"Ready for Whatever" is a song by American rapper
T.I.
Clifford Joseph Harris Jr. (born September 25, 1980), known professionally as T.I. or Tip, is an American rapper and singer raised in Atlanta, Georgia. Harris is credited as a pioneer of the hip hop subgenre trap music, along with fellow Georgi ...
, released on September 23, 2008, as the sixth
single
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from his sixth studio album, ''
Paper Trail
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'' (2008). The song was
produced by
Southern hip hop
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record producer
Drumma Boy
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Early life
Born in Memphis, Tennessee, and raised in Cordova, Tennessee, he was exposed to ...
, and co-written by fellow Southern rapper
Rocko
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as well as the latter's then-girlfriend,
Monica.
In a 2014 interview for ''
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'', Drumma Boy revealed that "Ready for Whatever" had to be edited at least 25 different times, at the request of T.I.'s lawyers, because of the song's detailing of his 2007 arrest for gun possession.
Release
The song was released on September 23, 2008, during the ''Countdown to Paper Trail'' on
iTunes
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.
Track listing
Digital download
#"Ready for Whatever"
xplicit– 5:14
Chart performance
Release history
References
{{T.I. singles
2008 singles
2008 songs
T.I. songs
Songs written by T.I.
Grand Hustle Records singles
Atlantic Records singles
Song recordings produced by Drumma Boy
Songs written by Drumma Boy