If You Are A Regular ReaderOf My Site, Which I Hope You Are, You May Recall Me Posting A Link For "T-Pain's" New Album "Epiphany". I Also Asked If Anyone Was Interest In Writing Their Own Review Of The Album, I Got A Few Responses & Have Chosen A Review By "Allantte".
- Track List
- Tallahassee Love (Intro)
- Church featuring Teddy Verseti
- Tipsy
- Show U How featuring Teddy Pain & Teddy Penderazdoun
- I Got It (Intro/Interlude)
- Suicide
- Bartender featuring Akon
- Backseat Action featuring Shawnna
- Put It Down featuring Ray, Teddy Penderazdoun & Teddy Verseti
- Time Machine
- Yo Stomach featuring Tay Dizm
- Buy U A Drank (Shawty Snappin') featuring Yung Joc
- 69 featuring J Lyriq
- Reggae Night (Interlude)
- Shottas featuring Kardinal Offishal & Cham
- Right Hand
- Sounds Bad
Review By Allantte -
T-Pain is back with his sophomore (LP); Epiphany. T-pain, is most likely remembered for delivering catchy hits like "I'm Sprung" & "I'm In Luv (Wit A Stripper)" back in 2005. Many labeled him as a one hit wonder, but the "Rappa Ternt Sanga" has proven otherwise on his second release.
With the hit singles "Buy U A Drank (Shawty Snappin)" and "Bartender" T-Pain displays his abilities to write and produced hit songs. Most of the 17 tracks on the album are up-tempos, intended for parties or the club.
The standouts are the innovative "My Girl Gotta Girlfriend" in which he dabbles in the situation of walking in on his girlfriend getting intimate with another girl. The dancehall influenced "Shottas" featuring Cardinal Official and Cham; "Baqseat Action" featuring Shawnna; "Tipsy" & "Yo Stomach" where he dares to sing about wanting to climax all over a womans stomach..!
Surprisingly, T-Pain also does well on the mellow slow jams as well, "Put It Down", "Right Hand", & "Time Machine" definitely are a nice change from T-Pain's usual sound. The two song which differ from everything else on this album and on many R&B albums out now are the fast paced fight song "Church" where he threatens:
"I done turned into a rude dude...you talkin' sh*t , close your lips, before the end of the night I'm gon have to take yo a** to church"
The toughness and speed of the song would more fit into the 'Hip-Hop' genre which is probably why T-Pain excels on this track. "Suicide" is another song which rears away from 'classic R&B', in which T-Pain tackles the subject of HIV/Aids in only the way T-pain can.
In summary, the lyrics of the album & the emotion behind T-Pain's voice may actually bring out something more from his fans than a dance move, or a nodding head. I would recommend this album, it fits well into popular music from today, the negative is, its not a classic; within a year or so the CD will be laying around and you wont be able to remember what's on it.My Rating For "Epiphany": 3/5
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