T-Pain recently released his third solo album on Nov. 11, titled "Thr33 Ringz." In typical rap, R&B and hip-hop fashion, the album was released under five separate record labels -- including his own Nappy Boy Entertainment. In any case, T-Pain sticks to his typical style of music with some great synth lines, hooks, a long list of guest appearances and, of course, his voice-box vocals. The song "Ringleader" sets the tone of the album, with statements referring to his domination of the producing, singing and rapping "circus." (He wrote and produced every song, which is rare for an artist in this industry.)
It has catchy vocals and gets the job done to hype up the listening experience for the rest of the album. The first single from the album is "Can't Believe It," featuring Lil Wayne, and provides listeners with the second official T-Wayne collaboration (industry clarification: T-Pain + Lil Wayne = T-Wayne). To say that this track is soothing is a serious understatement. If Lil Wayne had not imposed his will at the end of the song, then you could put it on repeat for more than an hour and still not tire of the deep bass line, melodic synth line, beat-carrying snaps and catchy chorus.
This is hands down the best song of the album (possibly the best song off of any T-Pain album), but is flawed by Lil Wayne's end-of-song addition, which completely breaks up the flow.
"Chopped and Screwed," the second single from the album, is somewhat of a conceptual song for T-Pain. What at first may sound like a bad download turns out to be a part of the production concept that T-Pain was going for.
The song is, at the least, initially very rough to listen to, but after a few spins is actually a fun track. And Ludacris adds a lyrical-boasting verse and more natural flow to the song with his guest appearance.
On "Freeze," a track that is sure to spark some YouTube dance battle, T-Pain provides multiple verses between the Chris Brown-featured chorus, while the break down after each utterance of "freeze" adds a beat-box element to the song, a feature typically unexpected of such an artist.
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Well done. Musta been written by at true boss.
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man kanye got that right on the money... 808 is the real deal
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t-pain killed hip hop.
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