After DJ Toomp co-produced one of 2007’s biggest singles (Kanye West’s “Can’t Tell Me Nothing”), perhaps T.I. recognized what he had before it was gone. Although T.I. did not use Toomp at all on his 2007 T.I. vs. T.I.P. release, the former mentor and trap star are living up to reunion rumors, as confirmed by Grand Hustle CEO Jason Geter to Billboard.
As T.I. and Toomp compare schedules, December will reportedly be the month of release for DJ Drama’s long-awaited debut album Gangsta Grillz. The album was initially delayed due to the January raid of Drama’s Aphilliates mixtape outfit in Atlanta from authorities in conjunction with the RIAA. Drama then faced a lawsuit over his name from a Chicago House music DJ, leading early advertisements for the album to be credited to “DJ Dram.” Regardless of name, the top mixtape DJ announced his first single to be “5000 One’s” featuring T.I., Diddy, Yung Joc, Twista, Young Dro and The Aphilliates’ first in-house artist Willie the Kid. The heavy collaboration, not unlike those previously seen with DJ Khaled, features all artists affiliated with Atlantic Records, Grand Hustle’s parent company.
Longtime P$C artist Big Kuntry will drop his aptly-titled My Turn to Eat in early 2008, as will Young Dro, with his sophomore The Young and The Restless – a follow-up to his 2006 gold-selling label debut Best Thang Smokin’.
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If that wasn’t keeping Grand Hustle Records busy enough, Wyclef Jean recently told XXL Magazine that T.I. would be executive producing the veteran rapper/singer’s next album The Carnival II.
