Paper Trail

As he stares down a one-year jail sentence for attempting to purchase machine guns from a federal agent in a Walgreens parking lot, T.I. makes a record based on the assumption that everything's going to be all right for him-- emotionally and financially. Rihanna and Ludacris are among the guests.

For T.I., it is the best of times and it is the worst of times. Just when it appeared that nothing could stop the Atlanta rapper's relentless rise to the top, T.I. was busted for possessing unlicensed machine guns. The arrest, made just hours before a scheduled performance at the BET Hip-Hop Awards, only strengthened…

Tip Harris wrote and recorded most of Paper Trail while under house arrest...

Check out our album review of Artist's Paper Trail on Rolling Stone.com.

House arrest would likely slow anyone's daily routine.

Could it be that psychological complexity in rappers has become another tired cliché?

<p>While rap's other blue-chip brands watch their stock prices plummet, Clifford Harris continues to beat the market</p>

T.I. - Paper Trail review: another T.I. album. another T.I. personality split.