What Up, What's Haapnin'

Infobox Single
Name = What Up, What's Haapnin'


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Artist = T.I.
Album = Paper Trail
Released = September 2, 2008
Format = Digital download
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Genre = Hip hop
Length = 5:03 (Explicit version) 5:05 (Clean version)
Label = Grand Hustle, Atlantic
Writer = T.I.
Producer = Drumma Boy
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Chronology = T.I. singles
Last single = "Hi Hater Remix"
(2008)
This single = "What Up, What's Haapnin'"
(2008)
Next single = "Wish You Would"
(2008)

"What Up, What's Haapnin'", is the third Promo single from T.I.'s upcoming sixth studio album "Paper Trail". The track was produced by Drumma Boy and was released for digital download on September 2.Evan Serpick (May 5, 2008). [http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2008/05/05/ti-talks-going-to-jail-previews-tracks-from-new-album/#more-6016 T.I. Talks Going to Jail, Previews Tracks From New Album] "Rolling Stone". Accessed May 6, 2008.] cite web|url=http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewRoom?fcId=288427277&id=1 iTunes|title=Countdown to Paper Trail|publisher=iTunes Store|accessdate=2008-08-18] The song peaked at number five on the "Billboard" Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart when it first leaked into Internet. The song is a direct diss to Shawty Lo. The video had made its way to iTunes, BET's 106 & Park, & MTV.

Music video

The music video for this track premiered on Streetcred.com on September 12, 2008.

It was offically released for download on iTunes on September 16, 2008.

The video disses Shawty Lo in many scenes.Because the song is a diss to Shawty Lo, the video was shot in his neighborhood. [ [http://www.therezidue.com/2008/08/ti-shawty-los-house.html T.I. @ Shawty Lo's house.] Accessed August 25, 2008.]

Verse 1

T.I. raps this verse on the stoop of his grand parent's house (his grand father tells "What up" and his grand mother tells "Now I'm watching" on the first hook).
As the first part of this verse "What it is Bruh? What it do Mane?",and later he raps" Still I hear u loud and clear on ya little song/Gone get ya dissin' on while the King gone". This song can be taken for direct diss toward southern rapper Shawty Lo.

Verse 2

On the second verse,T.I. raps "Cuz I yell Bankhead and you feel left out/I aint mention yo name, Dats what all this about" T.I. drives slow through the street which was appeared on "I'm a King" video, with his black Dodge Challenger and then he rides a bike that a young fan gave him. Alfamega, a Grand Hustle rapper, makes a cameo appearance on this verse.

Verse 3

On the third verse, T.I. raps with a dozens of fans on the front parking area of his headquarter, Club Crucial. Most of this part is diss toward Shawty Lo. He performs it with the comedian Lil Duval. On the last hook, he starts dancing with Duval. Big Kuntry and Meek Mill makes a cameo appearance on this verse. T.I., Lil Duval and many others mock the "Cheddah Chaser", the dance Shawty Lo does in most of his music videos, as the video ends.

Link : [http://www.musicvideocast.com/2008/09/ti-what-up-what%e2%80%99s-haapnin-video.html T.I. - What Up, What’s Haapnin' Music Video]

Remix

*T.I. feat. Playaz Circle - What Up, What's Haapnin' Remix
*T.I. feat. J-Dollaz - What Up, What's Haapnin' Remix

Chart positions

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