| Return of the Teddy: On T-Pain’s “FBGM” | August 7, 2017 |
Evan Nabavian takes a look at the new single from T-Pain.
| The Rap Up: Week of October 28 | October 28, 2016 |
The internet's best rap column is back with new ones from Boogie, Drake, Curren$y, and more.
| When Classixx Met T-Pain | November 16, 2015 |
Well, this is magical.
It was inevitable that the man who brought the world ratchet would meet the other man who brought the world ratchet. Boosie meets Mustard and somewhere Mandingo from Lava House is repping Shreveport, the original ratchet city and no one is still listening. If you didn’t know, Boosie and Hurricane Chris have a long history. […]
| How the Sad Robot Became The Dominant Sound in Rap | February 20, 2014 |
Essay by Dan Adu-Gyamfi, art by Brad Beatson and captions by Son Raw. T-Pain’s use of Auto-Tune influenced many to follow their singing dreams even if their vocal chords refused to go along. A new rap subgenre was born: “Sad Robot Music.” The phrase was coined by site founder, Jeff Weiss, and rapper, Nocando, on […]
