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