We’re all probably a little sick of Auto-Tune’s stranglehold on pop and urban radio thanks to Akon, T-Pain, and friends, and a title like “Auto-Tune Abuse In Pop Music” might have you expecting the long-awaited polemic against the vocal effect and its recent overuse as a gimmicky aesthetic in its… More »
This is probably the silliest Idolator blind item poll in an illustrious history of silly-ass blind item polls, especially since male beautifying is no longer so verboten as to be shocking. (I’m even shaving more than once a month now. Up next: ironing my shirts.) Nonetheless we must scratch our heads as we wonder: “Which macho crooner secretly loves manicures and pedicures? The ladies’ man pretends he’s off to the gym whenever he’s going to get pampered.” Admittedly it was the “macho” part that initially threw us, as it 86’s about 95 percent of the XY chromosomes currently clogging Billboard, but we think we’ve come up with a few distinct possibilities and a couple of outliers.
“Everyone needs T-Pain, Maura. Haven’t you figured that out?” Jess asked me when I griped about the new Lil Mama single, which features T-Pain and Chris Brown, to him. And I can see his point in a way; Lil Mama’s follow-up single to “Lip Gloss,” the not-bad-at-all “G-Slide (Tour Bus),” was one of those songs that managed to hit only in the alternate pop universe of TRL, and her album’s been pushed back so much, she probably won’t be very lil by the time it comes out. So starpower can only help her career. But!
And lord help us if a non-flirter gets in their way.
You’re just way too worked up for Teddy Penderazdoun’s comfort zone right now.
Ed. note: Chris “dennisobell” Molanphy, our resident chart guru, looks at the upward, downward, and lack of movement on the Billboard Hot 100 in the latest installment of “100 And Single”:
T-Pain was arrested this morning “on outstanding warrants for a non moving traffic violation and driving while license suspended.” Here’s hoping he’s sprung soon. (Blame Maura for that one.) More »
T-Pain was arrested this morning “on outstanding warrants for a non moving traffic violation and driving while license suspended.” Here’s hoping he’s sprung soon. (Blame Maura for that one.) More »
Ed. note: Chris “dennisobell” Molanphy, our resident chart guru, looks at the upward, downward, and lack of movement on the Billboard Hot 100 in the latest installment of “100 And Single”:
The full list of this week’s adds to BET’s video playlist: • Kanye West f/ T- Pain “The Good Life” (Roc-A-Fella/IDJMG) • Chris Brown feat. More »
