T.I. — Whatever You Like

One of the defining rap-radio smashes of the late 2000s is broadly charting again, tracked across 112 country and platform charts today after a month away. Built on a woozy synth line and a hook that made luxury sound conversational, the track spent seven weeks atop the Billboard Hot 100 and was later ranked the 16th most successful song of the 2000s decade, per Wikipedia. It marked the commercial peak of T.I.'s Paper Trail run — a lighter, more melodic turn for an artist better known to that point for harder Southern trap. Its return to broad presence follows the pattern of durable pop-rap staples that resurface without warning and settle back into rotation.