T.I. enlists Young Thug for “The Weekend,” his third advance single from his highly-anticipated new album, ‘DIME TRAP.’

“I got no time for the f**k-shit, I’m gettin’ money or die / Get the f**k on with distractions, I’m way too dope not to have it,” T.I. asserts on the first verse of “The Weekend.” “The Weekend” marks the third single from his highly-anticipated new album, DIME TRAP (October 5, 2018).  He’s assisted by the always interesting and incredibly quirky rapper, Young Thug.

One of the selling points of “The Weekend” is the pop-oriented, urban contemporary sounds with the electric guitar, piano. The riffs are pretty sweet. Young Thug handles the hook, adding his usual quirky, melodic approach:

“It’s goin’ down every weekend, hey, yeah
Malibu, top gone, everything for the weekend…
Summertime, bathin’ suit, jump in the pool for the weekend
I can make any bitch leave her man, just for the weekend…”

The groove doesn’t kick in until after :45. T.I. serves up an interesting flow on the first verse.  It has some spoken word qualities as opposed to a traditional scheme. Young Thug performs the second verse. Again, it’s quirky as expected, blending straight and pitched rhymes.

“The Bentley truck’ll get your dick sucked

I know you want that, but first you gotta run your chips up

I let lil mama slurp on dick until her hiccups

Told her, ‘keep that Rollie on’ until her f**kin’ wrist cut.”

The outro by T.I. is melodic.

Final Thoughts 

All in all, “The Weekend” is a respectable single from T.I., but nothing game changing in the least. Does it compare to the likes of “What You Know” or “Dead and Gone?” No way Jose! Hard to imagine we’ll be saying much about “The Weekend” in the future in regards to memorability.

T.I. • DIME TRAP • Epic • Release: 10.5.18

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