T-Pain
T-Pain
Background information
Birth name Faheem Najm
Also known as Teddy Pain
Teddy Penderazdoun
Teddy Verseti
Tallahassee Pain
Born June 30, 1985 (1985-06-30) (age 22)
Origin Tallahassee, Florida
Genre(s) R&B, contemporary R&B, hip hop, C&B, snap music
Occupation(s) Singer, rapper, producer
Label(s) Konvict Music 2005-present, Jive Records 2005-present, Nappy Boy
Entertainment 2005-present
Website http://www.nappyboyent.net
T-Pain (born Faheem Najm in Tallahassee, Florida in June 30, 1985) is an
American hip-hop and R&B singer.
History
Faheem was born in Tallahassee to 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.
Prior to becoming a solo singer, Faheem was part of the Tallahassee rap
group Nappy Headz. They had mild success with local hits such as "Cotti" and
"FLA BOYZ". 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 Music 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 6, 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 YoungBloodZ, and "I'm N
Luv (Wit A Stripper), The Remix" with Twista, Pimp C, Paul Wall, R. Kelly,
MJG and Too $hort. He is featured on E-40's 2006 summer hit single U and Dat
along with Kandi Girl, which was produced by Lil Jon.
He has released a song for MySpace lovers, called "What's Your Myspace"
featuring Tay Dizm. He released a song with Florida Artist J-Shin, called
"Send Me An E-Mail". The video for the song was co-directed by T-Pain and
fellow Floridian filmmaker JOKES and co-starred "MySpace Queen" Tila
Tequila. His new single is "Buy U a Drank (Shawty Snappin')" featuring Yung
Joc, which he produced for his upcoming album Epiphany. The video for "Buy U
a Drank (Shawty Snappin')" was released April 9th, and the song went to #1.
It contains cameos by Jay-Z, Huey, Shawnna, and E-40.
He has released his sophomore album Epiphany on the 5th of June, 2007, that
features "Buy U A Drank (Shawty Snappin')" and his new hitsingle "Bartender"
featuring Akon. This album has sold around 300,000 copies, and T-Pain has
lately appeared on hits such as Plies' "Shawty", R.Kelly's "I'm a Flirt",
Bow Wow's "Outta My System", Fabolous' "Baby Don't Go and Birdman & Lil'
Wayne's "Know What I'm Doin'".
Style
T-Pain's music can best be pigeonholed as R&B, with both his musical style
and lyrical topics placing him firmly in the mainstream with the traditional
platforms of the genre. T-Pain's lyrics are often revolve around strippers
and other common aspects of the R&B scene, as is usual for many of the
artist's colleagues, though his music has a harder edge than the standard
smooth sound of most R&B artists. In a departure from the mainstream, T-Pain
also brings up issues like HIV in some songs. T-Pain also experiments with
the now world-famous "Crunk&B" style of music made famous by artists such as
Ciara. Almost every song has a Talk Box used for vocals, which is rare in
R&B.
Controversy
In a May 2007 interview with SOHH.com, T-Pain made comments regarding R&B
singer Ray-J's genitalia.
“Not too many guys can go after Ray J. The man got a huge meat, ok. He’s
short, the man is packing. He’s got length on him. I got the width. Shit is
wide. He got a foot on him. Man have a foot on him. Much respect to Ray. Man
to man. No homo. Ya’ll seen that shit. Ya’ll know the man’s swanging.”[1]
These comments attracted much attention from the hip-hop press. T-Pain
himself later revealed Ray-J did not take the comments as complimentary,[2]
though Ray-J has since stated the two are now on good terms.[3]
Discography
Albums
Rappa Ternt Sanga
* Released: December 6, 2005
* Chart positions: #33 U.S.
* U.S. Sales: 800,000+
* Last RIAA certification: Gold
Epiphany
* Released: June 5, 2007
* Chart positions: #1 U.S., #1 R&B/Hip-Hop[4]
* U.S. Sales: 367,650[5]
* Last RIAA certification: TBA
Mixtapes
* 2006: Back @ It
Solo singles
* 2005: "I'm Sprung"
* 2006: "I'm N Luv (Wit A Stripper)"
* 2006: "Studio Luv"
* 2007: "Buy U a Drank (Shawty Snappin')" (featuring Yung Joc)
* 2007: "Bartender" (featuring Akon)
Featured singles
* 2006: "U and Dat" (E-40 featuring T-Pain & Kandi Girl)
* 2007: "I'm a Flirt (Remix)" (R. Kelly featuring T.I. & T-Pain)
* 2007: "Outta My System" (Bow Wow featuring T-Pain)
* 2007: "Know What I'm Doin'" (Birdman & Lil Wayne featuring Rick Ross &
T-Pain)
* 2007: "Baby Don't Go" (Fabolous featuring T-Pain)
* 2007: "Shawty" (Plies featuring T-Pain)
Guest appearances
* "Mr. Exclusive" (Southrn Class featuring T-Pain)
* "U And Dat" (E-40 featuring T-Pain & Kandi Girl)
* "On Bail" (Xzibit featuring The Game, Daz, & T-Pain)
* "Know What I'm Doin" (Birdman & Lil Wayne featuring T-Pain & Rick Ross)
* "I Can't Wait" (Akon featuring T-Pain)
* "Sent Me An E-Mail" (J-Shin featuring T-Pain)
* "Outta My System" (Bow Wow featuring T-Pain)
* "Ball Out ($500)" (BlakJak featuring T-Pain)
* "Curious" (Lil Fizz featuring T-Pain)
* "Cutty Buddy" (Trillville featuring T-Pain)
* "Dance 4 Me" (T-Pain Remix) (Mark Morrison featuring T-Pain)
* "Go Girl" (Snoop Dogg featuring T-Pain & Ciara)
* "I'm A Flirt" (Remix) (R. Kelly featuring T-Pain & T.I.)
* "Flip The Game On Them" (Luv featuring T-Pain)
* "Shawty" (Plies featuring T-Pain)
* "Studio 54" (J-Bo featuring T-Pain)
* "U Ain't Know" (Sean Paul featuring T-Pain)
* "Cyclone" (Baby Bash featuring T-Pain)
* "2 Step" (Remix) (Unk featuring T-Pain & Jim Jones, E-40)
* "Pop, Lock And Drop It" (Remix) (Huey featuring Bow Wow & T-Pain)
* "Who Is That" (Loon featuring T-Pain)
* "She Got It" (2 Pistols featuring T-Pain)
* "We Takin Over" (Official Remix) (DJ Khaled featuring Akon, R.Kelly,
T-Pain, Lil' Kim & Young Jeezy)
* "Runaway Love" (Remix) (Ludacris featuring T-Pain)
* "Ask for it" (Nivea featuring T-Pain)
* "Girlfriend" ( N.O.R.E. featuring T-Pain)
* "Good Life" (Kanye West featuring T-Pain)
* "Ride Out" (Tampa Tony featuring T-Pain)
* "What It's Like" (C.C. featuring T-Pain, Mack 10 & Shreddah) (produced by
Shredda)
* "Baby Don't Go" (Fabolous featuring T-Pain)
* "Go Home With You" (Kardinal Offishall featuring T-Pain)
* "Glad 2 B Alive" (Huey featuring T-Pain)
* "Died In Your Arms Tonight" (Remix) (Smitty featuring T-Pain)
* "Everything" (Juvenile featuring T-Pain)
References
1. ^ http://www.freshflixx.com/channel/sohh-tv/index.php?bcpid=376530222&bclid=440748065&bctid=932505959
2. ^ http://blogs.sohh.com/on-the-scene/2007/06/post_1_search_dictionary.html
3. ^ http://www.freshflixx.com/channel/sohh-tv/index.php?bcpid=376530222&bclid=1078625600&bctid=1078597543
4. ^ http://www.hitsdailydouble.com/sales/salescht.cgi
5. ^ http://www.hitsdailydouble.com/sales/salescht.cgi
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