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  2 Chainz, 'Based on a T.R.U. Story' (Def Jam)

  August 17, 2012 – Once upon a time, before 2 Chainz was 2 Chainz — back when he was barely Tity Boi — the man who we'll for the moment refer to as Taheed Epps opened his duo Playaz Circle's 2007 major-label debut with a defensive spoken-word intro. …
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  Watch 2 Chainz Say His Name 50 Times in Three Minutes

  August 14, 2012 – Atlanta MC 2 Chainz has logged more than 50 cameo appearances this calendar year alone. He's the guest everyone wants and, much like Cosmo Kramer, always manages to make a grand entrance — usually with his signature opening line: "2 Chaaaaaainz". His freek-a-leekanomics have defied all laws of supply and demand. In the run-up to his debut solo album, Based on a T.R.U. …
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  2 Chainz Takes Nicki Minaj to the Club in 'I Luv Dem Strippers' Video

  August 13, 2012 – 2 Chainz' solo debut album Based on a T.R.U. Story hits stores tomorrow, but the omnipresent Southern rapper is spending money at the strip club like he's already gone platinum. …
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  The Problem With Hip-Hop in 2012: Not Enough Street Rap!

  July 24, 2012 – If you've been reading the latest in the endless cycle of complaints about rap music's pernicious influence — Google's colossal waste of time, "Hip-Hop On Trial," from last month; or Touré's Washington Post editorial, "How America and Hip-Hop Failed Each Other," from earlier this month — you would think it was still the late '90s, when shiny, amoral street rap reigned supreme. …
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  2 Chainz and Kanye Get Dumb on 'Birthday Song'

  July 24, 2012 – 2 Chainz is nowhere near as impressive as Lil Wayne or Gucci Mane were at their ubiquitous heights, but what he shares with those hyper-prolific oddball street MCs is an inability to translate their goofy, mixtape power to the radio. On "No Lie" and now, "The Birthday Song" (featuring Kanye West), the first two singles from Based on a TRU Story ("Riot," started out as a mixtape track), 2 Chainz swings and misses. …
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  Hear Kanye West and 2 Chainz's Ode to Bday Booty Calls, 'Birthday Song'

  July 23, 2012 – Back in April, rising Atlanta rapper 2 Chainz told MTV that his upcoming LP debut, Based on a T.R.U. Story, would be filled with "concepts, things you can think about ... …
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  No Trivia's Top 50 (Mostly Rap) Songs of the Year So Far

  July 5, 2012 – Ubiquitous major-label last great hope 2 Chainz makes four appearances on this list. None of those appearances are on any of his own songs, though he is a nice addition to each and everyone of them, particularly "Beez In The Trap," where he mentions Nicki Minaj's "doo-hickey." But this is just the story of major-label rap music this year: A whole lot of nothing you didn't ask for, to get to that something you actually want to hear. …
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  2 Chainz and Drake's Kinky 'No Lie' Clip: A True Missed Opportunity?

  June 19, 2012 – Making the jump from wildly charismatic guest verses to success as a full-fledged solo artist can be challenging — just ask Nicki Minaj. Atlanta rapper 2 Chainz' cameos alongside Minaj, Kanye West, and even Justin Bieber should all but guarantee him one of the bigger albums of the summer. …
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  First Spin: Nicki Minaj and 2 Chainz's 'Beez in the Trap' Gets a Moombahton Makeover

  May 30, 2012 – The highlight of Brooklyn-via-Pittsburgh producer/DJ Skinny Friedman's 2011 Trap Rave EP is "Nine Piece (Blowin' Moombahton Fast Pt. 2)," a sea of Rick Ross barks, handguns being cocked, and clacking, snapping percussion, all set to the mid-tempo, Jimmy Buffet-on-Ecstasy shuffle of moombahton. Though don't sleep on Trap Rave's seven-plus-minute moombah remix of Juicy J and Lex Luger's "Who Da Neighbors," either. …
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  Kanye West Quietly Joined 2 Chainz on '106 & Park'

  April 10, 2012 – Kanye West stole the stage again last night on BET's 106 & Park, but this time he did it without saying a word. A jewelry-bedecked 2 Chainz, who is currently riding a wave of high-profile collaborations including Nicki Minaj's "Beez in the Trap" and West's G.O.O.D. Music track "Mercy," came on the show to offer up some humble bromides about hard work and prayer before calling Yeezy to the stage as a surprise guest. …
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