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Though our specialty is reviewing music, we’re often distracted from an artist’s tunes by their amazingly awful album cover. In 2011, there were 10 (mostly) high-profile releases with cover art so ridiculous, so badly designed, and just so straight-up weird that we had to share them with all of you. Last year, MGMT nabbed the highest honor here for their hallucinatory surf’s-up-kitty album cover art for Congratulations — but even that hot mess looked like it should be hanging in a museum compared to this year’s entries. Check out our 10 picks for worst cover art for albums and mixtapes released in 2011 (with one exception), and check back tomorrow for a palate cleanser of the year’s 10 best. More »
Posts Tagged ‘T-Pain’
T-Pain Drops His “Let Me Talk” Video
Thu Dec 8 2011 by Becky Bain
T-Pain claims that he can back it, back it up in his video for single "Let Me Talk", off his just-released LP Revolver. After dropping the Auto-Tune for his track "Nothin'", the MC's robotically-enhanced vocals are back in full force on this one. As far as locals go, we'd much prefer to be on a boat with T-Pain than in the video's junkyard setting, but if you're feeling (literally) dirty, head below.
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T-Pain’s ‘Revolver’ Tracklist Takes Aim With Guests Chris Brown, Lil Wayne & Pitbull
Thu Nov 10 2011 by Robbie Daw
As T-Pain's Lily Allen-sampling/Wiz Khalifa-featuring hit "5 O'Clock" hovers just outside the Top 10 on the Hot 100, the tracklist for the Florida MC's upcoming album Revolver (out December 6) has been unveiled. Included are songs we've recently heard from the Auto Tune legend, such as "Drowning Again", "Nuthin'" (listed as a bonus track) and "Best Love Song". But, good news, Breezy fans — Brown appears on not one, but two tracks here on Revolver. See T's full list of jams below.
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T-Pain Has An Auto-Tuneless Dance Party In “Nothin” Video
Wed Oct 26 2011 by Becky Bain
T-Pain grabbed some black lights, a halfway decent dance crew and one big-ass necklace for the video of his track "Nothin", off Pain's new album RevolveR (out December 6). The most noteworthy part of the clip is actually the song itself, which, like his other recent tune "Drowning", lacks the Auto-Tune we've come to associate with T-Pain. Guess we all need to try new things once in awhile. Check out the low-budget vid below.
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T-Pain Is “Drowning” In Touching New Video
Thu Oct 20 2011 by Robbie Daw
Yes, we used the word "touching" in reference to a T-Pain song. And, excuse us while we get our ears checked, because after listening to "Drowning", it appears as if the rapper — who actually sings here on this piano-and-string-laden ballad — is using his real voice. Perhaps he finally took Jay-Z's "D.O.A. (Death Of Auto-Tune)" to heart? Watch the simple, dark video for T-Pain's latest single off fourth album Revolver (out December 6) below.
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Chris Brown Unleashes His Fangs On “N*ggas In Paris” Freestyle Video
Wed Oct 19 2011 by Becky Bain
Chris Brown isn't letting the day go by without releasing his own music video so you'll stop paying attention to his doppelganger in Rihanna's. Breezy hits his day-glow F.A.M.E. tour stage, as well as the desert with T-Pain, for the visuals to his freestyle of Kanye and Jay-Z's Watch The Throne single "N*ggas In Paris". At some point, he rocks a pair of fangs then turns into a werewolf — or rather, a guy who stopped by a Halloween store and bought the cheapest werewolf mask available. Feel free to turn Brown's look into a costume and enter Idolator's Halloween contest, but first, jump below to watch the vid. More »
T-Pain Shows His Evolution On ‘RevolveR’ Album Cover
Tue Oct 18 2011 by Becky Bain
According to his RevolveR album cover, T-Pain has gone through several transformations throughout his career, all of them slightly creepy. (What style is that? Steampunk Hannibal Lecter couture?) Pain threatened to leak his album himself back in February due to his concerns that "it just felt like no one respected 'music' anymore," but it looks like he was able to hold off. The "5 O'Clock" MC's fourth studio album drops December 6.
T-Pain And Wiz Khalifa (But Not Lily Allen) Appear In “5 O’Clock” Video
Fri Sep 30 2011 by Becky Bain
T-Pain takes the long walk home in his Lily Allen-sampling "5 O'Clock" video. The clip features Wiz Khalifia dropping his verse while window shopping in the red light district, but the Brit pop star is MIA, substituted by a brunette lip-syncing her hook. We get that the singer is currently pregnant and not exactly "music video booty call" material, but the way the the vid was shot, there's no reason she couldn't have appeared anyway. Hey, at least they didn't replace her with a badly-CGI'd cat, right? Watch below. More »
Ne-Yo Teams Up With Trey Songz & T-Pain For “The Way You Move”
Mon Sep 19 2011 by Becky Bain
If we were to play "Boff, Marry, Kill" with the men featured on Ne-Yo's syrupy new R&B song "The Way You Move" — that would be Trey Songz, T-Pain and the "One In A Million" singer himself, oozing out his sweet falsetto — we'd definitely choose to marry Ne-Yo. Unfortunately for our us, it appears somebody beat us to the punch, as the R&B star has announced that he's engaged and expecting his second child with longtime girlfriend Monyetta Shaw. Lucky lady! Listen to "The Way You Move" below, and tell us who you'd "boff", marry or kill in the comments. Tough call, isn't it? More »
T-Pain Teams Up With Wiz Khalifa And Lily Allen For “5 O’Clock”
Thu Sep 8 2011 by Becky Bain
If you made a weird face upon listening to T-Pain's Auto-Tuned cover of Michael Jackson's "P.Y.T.", well, we're not sure how you'll react to the MC turning Lily Allen's sweet, quiet love song "Who'd Have Known" (from her sophomore album It's Not Me, It's You) into a mellow club number primarily about a booty call. The song appears on Pain's upcoming RevolveR, and also features Wiz Khalifa not rapping about weed. For that alone you should take a listen.
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