photo: SIPA/WENN.com)Smooth Operator - TGT member Ginuwine proves he's the real deal as he makes the crowd stand on their feet with his performance. (Photo: Isaac Brekken/Getty Images for Centric)

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T.I. : Traps Open to The Dime Trap - The King of the South previously announced that he was recording material for his tenth album, Trap's Open, but has now taken the project in a different direction. Speaking with Movie Web while doing press for his latest film, Ant-Man, which opened last Friday, T.I. revealed, “My tenth album, The Dime Trap, I’m working on it. I just released the first teaser from it yesterday and it’s going to be an extension or a continuation of the vibe from Trap Muzik. I feel like, when you’ve done hits like ‘Whatever You Like’ and ‘Dead and Gone,’ when you do those mainstream kind of ‘Blurred Lines’-ish kind of records, you don’t go and try to top ‘Blurred Lines.’ You just come to a whole new element, bring it back down and build the process back over again. I’m breaking it all down, back to the element of where my mu...

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