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"Dead and Gone" is a song by American rapper T.I. featuring singer Justin Timberlake. It became available for digital download in September 2008 and was released on January 12, 2009 as the eighth single from T.I.'s sixth studio album, Paper Trail (2008).
The move was somewhat controversial due to its title, with many feeling he was insulting the Mixtape format. T.I. has addressed the issue by stating that it was a response to all the people who told him to just focus on an album and not on a mixtape. T.I. further defended his decision to release a mixtape by saying: "I already have 60, 70 songs.
From 2007 until 2009, he appeared in the music videos for his collaborations with other artists including 50 Cent ("Ayo Technology"), Madonna ("4 Minutes") and T.I. ("Dead and Gone"). Timberlake starred in the 2010 drama The Social Network , in which he portrayed Sean Parker , the first president of Facebook . [ 9 ]
T.I.'s first solo music video was for his debut single "I'm Serious", released in 2001 and directed by American music video director Chris Robinson. T.I's first lead role was in his first featured film, ATL , which was also directed by Chris Robinson.
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[1] [5] A trailer was posted on June 15, 2009, [6] and the full video was released on July 13, 2009, and it was later released on iTunes on July 28. The beginning of the video starts where "Dead and Gone" left off, with T.I. being led to a prison cell to begin a sentence. T.I. then appears inside of his house, but he cannot be seen by anyone else.
The album included two US number-one singles with four top-five singles overall: "Whatever You Like", Swagga Like Us" (featuring Lil Wayne, Kanye West and Jay-Z), "Live Your Life" (featuring Rihanna), and "Dead and Gone" (featuring Justin Timberlake).
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