T-Pain
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Sep 03, 12:40 PMPrEE RINGZ Da Mixtape - review by XXL
http://www.xxlmag.com/online/?p=24180
listen to mixtape here: http://www.nappyboyonline.com/news/20
T-Pain > Every MCT-Pain is a better than your favorite rapper. There I said it. I’ve been waiting for years to make that statement but never had the proof, it was just a hunch. Ok, of course I’m exaggerating, but before ya’ll haters do what you do best check out Teddy’s new Pree Ringz mixtape where he trades in his auto-tuned verses for rap bars and try to front like dude doesn’t go in.
Truthfully Pree Ringz is better than most rap albums and I gotta applaud Pain for his effort. Listening to the tape you can hear influences from greats like Eminem and Big Pun (now I’m not saying Pain=Pun, but at least he is following a dope ass blueprint). On “Superman” the top-hat totin’ MC (yes I said MC; AND WHAT?!?) gets goofy and channels his inner Marshall when he goes, “Look up in the sky its a nigga sellin’ birds on a plane/You ain’t never heard of the Pain/I’m the new superhero of the brand new age/Brand new rims brand new Chevrolet.” Then he bares his soul on “Tha Truth” when he details the real reason for his over-saturation of the game; “I do it for my kids and my kid’s kids/And when I’m dead they’ll come to my grave to tell me what they kids did.” But it’s on “Dig That” where T-Pain really goes in and basically tells the industry to kiss his ass (”How long you think it’s gonna take before they start to respect/The blood and the tears and the sweat/And still don’t forget, where they so called ideas came from/And who they call for ideas when they ain’t none.” Hate if you want, but I much rather hear this than another song about your hood, or how much money you got; real talk Pain is creative as fuck. I’ve tried to convince my fellow XXL co-workers but folks like Mike D. just ain’t convinced, I give him credit though ‘cause at my urging he listened to the tape. All I‘m saying is this, Pain takes a lot of flak for what’s wrong with hip-hop these days, but the Rappa-Ternt-Sanga (ternt rapper again?!?) is talented as fuck and the T-Pain angst is severely misdirected.
Anyone not named Jay-Z, Kanye, Joe Budden, Nas, Scarface, Andre 3000 or Eminem might get their spot taken by Teddy if they’re not careful. Have at it haters! – Rob The Music Ed -
Aug 28, 11:52 AMT-Pain Gets Some Heat For Turning Gospel Song Into 'Alcoholic Anthem'
http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1593663/20080827/t_pain.jhtml/p>
When it comes to knowing what to sing on hooks, T-Pain's word has been the gospel for singers and rappers alike the past couple of years. However, a recent track of his had gospel-music fans thinking he lost his mind.
A Pain cut called "Silver and Gold" leaked to the Internet a few months back, with the Tallahassee, Florida, native singing about the effects of blending clear and colored Patrón tequila together for consumption. "You'll be hanging, swanging, drinking two types of Patrón," he sings. "I done mixed up silver and gold/ I done mixed up silver and gold/ I'mma tryin' to get drunk before this party/ Somebody's gonna have to carry me home/ I done drank the silver and gold."
While Pain's following ate it up, non-secular-music kingpin Kirk Franklin had to put a call into the young singer. Franklin debuted the original "Silver and Gold" on his 1993 Kirk Franklin and the Family album. The gospel version goes: "Silver and gold/ Silver and gold/ I'd rather have Jesus than silver and gold/ No fame or fortune/ Nor riches untold/ I'd rather have Jesus than silver and gold."
"It was never supposed to be on my album," Pain said Tuesday in the MTV News office, wearing a purple top hat and matching shirt. "The record, it got leaked, then me and Kirk Franklin had to talk. He was doing most of the talking. He was saying it wasn't no disrespect. He was saying he knows how songs get leaked. He had it happen to him before. He said he wasn't a saint, and it wasn't like he never did nothing wrong. It's not like [Kirk] said I did something wrong. He said if I was gonna go with it, just change the melody. 'You can still say silver and gold.' He's got a lot of people saying stuff to him: 'How could you let T-Pain destroy a gospel song like that? How could let him talk about alcohol?' I wasn't even doing it for a mixtape or nothing. I was literally drinking and made a song. I was bored in the studio. There was nothing else to do. I made it into an alcoholic anthem, which wasn't good."
Pain said that the first day "Silver and Gold" was leaked, 400,000 people had downloaded it. By then, it was too late. It even caused him some dilemmas.
"It spread so fast," he said. "Everybody thought it was the first single. Somebody was putting it out as 'the first single off of T-Pain's new album Pain or Pleasure.' Somebody was just making up an album name just so they can put it out. That's why my album isn't coming out on [my] birthday no more, because I had to push it back. We had to stop that song."
Pain and his record company sent out cease-and-desist orders to put "Silver and Gold" on permanent pause, but its popularity was even greater than Pain's official first single, "Can't Believe It," during its initial launch.
"That pushed the single back, then we had to push the album back," Pain said. " 'Can't Believe It' was getting overtaken by 'Silver and Gold.' It was just a lot."
"Can't Believe It," which features Lil Wayne, is soaring off the ground now. The video just came out, and it gives us a glimpse into Pain's playfully diabolical mind. The clip features scary-looking clowns who just want to have fun and dance, expensive trips to Aspen and "Wiscansin" and women who can contort their bodies.
"It was all green-screen," Pain explained. "I just came up with it, man. I kinda stole some stuff from the last iTunes commercial. I got the same people to direct it. ... I was like, 'If we can find those people to direct my next video, it will be the best video.' I already knew, just the way I see things.
"We just did a bunch of takes," he added. "Nothing has to be organized. We was like, 'We gonna do it and then see what we got outta that.' It just all came together. It took eight hours. A bunch of takes, six outfits. And the song ain't even four minutes. [The song] is basically a perspective of not settling for what you doing. You can be doing better. Even if you think you're at the peak of your career, you're at the top, it's something else you can be doing. Don't settle into what you been pretty much forced into doing."
Pain's Thr33 Ringz comes out October 28, right in time for Halloween.
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Aug 25, 06:45 PMPrEE RINGZ Da Mixtape is out now
A bunch of new T-Pain tracks to hold you over until THR33 RINGZ comes out. go check it out at http://www.imeem.com/t-pain/p>
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Aug 18, 12:02 PMDJ Teddy Pain
Pain battled the NBA's Miami Heat's official DJ, DJ Irie in Miami on Saturday night, and Bow Wow came through and shouted out the crowd. Pain can now add DJ to his list of skillz..songwriter, producer, rappa, sanga, ringleader, drummer, CEO, visionary, bartender, etc.
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Aug 15, 03:43 PMT-Pain @ ozone awards
At the ozone awards this past weekend in Houston T-Pain beat out Pimp C and others for the TJ's DJ's Tastemaker Award, which goes to the person who sets standards in music, fashion and style. Pain later gave the award to Pimp C from UGK, saying Pimp C deserved it. R.I.P. Pimp C.
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Jul 25, 04:08 AMT-Pain Blender magazine interview -
Jul 22, 10:13 PMMTV.com interview w/ T-Pain about THR33 RINGZ
http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1591279/20080721/id_0.jhtm
Check out this interview w/ Teddy Pain at the photo shoot for THR33 RINGZ.
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Jul 07, 07:02 PMNew T-Pain song - "Can't Believe It" feat. Lil Wayne
"I Can't Believe It" featuring Lil Wayne is the first single from THR33 RINGZ. Call your local radio station and request the song RIGHT NOW!! Thank you everyone for your continued support.
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Jul 03, 12:54 PMT-Pain aka Teddy Penderazdoun videos
whole mess of em - http://youtube.com/tpainvideo
What does everybody think of the new myspace design. Leave a comment and let us know. www.myspace.com/tpain
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Jun 25, 01:08 PMT-Pain Rocks the BET Awards
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jKWu3ve9QId2OZPwVsOR48LpoyBwD91GR54O0
T-Pain rocks BET Awards
By SANDY COHEN – 17 hours ago
LOS ANGELES (AP) — T-Pain transformed the BET Awards into a circus Tuesday with a multi-artist medley that showed the rapper and singer's wide-ranging influence on urban music.
Wearing a spangled top hat, T-Pain — nominated for a leading five BET Awards — shared the stage with fellow nominees Flo Rida, Rick Ross, Ludacris and Big Boi, along with a bevy of big-top freaks, including fire eaters and acrobats.
"This industry is my circus," said T-Pain. "Ride with the ringleader."
Then T-Pain — whose nominations came not for his own hits but for his collaborations with others, and whose vocoder-assisted voice is among the most ubiquitous in urban music — gave a sample of his musical assists over the past year.
Double nominee Flo Rida performed his hit with T-Pain, "Low"; a bare-chested Ross flaunted his gut while singing his song with T-Pain, "Boss"; and all joined in on the collaborative "I'm So Hood."
Not to be outdone, the ladies offered a showstopping performance of their own, led by double nominee Alicia Keys. Rocking a sleek bob and skintight jeans, Keys invited vintage girl groups SWV, En Vogue and TLC to join her onstage for a medley of their biggest hits. By the time they closed with TLC's "Waterfalls," the crowd at the Shrine Auditorium was on its feet. Even Kanye West was singing along.
"This performance was surreal," SWV's Leanne Lyons said backstage. "When we got the call that Alicia Keys was one of our biggest fans and that she wanted one of her favorite groups from the '90s to perform with her, it humbled us. She shared the stage. She's not ego tripping."
Kanye West won two awards: best male hip-hop artist and best collaboration for "Good Life," his song with T-Pain. And unlike past award shows, he didn't use his appearance to boost himself — at least that much. Instead, he praised T-Pain, calling him "a genius."
"We're blessed to be in this man's presence," West said. "I'll let y'all know because I'm one of the kings of this game. My opinion counts."
The rapper also paid homage to fellow nominee Lil Wayne when he won best male hip-hop artist: West called him "my fiercest competition." The New Orleans-based rapper last week sold 1 million copies of "Tha Carter III" for the year's best sales debut.
"You scared me man," West said. "Congratulations on selling over a million records. And they say hip hop is dead."
A somber moment came when UGK was named best group. Bun B honored his fallen bandmate, Pimp C, who died in December at age 33 from complications of sleep apnea.
"It's hard to do this with my brother not being here," Bun B said, while joined onstage with Pimp C's wife. "We want to thank y'all for supporting UGK all these years. It's still UGK for life... Long live Pimp C."
Usher opened the show with a bang — literally.
Pyrotechnics filled the auditorium as the singer performed "Love in this Club" from his latest album, "Here I Stand." The highly choreographed set, which featured Usher pop-locking, gyrating and grooving his way across the stage with a bevy of voluptuous dancers, gave the show a high-energy start.
Host D.L. Hughley's opening monologue was a little less explosive — his jokes about Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, the recently acquitted R. Kelly and President Bush fell flat — but he didn't slow the pace of the performance-heavy show.
Key collaborations kept the show buzzing along.
Singer (and BET reality star) Keyshia Cole gave a glamorous performance of her ballad "Heaven Sent," descending from the ceiling while wearing a long flowing gown, before a dancer ripped it off, revealing a white top and shorts as she sang her hit "Let It Go" with Lil Kim.
West rapped alongside Young Jeezy in performance that was marked by its omissions — censors muted much of their performance. Chris Brown, who was seated next to rumored girlfriend Rihanna, won the night's first award: best male R&B artist.
The 19-year-old crooner thanked "my mom, God, everybody. If I leave y'all out, I'm sorry."
Brown was joined onstage by Ciara for a sizzling performance that showed off each artist's dance skills.
Kobe Bryant and Missy Elliott were other early winners, but the best male athlete and female hip-hop artist weren't there to collect their awards, nor was the evening's best new artist winner, The-Dream.
