T.I. - Kill The King Mastodon with Dian Diarra contributing kamalengoni

with Dian Diarra contributing kamalengoni on the track 'Tony Vander'

spawning a deluxe version with covers and collaborations including MJ Lenderman

expansive and profoundly human

originally released in June 1988

Greg Cartwright

T.I. - Kill The King Mastodon with Dian Diarra contributing kamalengoniTwenty five years after his debut album I'm Serious permanently altered the DNA of Southern hip hop, T. I. officially closes this chapter with KILL THE KING, his twelfth and final studio album. For a man who has spent over two decades as the self proclaimed "King," the project's title speaks volumes. This is not a surrender of the crown to a rival, but rather a symbolic death of the ego. T. I. is choosing to dismantle the moniker on his own terms,