Just when I was finally starting to dig on T-Pain’s computerized whine–it was his creeped-out turn on the “Pop, Lock, and Drop It” remix what did it, and then the “I’m A Flirt” remix–dude starts fronting like he’s been anointed dictator for life of the vocal FX industry, claiming that everybody’s stealing his “signature” shtick during a Hot 97 interview:
The latest in the ever-growing world of “discography blogs,” which provide a post-by-post dissection of an artist’s career: Spring, Sprang, Sprung, which is entirely devoted to the work of T-Pain. Has no one really given Akon’s body of work this treatment yet? More »
Welcome to On The Shelf, Idolator’s weekly look at new releases hitting the shelves of record stores and digital-music outlets every Tuesday. This week brings a fairly heavy slate of brand-new albums; after the jump, we give a once-over to new albums from Rihanna, Big & Rich, Paul McCartney, Poison, and T-Pain.
In this remix of T-Pain’s “Buy U a Drank”–a song that can be heard in its entirety simply by standing on any New York City street corner at any given time–Kanye West not only tweaks Russell Simmons and Reverend Run, he also makes a reference to Amerie, which gives us hope that at least one person… More »
– T-Pain was arrested for arguing with police after his Saturday-night performance in Miami was shut down early. No word yet on whether he made P-role. More »
Oh, T-Pain–how you torture us! Every time we start falling for one of your dumbed-down strip-club odes, you kick in with those ridiculously hammy vocal effects. More »
This cover of Bow Wow’s “I’m A Flirt” has an all-star line-up, a playful piano line, and the best Teddy Pendergrass reference since “Slow Jamz”: R. Kelly feat. More »
