T-Pain

i heard a new track on youtube recently that sounded amazing (very hushed and dark), but can't find it now :(

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.

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

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, 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

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.

that teefli song is even creeping up towards hit status

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

hadn't even heard drankin patna; i like the maneater nods

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.

http://www.npr.org/event/music/359661053/t-pain-tiny-desk-concert

ahh that version of "buy u a drank" is so good, fuck

this entire thing is incredible

i would watch an entire hourlong concert of him singing his songs like this

right?
so crazy this is NPR

jesus, t-pain is 29?
i have done nothing with my life

this is making me so happy

t-pain unplug-in

keyboard player kills it

the michael mcdonald/regulators interpolation

oh very much so

ahhhhh "Up Down"

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

tears of joy

This is really glorious. Such an earned victory for an artist who really deserves one.

his final rendition of the "up down" chorus on this is so dope

cool thing is you can really hear the line between his "real" voice and his autotune voice in this

tears of joy

― out here like a flopson (tpp), Wednesday, 29 October 2014 19:42

Haha damnit just came to this thread to post that

Was hoping when I saw this that it would include Chopped and Screwed

this is so awesome <3 that dude

T-pain is wearing my glasses >_<

Actually I switched. But he look good

Yo nice glasses btw liked those

A whole concert of this would be great. They could market it as "T-Pain: The Grill Comes Off" or something like that

Ty ty xp

this really is very special

dunno about the video but i like the song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaIwNbN4AVA

anyone else into this mixtape

Yeah I've been jamming it

beckyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

ysi?

Datpiff it

lol at the game of thrones reference

"Classic Man"'s nice.

not him

don't really like it anyway

theres a tpain remix

http://www.thefader.com/2015/09/29/t-pain-interview

https://concerts1.livenation.com/event/00005311D658739A
"acoustic tour"

listening to the new album. feels weirdly dated.

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.