WHY YOU WANNA - T.I.
T.I. pours the charm on thick with “Why You Wanna,” the second single from his fourth album, “King.” This laid-back cut, with its keyboard-based beat, is a nice shift from his more frenetic singles like “Bring Em Out” and “What You Know.” Here, the Atlanta rapper is just as witty but more refined and methodical in his delivery. The sing-songy hook (”Why you wanna go and do that love”) borrows the line that A Tribe Called Quest frontman Q-Tip made famous in Janet Jackson’s “Got Til It’s Gone.” And while the lyrics are somewhat trite (”Life is like a chess move/You need to make your next move”), T.I. delivers each verse with charisma, often channeling LL Cool J’s flirtatious flow. He proves he can speed it up or slow it down with the best of them and still be magnetic.
