T-Pain
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T-Pain (born Faheem Najm in Tallahassee, Florida in 1985) is an American hip-hop and R&B singer.
Biography
Najm was born in Tallahassee, Florida, the son of two entrepreneur muslim parents. At the age of ten, Faheem reworked his bedroom into a small studio with a Keyboard, beat machine and four track recorder, and began composing music. T-Pain first tasted musical success as a member of the Tallahassee rap outfit Nappy Head]. This allowed T-Pain to jumpstart his career as a solo artist. In 2002 he founded his own label, Hard & B. and soon caught the spotlight as a solo artist when his song "Fucked Up", a reworked version of Akon's "Locked Up", gained popularity in the region. Akon noticed the song and signed T-Pain to his newly formed Konvict Muzik record label. T-Pain released his solo debut single, "I'm Sprung", in August 2005. His debut album, Rappa Ternt Sanga, was released on November 8, 2005, under Konvict Music. Hit singles "I'm Sprung" and "I'm N Luv (Wit a Stripper)" spawned official remixes titled "I'm Sprung 2" with Trick Daddy and the YoungBloodZ, and "I'm N Luv (Wit a Stripper), The Remix" with Twista, Pimp C, Paul Wall, MJG and Too $hort respectively. He is currently featured on E-40's new single "U and Dat", which is produced by Lil Jon.Style
T-Pain's music can be best be pigeonholed as R&B, both his musical style and lyrical quality deviate from the traditional platforms of the genre. T-Pain's lyrics are often very personal and compassionate, unusual for many of the artist's colleagues, and his music has a harder edge than the standard smooth sound of most R&B artists. T-Pain also experiments with the now world-famous "Crunk-n-B" style of music made famous by artists such as Ciara.T-Pain has found musical success in using a unique vocoder style within his music, giving his voice a unique sounding tone, enhancing his recognisability as a solo artist, and also in a number of collaborative tracks.
Albums
- 2005: Rappa Ternt Sanga #33 US (U.S Certified: Gold)
Singles
| Year | Title | Chart Positions | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Hot 100 | US R&B/Hip-Hop | NEW ZEALAND | Australian Singles Chart | UK Singles Chart | ||
| 2005 | "I'm Sprung" | #8 | #9 | - | #37 | #30 |
| 2005 | "I'm N Luv (Wit A Stripper)" (feat. Mike Jones) | #5 | #10 | #3 | - | 17th July |
| 2006 | "U And Dat" (E-40 feat. T-Pain & Kandi Girl) | #34 | #11 | - | - | |
2006 "I'm N Luv (wit A Stripper)]]" remix- produced by Dame Majes of Violator
Trivia
- The "T" in T-Pain actually stands for Tallahassee, Florida, and the "Pain" expresses the difficulties the artist faced in growing up in the area.
- T-Pain wrote "I'm Sprung" for a girl named Amber who T-Pain later married.
- T-Pain had mentioned that he has a crush on Shawnna from DTP.
External links
- [T-Pain Official Website]
- [T-Pain Videos on AOL Music]
- [eJams Bio]
- [T-Pain Lyrics]
- [DJBooth.net Interview with T-Pain]
- [Musicrooms.net Interview with T-Pain]
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