― kevin mulligan, Wednesday, 9 May 2007 21:36 (seventeen years ago) link
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― the table is the table, Thursday, 10 May 2007 02:58 (seventeen years ago) link
his use of autotune is so flagrant though, he totally owns it -- kevin mulligan, Wednesday, May 9, 2007 5:01 PM (4 hours ago)
― bernard snowy, Thursday, 10 May 2007 02:58 (seventeen years ago) link
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this new plies song with t-pain on the chorus is THE jam of the summer.
― Jordan Sargent, Sunday, 24 June 2007 01:08 (sixteen years ago) link
"buy u a drank" has been in my head all day. the line "you can do it all buy yourself" reminds me of a children's diaper commercial.
the "i'm in love with a stripper" song is okay. it's more of the same you'd expect from t-pain, with mike jones shouting his verses. also, t-pain refers to himself, if i'm not mistaken, as "teddy pendherassdown" in this song.
― miryam, Sunday, 24 June 2007 01:17 (sixteen years ago) link
that would be "teddy penderzdoun" and it's one of his alter egos, i guess. there is a song on the new album that is "t-pain ft. teddy pain and teddy penderazdoun," which is just t-pain doing the whole song in various character, if there is a difference between the three.
― Jordan Sargent, Sunday, 24 June 2007 01:26 (sixteen years ago) link
When has anyone complained about his verse on "Like A Flirt"?
e.g. some Jukebox reviews
― Tape Store, Sunday, 24 June 2007 02:18 (sixteen years ago) link
re: "I'm A Flirt," is when t-pain goes "i'm feelin yo body and i'm hoping you feel the saaaaaaaame."
also, tape store, where are you from in missouri?
― Jordan Sargent, Sunday, 24 June 2007 02:32 (sixteen years ago) link
Columbia
― Tape Store, Sunday, 24 June 2007 02:33 (sixteen years ago) link
you go to mizzou? i saw you put that shirelle c. limes song on some singles list in another thread which caught my eye. amazing pop song.
― Jordan Sargent, Sunday, 24 June 2007 02:37 (sixteen years ago) link
no...Rock Bridge (high school). How'd you come across the Shirrelle track? It really is amazing; her live show is great, too.
― Tape Store, Sunday, 24 June 2007 03:02 (sixteen years ago) link
i was going to write a story about her for MOVE Magazine (ended up not doing it) so I listened to her EP which was pretty good, definitely as far as Columbia music goes. the foundry at eastside a few months ago was easily the best show i've seen here by a local band. just really awesome, heavy and more rockier stuff than i expected from them.
― Jordan Sargent, Sunday, 24 June 2007 03:11 (sixteen years ago) link
I don't know about Bieritz, (who's blurb is hilarious), but my bit about T-Pain certainly isn't a complaint; I was pointing out my favorite line in the song! Inskeep's the only one who seems negative about T-Pain's contributions to the song and he gave the song a ten, so grain of salt, etc.
― The Reverend, Sunday, 24 June 2007 03:12 (sixteen years ago) link
I guess what I was trying to say is that the "Teddy Penderass" line is where the suspension of disbelief gets broken, but as far as I'm concerned, that's a great thing to do.
― The Reverend, Sunday, 24 June 2007 03:13 (sixteen years ago) link
..."whose blurb"....
― The Reverend, Sunday, 24 June 2007 03:14 (sixteen years ago) link
I'm not a huge Foundry fan (I like the obvious singles and the first ep), but they're pretty good live.
My favorite local act is Jerusalem and the Starbaskets, with Shirrelle coming in as a close second. Then again, I'm leaving out Castro Catastrophe--easily Columbia's best band.
re: T-Pain--I thought Bieritz's blurb was easily the most negative...you're right, though, it's very funny.
― Tape Store, Sunday, 24 June 2007 03:30 (sixteen years ago) link
(I mean, basically, he (right?) calls Kelly and T.I. sex fiends and then labels T. Pain a stupid poser)
― Tape Store, Sunday, 24 June 2007 03:32 (sixteen years ago) link
"Idiot savant for chintzy r&b" strikes me as distinctively compliment-like, or at least I would use it as such. I think what he was trying to say is that T-Pain isn't as convincingly sexy as R. or T.I.
― The Reverend, Sunday, 24 June 2007 03:46 (sixteen years ago) link
But that's not necessarily a bad thing.
And he didn't call T.I. a sex fiend, merely "suave". But he doesn't have R. Kelly's reputation, which is a good thing. I certainly wouldn't want R. Kelly's reputation, that's for sure.
― The Reverend, Sunday, 24 June 2007 03:49 (sixteen years ago) link
I'm going to stop arguing about other people's semantics right now.
On first look, that's definitely seems like a compliment, but when I read the piece again, it seems like it's just questioning his validity as a guest-spot go-to-guy...The two most negative parts for me are the "but has T-Pain really earned this?" line and the complaint about his ever-present autotune.
― Tape Store, Sunday, 24 June 2007 03:53 (sixteen years ago) link
i don't get why people have problem with the autotune. what's the difference between animal collective or battles using vocal effects and t-pain using a vocal effect? is the fact that he's using it to get in tune that much of a bigger deal? they are both a mean to get to an end the way i look at it.
― Jordan Sargent, Sunday, 24 June 2007 04:03 (sixteen years ago) link
The first time I saw the video for "Buy You A Drank" I asked my friend "who is this?" but before he could reply T-Pain answered "I'm T-pain."
And T-Pain's the best part of "I'm a flirt." And that new song about him falling in love with the bartender is pretty good. But none of it really leaves me wanting more.
― ablaeser, Sunday, 24 June 2007 04:04 (sixteen years ago) link
TS: I know I said I was done with this, but you pulled me back in, damn you. The "but has T-Pain really earned this?" bit strikes me as questioning not T's validity as a guest-spot go-to guy, but his validity as a sex symbol, which R. & T.I. both had firmly established, but T (mind you this is before we heard "Buy U a Drink" or "Bartender") seemed kind of this dorky guy who falls in love with strippers, and, in his own words, looks like the neighborhood weed man. I was kind of getting at the same thing with my "no one calls you that" line. The remarks about the autotune strike me more as humorous commentary than as complaints. He doesn't necessarily say electronic glissandos are bad.
Jordan: I agree, but I don't understand why many people assume he's using the autotune for the purposes of pitch correction. It seems patently obvious to me that he uses it for a deliberately unnaturalistic effect.
― The Reverend, Sunday, 24 June 2007 04:17 (sixteen years ago) link
ablaeser: I'm kind of at the same spot regarding T-Pain. I like a lot of what I hear, but not so much that I want to invest myself in him.
― The Reverend, Sunday, 24 June 2007 04:19 (sixteen years ago) link
reverend: i think in a lot of t-pain songs there become points (maybe a note or two or three) where he becomes punishingly in tune (the line in "i'm a flirt" that i brought up earlier is a example of this), and i'm not sure he could actually do that if he wanted to. which isn't to say that he isn't using autotune to be unnatural— he obviously is— just that that process also brings him to being in tune at points as well.
― Jordan Sargent, Sunday, 24 June 2007 04:36 (sixteen years ago) link
also, CAN WE PLEASE TALK ABOUT "SHAWTY"? THIS SONG IS OWNING MY LIFE RIGHT NOW.
― Jordan Sargent, Sunday, 24 June 2007 04:37 (sixteen years ago) link
I like it when T-Pain says "shawty" in "Flirt." It's one of the best moments in the song for me...He stops playing dominant flirter and instead becomes Mr. Sweet 'n' Seductive...Instead of "Hey Shawty! Get in my bed!", it's "Hey Shawty? Can I talk to you? If you don't mind me saying so, you look mighty stunning tonight."
And Rev, maybe Bieritz will weigh in?
― Tape Store, Sunday, 24 June 2007 04:48 (sixteen years ago) link
"Hey Shawty? Can I talk to you? If you don't mind me saying so, you look mighty stunning tonight."
not only that, but then he goes, "i'm feelin' yo body and i'm hopin' you feel the same," which is by miles the most human and relatable sentiment in that whole song.
i'm still astounded by people who don't recognize that t-pains humanity is the most valuable part of the song (in a beguiling way for him, even) when compared to t.i.'s greasiness ("i'm tryna catch a glance up her skirt") and kelly's (typical) pompousness in
― Jordan Sargent, Sunday, 24 June 2007 04:58 (sixteen years ago) link
btw Jordan, not to change subjects, but is Mizzou Journalism worth it?
― Tape Store, Sunday, 24 June 2007 05:08 (sixteen years ago) link
daaaaaaaaaaamn 28's!
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Sunday, 24 June 2007 05:34 (sixteen years ago) link
my view on mizzou journalism (after one year completed) is this:
the classes themselves— history of journalism, principles of journalism, cross-culutural journalism (aka are you racist?)— are based basically on common sense and aren't that valuable or informative (generally), but the name cache that mizzou carries in the journalism world is pretty invaluable. not to mention the connections available (village voice reps come to the school every year for internship purposes, etc. and i know plenty of people with internships and jobs at usa today or with the AP, etc.).
and i think if you really want to write as a career, the competitiveness here is probably unmatched around college campuses in the sense that, there are so many really good and ambitious writers here that you cant help but step your game up, so to speak.
― Jordan Sargent, Sunday, 24 June 2007 05:37 (sixteen years ago) link
Thanks for sharing...I don't think I'm going to go to the J-School (but I change my mind all the time).
My goal is to become a semi-successful director, so I don't plan on working as a full-time writer...I just want freelance work, and I'm already doing that (though I'm always worried that my age is helping me get these jobs). But Mizzou would be free, and everywhere else is not :(
― Tape Store, Sunday, 24 June 2007 05:47 (sixteen years ago) link
the thing about writing as a profession (obviously) is that you don't need a j-school degree to do it (the same could be same for directing, i guess), plus if you came here and decided you want to go to the j-school you could always apply after your freshman or sophomore year or whatever.
― Jordan Sargent, Sunday, 24 June 2007 05:59 (sixteen years ago) link
Definitely. I like that his POV in his songs doesn't necessarily take his playaness for granted.
Does he post here? I've never noticed him doing so.
― The Reverend, Sunday, 24 June 2007 10:39 (sixteen years ago) link
there's a lot of really interesting stuff happening on this album. besides t-pain's voice obviously, stuff like the percussion on "time machine" seems really forward-thinking for a modern hip-hop/r&b record to me almost in like a fiery furnaces or similar kitschy (not in a bad way) indieish pop way to me. i also love it on "shottas" when they run kardinal offishal and cham's voices through the auto-(un)tune.
is t-pain the animal collective of r&b?
― Jordan Sargent, Wednesday, 4 July 2007 08:45 (sixteen years ago) link
also i love that they sequenced "buy u a drank" in the 3rd quarter of the album rather than having it be the standard second song or whatever. by the time it comes around it functions almost as a victory lap, like you've just listened to over half a really enjoyable t-pain album and then oh shit it's the most successful and eponymous pop song of the year... gone in a blink if you aren't paying attention. that this album can do that to "buy u a drank" is a pretty great testament to it's surprisng enjoyability i think.
― Jordan Sargent, Wednesday, 4 July 2007 08:51 (sixteen years ago) link
and by eponymous i of course mean inescapable but i can't think of the word that is kind of like eponymous.
― Jordan Sargent, Wednesday, 4 July 2007 08:54 (sixteen years ago) link
You have convinced me.
― The Reverend, Wednesday, 4 July 2007 16:32 (sixteen years ago) link
im REALLY into the joe budden/t-pain track "can't control it," but i really eat up anything joe does
― max, Wednesday, 4 July 2007 16:33 (sixteen years ago) link
i brought this up in this thread a while ago, but since it might just be a regional hit it got no response, but the plies and t-pain song "shawty" is one of my favorite singles of the year.
(You have convinced me.
-- The Reverend, Wednesday, 4 July 2007 16:32 (2 hours ago) Link
sarcasm is undetectable over the internet (?))
― Jordan Sargent, Wednesday, 4 July 2007 19:20 (sixteen years ago) link
(I thought it was sincere)
― Tape Store, Wednesday, 4 July 2007 19:29 (sixteen years ago) link
Not sarcasm. You have convinced me that I should get his album.
― The Reverend, Wednesday, 4 July 2007 20:20 (sixteen years ago) link
ah ok. i'm too cynical for my own good rev...
i also love that this whole album is basically ambiguous enough that the whole thing could be about his wife... going to do 69 with her, admiring her stomach, doing it in the backseat, etc.
― Jordan Sargent, Wednesday, 4 July 2007 20:47 (sixteen years ago) link
"Buy U A Drank" is terrible, the weak harmonies and barely there beat and a chorus that borrows from at least 3 different hits from the past year ("Money In The Bank," "Snap Ya Fingers" and "Zoom").
Al, I like the harmonies in it.
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 4 July 2007 20:53 (sixteen years ago) link
Yeah, that's basically a description of everything that makes the song tick.
― The Reverend, Thursday, 5 July 2007 07:57 (sixteen years ago) link
BAN "FEATURING T-PAIN"
Nothing against dude, but enough already.
― The Reverend, Friday, 26 October 2007 01:42 (sixteen years ago) link
However, more "T-Pain Featuring" please
― Bonobos in Paneradise (Hurting 2), Thursday, 26 February 2009 04:32 (fifteen years ago) link
^^^esta
― ☻ (The Reverend), Thursday, 26 February 2009 04:44 (fifteen years ago) link
don't really understand that sentiment given the quality of most of the guest spots on Thr33 Ringz
― Carles Jr. (some dude), Thursday, 26 February 2009 04:51 (fifteen years ago) link
― Jordan Sargent, Wednesday, July 4, 2007 8:45 AM (1 year ago)
― pussy spread like the rainbow (The Brainwasher), Thursday, 26 February 2009 04:53 (fifteen years ago) link
Sentiment is more just that T-Pain songs are usually good, whereas songs feat. t-pain are usually bad. Not meant to comment on guest spot quality.
― Bonobos in Paneradise (Hurting 2), Thursday, 26 February 2009 04:56 (fifteen years ago) link
don't fully agree, but he's definitely more consistent as a solo artist than as a for-hire hitmaker
― Carles Jr. (some dude), Thursday, 26 February 2009 04:58 (fifteen years ago) link
Although "Never thought I'd be on a boat" is just about the only funny line in "I'm On a Boat"
― Bonobos in Paneradise (Hurting 2), Thursday, 26 February 2009 05:04 (fifteen years ago) link
― Jordan Sargent, Wednesday, July 4, 2007 3:45 AM (1 year ago) Bookmark
omfg
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 26 February 2009 05:53 (fifteen years ago) link
i hope i was joking but i probably wasn't >:(
remember the Epiphany rickroll?
― ☻ (The Reverend), Thursday, 26 February 2009 05:54 (fifteen years ago) link
Is panda bear the t-pain of animal collective?
― Bonobos in Paneradise (Hurting 2), Thursday, 26 February 2009 05:57 (fifteen years ago) link
aaaanyway, i love thr33 ringz a lot and i think shipley is tripping talking about what he does w/ his guests on the album. i mean the point of them is to be integrated into his "circus" right? none of the guests are outstanding (though i think many like ciara and chris brown are very good) but they don't have to be
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 26 February 2009 05:57 (fifteen years ago) link
Two reasons why I love T-Pain in 2009:
Sophia Fresh's album is gonna be craaaaaaaaazzzzzzzyyyyyyyyyy
― pussy spread like the rainbow (The Brainwasher), Thursday, 26 February 2009 06:01 (fifteen years ago) link
the "blame it" video is hysterical
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 26 February 2009 06:04 (fifteen years ago) link
― Bonobos in Paneradise (Hurting 2), Thursday, February 26, 2009 12:04 AM (9 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
I thought that at first but "never thought I'd see the day when a big boat comin' my way" is my favorite part now
― Carles Jr. (some dude), Thursday, 26 February 2009 14:08 (fifteen years ago) link
― J0rdan S., Thursday, February 26, 2009 12:57 AM (8 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
yeah, i'm not saying the guests were really a problem on the album (Luda and CB and Kanye and lol Khaled are great on it and "Reality Show" is my favorite song), i just generally prefer the stuff with no guests on the first 2 albums.
― Carles Jr. (some dude), Thursday, 26 February 2009 14:13 (fifteen years ago) link
the whole HIV bit on Epiphany is a bit shit.
― Bone Thugs-N-Harmony ft Phil Collins (jim), Thursday, 26 February 2009 16:14 (fifteen years ago) link
― Carles Jr. (some dude), Wednesday, February 25, 2009 11:58 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
thought you were not fully agreeing that t-pain is the animal collective of r&b
― bobby dijindal (and what), Thursday, 26 February 2009 18:10 (fifteen years ago) link
well the key difference there is that I've actually heard T-Pain's music
― some dude, Thursday, 26 February 2009 18:37 (fifteen years ago) link
http://twitter.com/joncaramanica/status/8471854830
― average gangsta rap from average gangstas (deej), Monday, 1 February 2010 00:03 (fourteen years ago) link
that's kinda bullshit though
Grammy Awards2010, Best Rap/Sung Collaboration ("I'm on a Boat") with The Lonely Island [Nominated]2010, Best R&B Performance by a Duo or a Group ("Blame It") with Jamie Foxx [Nominated]2010, Best R&B Song ("Blame It") with Jamie Foxx [Nominated]2010, Best Contemporary Album Thr33 Ringz [Nominated]2009, Best Rap/Sung Collaboration ("Got Money") with Lil Wayne (Nominated)2009, Best Rap/Sung Collaboration ("Low") with Flo Rida (Nominated)2009, Best Rap Song ("Low") with Flo Rida (Nominated)2008, Album of the Year (Graduation) [Nominated]2008, Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group ("Bartender") with Akon (Nominated)2008, Best Rap/Sung Collaboration ("Good Life") With Kanye West (Nominated)2008, Best Rap/Sung Collaboration ("Kiss Kiss") with Chris Brown (Nominated)2008, Best Rap Song ("Good Life") with Kanye West (Won)[11]
― alf shumway (some dude), Monday, 1 February 2010 00:07 (fourteen years ago) link
he talking about "i'm on a boat"?
― wtf lebron, that chick doesn't need a gatorade bath (k3vin k.), Monday, 1 February 2010 00:11 (fourteen years ago) link
i assume so, although "D.O.A." is nominated too
― alf shumway (some dude), Monday, 1 February 2010 01:24 (fourteen years ago) link
i hope blame it wins -- did they announce all the r&b/hip-hop awards already?
― big hoos state of mind (J0rdan S.), Monday, 1 February 2010 01:29 (fourteen years ago) link
don't they show those?
― wtf lebron, that chick doesn't need a gatorade bath (k3vin k.), Monday, 1 February 2010 01:29 (fourteen years ago) link
some of them they announce beforehand -- 'relapse' won hip hop album
― big hoos state of mind (J0rdan S.), Monday, 1 February 2010 01:31 (fourteen years ago) link
lol
― wtf lebron, that chick doesn't need a gatorade bath (k3vin k.), Monday, 1 February 2010 01:32 (fourteen years ago) link
2008, Best Rap/Sung Collaboration ("Good Life") With Kanye West (Nominated)2008, Best Rap/Sung Collaboration ("Kiss Kiss") with Chris Brown (Nominated)
i still think one of the coolest moments of T-Pain's career was having 2 songs in this category where he was the rap part on one song and the sung part on the other
― alf shumway (some dude), Monday, 1 February 2010 01:37 (fourteen years ago) link
ha, that's true
― big hoos state of mind (J0rdan S.), Monday, 1 February 2010 01:38 (fourteen years ago) link
shawty snap
― dyªº (dyao), Saturday, 24 April 2010 15:49 (fourteen years ago) link
http://techcrunch.com/2011/01/28/rapper-t-pain-gets-a-facebook-like-tattoo/
― markers, Friday, 28 January 2011 20:22 (thirteen years ago) link
T-Pain's Facebook tattoo > Gucci's face tattoo
― williamstevenjames (some dude), Friday, 28 January 2011 20:30 (thirteen years ago) link
add more >>>>>>>>>>>>>>s
― i turned my head n boom I saw that tweet #wow (forksclovetofu), Friday, 28 January 2011 21:11 (thirteen years ago) link
the >>>>>s go between everything else and those two things
― based god on a true based god story based god (some dude), Friday, 28 January 2011 21:16 (thirteen years ago) link
Does anyone know the best source for the finger snap sample T-Pain et al uses in their music? Is it a recent sample pack or is it some old school drum machine bit?
― Telephoneface (Adam Bruneau), Friday, 11 February 2011 18:35 (thirteen years ago) link
sun is out today and i'm blasting "shawty" <3 t-pain
― kl0ppa kl0ppa down (tpp), Wednesday, 23 March 2011 11:31 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDP5IqHK_Jc
― LaMonte, Sunday, 20 November 2011 01:23 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.thesuperficial.com/t-pain-frank-ocean-homophobia-jay-z-kanye-02-2014
― sXe & the banshees (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 11 February 2014 19:13 (ten years ago) link
seems like a good dude overall
― sXe & the banshees (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 11 February 2014 19:18 (ten years ago) link
the jay-z and kanye part of that doesn't scan to me but i'm sure he's right as it pertains to a bunch of other rappers
nonetheless t-pain is a true national treasure
― le goon (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 11 February 2014 22:35 (ten years ago) link
yeah, that part was pretty nonsensical considering Frank is on both Yeezus and MCHG (and "Oceans" is supposedly a WTT outtake but still, Jay put it on his new record).
i kinda get the impression that Frank is pointedly only collaborating with the biggest rappers out and the ones in his crew. he's the only new R&B singer in the last few years with a gold album, i'm sure if he wanted to hit the Trey Songz hook singer circuit there'd be more rappers saying yes than no to the offer to collaborate.
― scott c-word (some dude), Tuesday, 11 February 2014 22:45 (ten years ago) link
the bit from the (same?) recent interview about T-Pain getting invited to 808s & Heartbreak sessions and then getting mocked by Kanye for his ideas was crazy. i can't believe what it would take for a lyric or melody to be considered not good enough for that sloppy-ass album.
― scott c-word (some dude), Tuesday, 11 February 2014 22:46 (ten years ago) link
ok i'm posting this here too
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtZGbw_ShNg
― festival culture (Jordan), Tuesday, 11 February 2014 23:02 (ten years ago) link
so good
― scott c-word (some dude), Wednesday, 12 February 2014 01:30 (ten years ago) link
i love this
― flopson, Wednesday, 12 February 2014 02:45 (ten years ago) link
national treasure OTMso glad i'm listening to this right now
― PSY talks The Nut Job (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 12 February 2014 05:37 (ten years ago) link
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/culture/2014/03/the-sadness-of-t-pain.html
The haters have made him very sad
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 18 March 2014 22:39 (ten years ago) link
My opinion of this article is coloured by the fact that the writer seems to think that Drake picture was deep and not hilarious.
When he says this, once again laughing, I think instantly about the photograph on the cover of Drake’s “Take Care,” which shows the artist sitting glumly in front of a golden goblet, looking painfully aware of how little solace his riches can bring him in his darkest moments.
― What is wrong with songs? Absolutely nothing. Songs are great. (DL), Tuesday, 18 March 2014 23:12 (ten years ago) link
T-Pain has always been like that, i called him "sad T-Panda" 6 years ago: Rolling R&B Thread 2007
― The Greta Gerwig In The Sky (some dude), Tuesday, 18 March 2014 23:36 (ten years ago) link
his new album, titled “Stoicville: The Phoenix”
omg
― The Greta Gerwig In The Sky (some dude), Tuesday, 18 March 2014 23:42 (ten years ago) link
from the pfork FKA Twigs interview:
Pitchfork: T-Pain recently said in an interview that you’ve changed his life. What’s your relationship like with him?T: He kept on messaging my label, and it was always really heartfelt, like, “I don’t want anything from you, I just want to talk to you. I’m really interested in your process.” He seemed different. We spoke on the phone and he was really softly spoken. So I thought it'd be cool to go and hang out with T-Pain for the day. I went to the studio with him, and we made some sounds, just playing around. He played me some music, and I played him some music, and I showed him the instruments I work on. He's got a really beautiful voice. He should let people hear that. And he's got a great sensibility for chords. I was quite surprised. He's really musical, he plays piano really, really well. He texts me every now and then to check in and make sure I'm OK. He's always like, "If you ever need anything, just call me.”
<3
― festival culture (Jordan), Tuesday, 29 July 2014 14:13 (nine years ago) link
Would probably agree Re his voice, though I wouldn't be in a rush to hear him croonhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U08iRYEnAEA
― tsrobodo, Tuesday, 29 July 2014 15:29 (nine years ago) link
he sang w/ no autotune on thr33 ringz and his voice is very nice imo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqKDsUCFchc
― le goon (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 29 July 2014 15:48 (nine years ago) link
I like his voice a ton. He really went south after Thr33 Ringz when he stopped doing the smooth, finger-snap thing and became a desperate shouting lunatic on every track. I tweeted something to that effect about a year ago, and he replied that he actually totally agreed, which was cool, but I haven't heard any new music from him that suggests he's changing course
― Evan R, Tuesday, 29 July 2014 16:10 (nine years ago) link
i heard a new track on youtube recently that sounded amazing (very hushed and dark), but can't find it now :(
― festival culture (Jordan), Tuesday, 29 July 2014 16:22 (nine years ago) link
T-Pain is on that awkward bubble where he's still a major label presence but has to fight to stay on the radio with the clubbiest and trendiest songs he can manage. If he ever got dropped or gave up on making hits he'd probably start releasing some really great interesting stuff.
― some dude, Tuesday, 29 July 2014 16:46 (nine years ago) link
I tweeted something to that effect about a year ago, and he replied that he actually totally agreed, which was cool, but I haven't heard any new music from him that suggests he's changing course
― Evan R, Tuesday, July 29, 2014 12:10 PM (36 minutes ago) Bookmark
"up down" is pretty great and not shouty at all
also this was pretty classic t pain
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1pp9gYsJns
revolver was a really bad look for him though yeah
― le goon (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 29 July 2014 16:48 (nine years ago) link
― some dude, Tuesday, July 29, 2014 12:46 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
this is basically otm. feels like "drankin patna" was maybe the one last gasp of "let's see if we can get a classic t-pain song to pop after 'up down'" but since that caught zero buzz i kind of hesitate to think what his real follow up is gonna be
― le goon (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 29 July 2014 16:51 (nine years ago) link
Oh I like that one; never heard it before. I'm surprised by the longevity of "Up Down." He released that nearly a year ago and it's been a steady radio presence all year, but obviously that's more a testament to Mustard than T-Pain. Right now it seems like there's nobody Mustard couldn't score a hit for.
― Evan R, Tuesday, 29 July 2014 17:00 (nine years ago) link
that teefli song is even creeping up towards hit status
― le goon (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 29 July 2014 17:08 (nine years ago) link
Right now it seems like there's nobody Mustard couldn't score a hit for.
― Evan R, Tuesday, July 29, 2014 1:00 PM (8 minutes ago) Bookmark
riff raff
i've seen t-pain live twice and he sings quite well without autotune on stage
― go ahead. make vid where u rap about this new TMNT movie. (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 29 July 2014 17:12 (nine years ago) link
hadn't even heard drankin patna; i like the maneater nods
― go ahead. make vid where u rap about this new TMNT movie. (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 29 July 2014 17:17 (nine years ago) link
Obv "Up Down" is riding the Mustard wave but I don't see how it's outside of T-Pain's usual style at all. They met halfway very well for that one.
― The Reverend, Tuesday, 29 July 2014 18:25 (nine years ago) link
http://www.npr.org/event/music/359661053/t-pain-tiny-desk-concert
― Steve 'n' Seagulls and Flock of Van Dammes (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 29 October 2014 19:04 (nine years ago) link
ahh that version of "buy u a drank" is so good, fuck
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 29 October 2014 19:07 (nine years ago) link
this entire thing is incredible
i would watch an entire hourlong concert of him singing his songs like this
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 29 October 2014 19:11 (nine years ago) link
right?so crazy this is NPR
― Steve 'n' Seagulls and Flock of Van Dammes (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 29 October 2014 19:12 (nine years ago) link
jesus, t-pain is 29?i have done nothing with my life
― Steve 'n' Seagulls and Flock of Van Dammes (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 29 October 2014 19:14 (nine years ago) link
this is making me so happy
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 29 October 2014 19:18 (nine years ago) link
t-pain unplug-in
― festival culture (Jordan), Wednesday, 29 October 2014 19:19 (nine years ago) link
keyboard player kills it
― festival culture (Jordan), Wednesday, 29 October 2014 19:21 (nine years ago) link
the michael mcdonald/regulators interpolation
― festival culture (Jordan), Wednesday, 29 October 2014 19:25 (nine years ago) link
oh very much so
― Steve 'n' Seagulls and Flock of Van Dammes (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 29 October 2014 19:34 (nine years ago) link
ahhhhh "Up Down"
― some dude, Wednesday, 29 October 2014 19:38 (nine years ago) link
i like how Musiq Soulchild just embarrassed himself stepping into a T-Pain type lane and then T-Pain goes ahead and bodies Musiq's lane
― some dude, Wednesday, 29 October 2014 19:40 (nine years ago) link
tears of joy
― out here like a flopson (tpp), Wednesday, 29 October 2014 19:42 (nine years ago) link
This is really glorious. Such an earned victory for an artist who really deserves one.
― Evan R, Wednesday, 29 October 2014 19:47 (nine years ago) link
his final rendition of the "up down" chorus on this is so dope
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 29 October 2014 20:00 (nine years ago) link
cool thing is you can really hear the line between his "real" voice and his autotune voice in this
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 29 October 2014 20:07 (nine years ago) link
― out here like a flopson (tpp), Wednesday, 29 October 2014 19:42
― etc, Wednesday, 29 October 2014 22:36 (nine years ago) link
Haha damnit just came to this thread to post that
― my jaw left (Hurting 2), Thursday, 30 October 2014 03:06 (nine years ago) link
Was hoping when I saw this that it would include Chopped and Screwed
― my jaw left (Hurting 2), Thursday, 30 October 2014 03:08 (nine years ago) link
this is so awesome <3 that dude
― I Love Makonnen: New Answers (The Reverend), Thursday, 30 October 2014 03:12 (nine years ago) link
T-pain is wearing my glasses >_<
― 龜, Thursday, 30 October 2014 03:14 (nine years ago) link
Actually I switched. But he look good
Yo nice glasses btw liked those
― my jaw left (Hurting 2), Thursday, 30 October 2014 03:18 (nine years ago) link
A whole concert of this would be great. They could market it as "T-Pain: The Grill Comes Off" or something like that
― my jaw left (Hurting 2), Thursday, 30 October 2014 03:20 (nine years ago) link
Ty ty xp
― 龜, Thursday, 30 October 2014 03:28 (nine years ago) link
this really is very special
― no but seriously im not a dick like that (Spottie), Friday, 31 October 2014 17:29 (nine years ago) link
dunno about the video but i like the songhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaIwNbN4AVA
― MAYBE HE'S NOT THE BEST THIGH SLAPPER IN THE WORLD (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 28 December 2014 20:26 (nine years ago) link
anyone else into this mixtape
― just sayin, Monday, 30 March 2015 22:24 (nine years ago) link
Yeah I've been jamming it
― 龜, Monday, 30 March 2015 22:31 (nine years ago) link
beckyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
― just sayin, Monday, 30 March 2015 22:51 (nine years ago) link
ysi?
― RAP GAME SHANI DAVIS (Raymond Cummings), Tuesday, 31 March 2015 14:04 (nine years ago) link
Datpiff it
― 龜, Tuesday, 31 March 2015 14:05 (nine years ago) link
lol at the game of thrones reference
― Maybe in 100 years someone will say damn Dawn was dope. (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 31 March 2015 14:29 (nine years ago) link
"Classic Man"'s nice.
― etc, Friday, 31 July 2015 15:26 (eight years ago) link
not him
don't really like it anyway
― dyl, Friday, 31 July 2015 15:29 (eight years ago) link
theres a tpain remix
― just sayin, Friday, 31 July 2015 21:13 (eight years ago) link
http://www.thefader.com/2015/09/29/t-pain-interview
― Meta Forksclove-Liebeskind (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 30 September 2015 21:47 (eight years ago) link
https://concerts1.livenation.com/event/00005311D658739A"acoustic tour"
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Wednesday, 23 August 2017 17:21 (six years ago) link
listening to the new album. feels weirdly dated.
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Friday, 17 November 2017 19:11 (six years ago) link
Yeah I got the same vibe.
Definitely doesn't lack for effort, but it's a mess. The loud, busy, shouty stuff just doesn't flatter him at all, really wish he'd return to smooth finger-snap jams again.
― Evan R, Friday, 17 November 2017 21:37 (six years ago) link
there's a song called "pussy on the phone" in which he asks you to "put your pussy on the phone"
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Friday, 17 November 2017 21:58 (six years ago) link
lol yeah his songwriting isn't as sharp as it used to be
― Evan R, Friday, 17 November 2017 21:59 (six years ago) link
When rapper T-Pain purchases Wrigley's Doublemint, Juicy Fruit, or Big Red chewing gum, I bet you he chooses a Plen-T-Pak.
― del griffith, Saturday, 8 September 2018 17:51 (five years ago) link
1UP is so goodhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A28FpQb_A_8
― but I can't let Trae do it I got Huerter on my mind (Spottie), Monday, 4 March 2019 21:59 (five years ago) link
Maybe this was discussed in another thread but he was on that Masked Singer show, and the dude can SING! He seemed so excited to show that he could sing without Autotune.
― DJI, Monday, 4 March 2019 22:05 (five years ago) link
he's always been able to sing!
― but I can't let Trae do it I got Huerter on my mind (Spottie), Monday, 4 March 2019 22:09 (five years ago) link
Apparently! :)
― DJI, Monday, 4 March 2019 22:13 (five years ago) link
seen him live twice; he's a killer concert artist.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 4 March 2019 22:13 (five years ago) link
to DJI:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIjXUg1s5gc
― but I can't let Trae do it I got Huerter on my mind (Spottie), Monday, 4 March 2019 22:16 (five years ago) link
which is talked about upthread but worth posting again obv
― but I can't let Trae do it I got Huerter on my mind (Spottie), Monday, 4 March 2019 22:17 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9Q3ojqDsRglol
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Sunday, 10 November 2019 16:42 (four years ago) link
if you ever wanted to hear him do a (pretty faithful) cover of "war pigs," now's your chancehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4nMjyT4epA
― avatár the way of watár (voodoo chili), Friday, 17 March 2023 20:49 (one year ago) link
a fine performance, but that is one of the worst kick drum sounds i've ever heard
― c u (crüt), Tuesday, 21 March 2023 17:55 (one year ago) link
the sound is truly awful lol
― four square ups... no punches thrown (Spottie), Tuesday, 21 March 2023 17:57 (one year ago) link
yeah and the gospel-y organs that come in are a fine idea but suffer a bit in the execution
― deadmauZedong (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 21 March 2023 18:12 (one year ago) link
T Pain himself sounds good, but the production is garbage. i can't believe people are flipping out over this, i guess those few that hadn't already realized Pain was kinda great maybe?
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 21 March 2023 18:17 (one year ago) link
i just think he sounds great. but I did already know he was great, and could sing with or without auto-tune.
Dr Hook cover sounds more like his traditional sound
― hootenanny-soundtracking clusterfucks about milking cows (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 21 March 2023 20:59 (one year ago) link