Singer, Rapper & Producer "T-Pain" Has Premiered His Newest Video For His New Single; "Church".
Probably the most instantly likable track off his current album "Epiphany"; this song brings a change to the usual T-Pain sound, this one is far more of a Hip-Hop, Dance fusion. It brings a quality to an album that is surprisingly short of hit records.
I am liking T-Pain the more I hear him, he is everywhere at the moment & is hot property when it comes to producing & featuring on tracks by top artists, from "Kanye" to "Chris Brown". I think that 'Nappy Boy' is a real talent & I have totally changed my opinion on him, for once it appears I was wrong, lol.
Check Out The Video Below & Let Me Know What You Think Of It?
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
Mark -I hope that you liked Allantte's review, any feedback on the review of the album would be fantastic, either drop me an email: mark@urbanreview.co.uk or leave me a comment.
Don't Forget To Check Out Allantte's "Myspace" To Find Out More About Him, & Listen To Some Of His Own Tracks.
Last Night Saw The Annual "MOBO Awards", Held At The 02 Arena In London.
The night went down well, far more professional than this years shambles that was the "VMAs", with top performance from the likes of; "Ne-Yo", "Kano", "Amy Winehouse" & "T-Pain" to name a few.
The show was presented by the gorgeous "Jamelia", & the embarrassing "Shaggy", who messed up constantly, but was still entertaining. The show was pretty hot, Miss Winehouse proved herself as the UK's favourite drunk, while she nearly fell up the stairs to accept her award, Jamelia was very good as a presenter & the performances where solid.Here is the full list of the night winners:
UK Female - Amy Winehouse UK Male - Dizzee Rascal International Act - Rihanna Song - Ne-Yo: "Because of You" UK Newcomer - Ndubz Video - Kanye West: "Stronger" Hip-Hop - Kanye West R&B - Ne-Yo Reggae - Sean Kingston Gospel - G-Force DJ - Tim Westwood Jazz - Soweto Kinch African - 2 Face BeMOBO - From Boyhood to Manhood
There are some questionable winners in there, "Rihanna" & "Sean Kingston" being among them, both good artist in their own right but best international? & best Reggae? Ha!
Although the awards are mainly a celebration of the UK urban scene, for me the stand out performance of the night came from the stand in for "50 Cent" (who canceled, post Kanye battle), US star "T-Pain", with "Yung Joc" absolutely killing it!
Their Is No Uploaded Video For The T-Pain Performance Yet (let me know if you know of any), So I Have Posted Amy Winehouse At Her Drunken Best. Enjoy!
Here Is An Album I Can't Quite Make My Mind Up About, So I Thought I'd Post It & See What You Guys Think?
I like "T-Pain's" recording voice, through his auto-tuner, but can't make my mind up whether that is good enough to actually like the album. He is in such hot demand to write & appear on tracks by serious artists, like "Kanye West", so that must give him some points. But still when he sings with computer aids, it makes him no better than "J-Lo", a fellow 'autotune artist'.
I don't even think he needs the tuner, as his live performances are really solid.
Take a listen to his album & let me know what you think, Remember To Grab The Retail Version If You Like It. If you would like to write a review of this album, it will help me out at a busy time & I will happily post it & give you full credits, just drop me an email: mark@urbanreview.co.uk
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
To Continue The Huge Influx Of New Videos This Week, "Kanye" Has Premiered His New Video, Featuring 'Mr Auto Tuner'; "T-Pain".
The video is a little strange, although Kanye has never been plain, it doesn't do much to compliment the track, nor does it have that addictive quality like the video for "Stronger".
Still, It is good to finally see 'Mr West' moving on with his album, I know I heard Stronger weeks before it hit the radio, but damn that tracks getting old. Check Out The Video Below & Let Me Know What You Think Of It?
Here Is The Video For The New Single From R&B Star "Chris Brown".
"Kiss Kiss" features new master of collaborations "T-Pain", who seems to have overtaken "Akon" & "Snoop Dogg" on the 'appearing on every track in the world' front. Kiss Kiss is a solid R&B piece with T-Pain's usual 'auto tuner' voice helping out with the hook.
I'm liking the video & the track at the moment, but then again I liked "Wall To Wall", now it annoys the hell out of me. Check out the video & let me know what you think?