T is a performance name of thomas thielen, a german progressive rock musician. Tpain plots a tiny deskinspired acoustic tour for this fall. Watch his stripped down performance t pain proved his vocal chops when he sat down for npr s tiny desk concerts series in 2014. Watch tpain play buy u a drank shawty snappin, up down do this all day and drankin patna at the tiny desk. Singerrapper tpain is being lauded for showing his impressive vocal range in an autotuneless performance on npr. The phoenix october 2014 t pain, in collaboration with npr tiny desk concerts, performed drankin patna without his signature. November 17, 2017 the tallahassee rappersinger drops his first fulllength album in six years. T pain is performing a free concert at npr on thursday. Tpains computerglitchy, digitallyrendered singing was hardly novel. C 20 rca records, a division of sony music entertainment. Youve got to watch t pain perform without autotune.
To mark the oneyear anniversary of the most popular tiny desk concert ever and the 10th anniversary of his debut album, rappa ternt sanga, we hosted t pain at our washington, d. Tpain buy you a drankup down acousticnpr music tiny. It was a great way for me to learn about some bands i would never have picked up otherwise. Nprs tiny desk concert series ever widening circles. T pain performs buy u a drank without autotune and his. Oh, nappy boy huh huh uh uh, huh uh uh huh huh huh uh uh, huh uh uh yeah huh huh uh uh uh, huh yeah huh huh uh uh uh uh huh lets go what y. Courtesy of the artist for nearly a decade tpain reigned, the ubiquitous king of autotune. Im so hood is the second single from dj khaleds album we the best 2007.
Essentially, they set up in a tiny corner of the npr office, furniture pushed aside, walls adorned with books and tapes as if it were any other day, and the musicians play in honest simplicity. When t pain s installment of npr s longrunning tiny desk concert video series went live. Hear the radio version at the audio link and read more of t pain s conversation with npr s monika evstatieva below. T pain performs buy u a drank without autotune and his performance may actually surprise you. Stream t pain buy you a drank up down acoustic npr music tiny desk concert by ajwellman from desktop or your mobile device. Find the top 100 most popular items in amazon books best sellers. How nprs tiny desk concerts took over the internet the. Tpain has earned two grammy awards, alongside artists kanye west and jamie foxx respectively.
Tpain is the founder of the record label imprint nappy boy entertainment, established in 2005. Tpain talks masked singer, which rapper recognized him. Tpain is performing a free concert at npr on thursday. T pain is about to show you just what he can do without his signature flashy attire, jewels and that sweet sweet autotune and you just might be surprised. T pain opens up on his big masked singer win and why he chose the monster costume. When you are ready to book tpain for your event, we are more than happy to assist you. T pain npr music tiny desk concert by declan abernethy. Youve never seen cat stevens, moon hooch, jackson browne, t pain, robert cray or the hundreds of other performers in such modest yet compelling. Pages in category songs written by t pain the following 76 pages are in this category, out of 76 total. Who is the monster on the masked singer tpains big. Grammy president neil portnow to step down in 2019. Also top stories from business, politics, health, science, technology, music, arts and culture. Pull up to the scene in an all white bucket way too high and im way too blunted fuck it fucked your bitch, told that ho she could suck it even. How npr s tiny desk concerts took over the internet.
Npr requested t pain perform three of his songs without embellishments or effects for its tiny desk concert series. And needless to say, eyebrows went up when they said they wanted this guy. On the surface, tpain may seem like an exceedingly odd choice for one of npr s tiny desk concerts, not only because the series usually focuses on rootsy singersongwriters and indie rockers, but because his autotunedrenched signature sound seems wildly incompatible with the type of strippeddown intimacy the whole premise is founded on. You said its t pain for tallahassee pain because growing up wasn t easy and you tried. Tpains autotunefree tiny desk concert will blow your. To mark the oneyear anniversary of the most popular tiny desk concert ever and the 10th anniversary of his debut album, tpain played our.
While his reveal as the monster was shocking to some audiences, a fellow famous rapper was one of the first people that t pain knew to recognize his voice. T pain npr music tiny desk concert t pain npr music tiny desk concert. Tpain would jump back in the scene with the release of his song up down which features b. Tpain in concert december 9, 2015 to mark the oneyear anniversary of the most popular tiny desk concert ever and the 10th anniversary of his debut album, tpain played. Watch tpains autotuneless npr yes, npr tiny desk concert. T pain on vevo official music videos, live performances, interviews and more. I tried to imagine what that might sound like and jammed over an excerpt from his amazing npr tiny desk performance. T pain rises above the haters after initial success, the 30yearold singer and songwriter, known for his autotuned hits, became a target for derision. Check out up down do this all day explicit by t pain feat. Tpains beautiful singing voice returns in npr concert. The artist, whose name became synonymous with the electronic vocal sweetener during his lateaughts heyday, went unplugged for an episode of nprs tiny desk concert series. Tpain up down do this all day lyrics genius lyrics.
Why isn t pain reduction, particularly for children, a priority for all doctors. October 2014 t pain, in collaboration with npr tiny desk concerts, performed up down without his signature autotune. Tpain wasnt the first musician to take an autotuned vocal track to the top of the charts, but the aliensounding warble quickly became his trademark. Licensed to youtube by sme on behalf of nappy boykonvict muzikrca records. B, and venues are already gathering tpain booking info as they see him taking over the scene again. I finally sat down for a whole day, went through every effect that i had on. He dominated that brief moment of our lives when ringtones were a thing. T pain performs beautiful stripped down set at npr article december 10. He redeemed himself on npr by performing stripped down versions of his songs without enhancements.
People felt like i was using it to sound good, he told npr. He talks about growing up in the south t pain is from tallahassee, and that a lot of people don t see him as the real deal hes gotten a lot of flack for. T pain celebrated the oneyear anniversary of his npr tiny desk appearance with an intimate show in d. Tiny desk concert we asked the king of autotune if hed grace the tiny desk without any embellishment or effects to show whats really made his career. Use shift and the arrow up and down keys to change the volume.
Tpains trademark look top hat, sunglasses, frosted dreadlocks and shiny. For a while, in the mid2000s, he lived at the top of the charts. Up down do this all day is a song by american recording artist t pain, released on august, 20, as the first single from his greatest hitscompilation album, t pain presents happy hour. Tpain is taking his voice, free of autotune effects, on the road. What we heard, when he unplugged for a strippeddown, threesong set in october 2014, was amazing. Tpain impresses with autotuneless performance for npr. Tpain buy you a drankup down acousticnpr music tiny desk concert. A selfhelp guide for the daily relief of back and neck pain. Shes personally spoken with killer mike and t pain artists robert siegle or melissa block might not seek out to speak with on the show. T pain in concert to mark the oneyear anniversary of the most popular tiny desk concert ever and the 10th anniversary of his debut album, t pain played our washington, d. You said its tpain for tallahassee pain because growing up wasnt. The song features t pain, trick daddy, rick ross and plies. T pain sang without autotune long before the masked singer. Npr music tiny desk concert by t and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists.