Line #1 Music/TPain


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3	Faheem Rasheed Najm (born September 30, 1985), better known as [[StageNames T-Pain]] (short for Tallahassee Pain), is an American singer, rapper, record producer, multi-instrumentalist and dancer. He began his career as a rapper in the group Nappy Headz in 2004. In 2005, he released his debut album ''Rappa Ternt Sanga'' which reached number 33 on the Billboard top 200. He won a Grammy in 2008 with Music/KanyeWest for the single "Good Life" and another in 2010 for the single "Blame It" with Jamie Foxx.
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5	He is most known for his ''extensive'' use of AutoTune, and also for being in every song on the radio in the late '00s and early '10s that Music/{{Pitbull}} & Music/DavidGuetta weren't already in. At one point in late 2007, he was featured on ''four'' top ten singles on the Billboard Top 100 chart.
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7	In 2018-2019, he [[spoiler:participated in the first season of ''Series/TheMaskedSinger'' as the Monster, and won first place.]]
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9	[[HeAlsoDid He also happens]] to be a [[https://youtu.be/visPYFCgJqs rather accomplished]] ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty'' player.
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11	!!Discography:
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13	[[AC:Albums]]
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15	* ''Rappa Ternt Sanga'' (2005)
16	* ''Epiphany'' (2007)
17	* ''[=Thr33=] Ringz'' (2008)
18	* ''RevolveЯ ''(2011)
19	* ''Stoicville: The Phoenix'' (2013)
20	* ''[[GreatestHitsAlbum T-Pain Presents Happy Hour: The Greatest Hits]]'' (2014)
21	* ''[=OBLiViON=]'' (2017)
22	* ''[=1UP=]'' (2019)
23	* ''[[CoverAlbum On Top Of The Covers]]'' (2023)
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25	[[AC:Mixtapes]]
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27	* ''[=Pr33=] Ringz'' (2008)
28	* ''Prevolver'' (2011)
29	* ''Stoic'' (2012)
30	* ''The Iron Way'' (2015)
31	* ''T-Wayne'' (2017) (with Music/LilWayne)
32	* ''Everything Must Go, Vol. 1'' (2018)
33	* ''Everything Must Go, Vol. 2'' (2018)
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35	!!Tropes:
36	* AdamWesting:
37	** Whenever he makes a guest appearance on a TV show, whether AsHimself or otherwise, chances are high that he'll play a laid-back party dude who speaks with auto-tune. Taken to particularly absurd extremes when he appeared on ''Series/TheEricAndreShow'' babbling more-or-less gibberish to the tune of "The Star-Spangled Banner" while firing a gun into the air for no reason. (He was still one of the ''least'' absurd parts of [[SurrealHumor that particular program and segment]], though.)
38	** His work with Music/TheLonelyIsland and Music/TaylorSwift also had him parodying the songs he usually appears on and plays straight.
39	* AutoTune: Probably one of the {{Trope Codifier}}s of it with current rappers. Actually used well, since he deliberately overuses it to make his vocals sound metallic, rather than just to cover his mistakes. [[spoiler:Which makes his victory as The Monster in Season 1 of ''Series/TheMaskedSinger'' using his natural voice all the more impressive.]]
40	* BattleRapping:
41	** He took part in a rap battle against Lonzo Ball in the TNT series ''Drop the Mic''. He won.
42	** He also made a well-received special guest appearance in a season-5 episode of ''WebVideo/EpicRapBattlesOfHistory.''
43	* BlackAndNerdy:
44	** He randomly decided to start a Twitch streaming channel one day while he was on tour, eventually streaming regularly since going independent. Turns out he's pretty decent at VideoGame/{{Overwatch}} and VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends. He even did a freestyle about [[https://twitter.com/SLAMftw/status/1303485042732216320 being on Twitch.]]
45	** He's also very fond of cartoons, if his guest appearances (''WesternAnimation/{{Squidbillies}}'', ''WesternAnimation/AquaTeenHungerForce'', ''WesternAnimation/TheClevelandShow'', and ''WesternAnimation/WeBareBears''), personal projects (''WesternAnimation/FreaknikTheMusical''), and comments regarding ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' (specifically [[PerverseSexualLust Amethyst]]) are anything to go by.
46	** He even [[https://www.instagram.com/p/B17CmjZhdni/ cosplayed]] [[https://www.instagram.com/p/B14PzD-BovF/ Leroy Smith]] from ''VideoGame/Tekken7'' while his [[https://www.instagram.com/p/B14yosmAsyu/ daughter was Dutch]] from ''VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption''.
47	* BreakupSong: "Therapy" is told from the POV of someone instigating a breakup because they just can't stand being with each other anymore.
48	* CircusSynths: ''[=Thr33=] Ringz'' uses the theme of a three-ring circus, portraying the rapper as a confident ringmaster.
49	* CockFight: "Best Love Song" has T-Pain and Music/ChrisBrown competing in a music contest to win the affections of a woman in the crowd. At the end, [[ThirdOptionLoveInterest she rejects them both for someone else]].
50	* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: In the song "All The Above", he calls himself "a soldier, a rider, a ghetto survivor, and [[TitleDrop all the above]]".
51	* IconicItem: T-Pain is always seen with sunglasses, usually huge white-rimmed ones, though he will have different ones sometimes. This led to jokes that he was secretly crosseyed or something like that.
52	** His famous hats, to a lesser extent.
53	** Also his big ass chain. The one that says "[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin BIG ASS CHAIN]]" in diamonds.
54	* InDaClub: Many of his more iconic songs such as "I'm n Luv with a Stripper," "Buy U a Drank," "Bartender," and "Freeze" take place in clubs.
55	* IntercourseWithYou: He's made his fair share of sex songs; "Reverse Cowgirl" is perhaps the most explicit, being named after a sex position and all, while "Can't Believe It" is a more romantic song that combines the sexuality with a surprising level of emotional intimacy (being a SurprisinglyGentleSong for both himself and guest rapper Music/LilWayne.) One of his earlier songs, "Backseat Action", is about his overwhelming desire to have sex with his girl in their car. "Rap Song" is a song about having sex to... well... [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin rap songs]].
56	* MelodicRap: He, along with Music/KanyeWest circa 2008, is the chief reason why nearly every modern rapper (and some singers) uses Auto-Tuned drenched, sing-song flows in their songs, with varying degrees of quality. Unfortunately, despite being a legitimately good singer without the Auto-Tune, T-Pain became the scapegoat for the trend, which eventually caused him to take a four-year hiatus from the music industry.
57	* SignatureHeadgear: From about 2008-2010, T-Pain wore a variety of colorful top-hats for his music videos and live appearances. After 2010, he autographed all the hats, sold them all on Ebay, and donated the proceeds to charity.
58	* SignatureStyle: Melodic club anthems and sex jams with the AutoTune cranked up to eleven seem to be his bread-and-butter, and [[AWildRapperAppears you can often expect a guest rapper to show up]].
59	* TheTease: "Chopped n Skrewed" has T-Pain and Music/{{Ludacris}} talking about women who just flirted and teased them without intending to return their feelings.
60	* TechnicianVsPerformer: "Best Love Song" alludes to this, with T-Pain as the more technical-minded producer, and Chris Brown as the bombastic, emotional showman. The way they start they each start their verses highlights the contrast:
61	-->'''T-Pain:''' Turn up the bass; turn up the treble\
62	'''Chris Brown:''' Turn on the lights; give me a mic
63	* WaxingLyrical: "Rap Song" has T-Pain name-dropping and quoting from various rap songs.
64	* WhoNamesTheirKidDude[=/=]PunnyName: His first two children are named Muziq and Lyriq.
65	* WolverinePublicity: The artists he has worked with include Music/RKelly, Music/KanyeWest, Music/{{TI}}, Bow Wow, Fabolous, Music/ChrisBrown, Music/{{Pitbull}}, Wiz Khalifa, Music/LilWayne, Music/TechN9ne, Music/{{Ludacris}}, Music/NeYo, Music/JesseMcCartney, {{Music/Ciara}}, Music/RickRoss, Music/DJKhaled, Music/TaylorSwift (in a parody song, "Thug Story"), Music/LilyAllen, Music/TheLonelyIsland, [[Music/ThreeSixMafia Juicy J]], Music/PostMalone, Ty Dolla $ign, and was even in "We Are the World 25 for Haiti".
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