Talk:T-Pain

message: There should be a criticism section given this man's overuse of autotune to disguise his lack of talent, and thus, by extension, the infiltration of autotune into the musical maelstrom and the damage it's done by enabling talentless hacks to take attention away from real artists.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.97.164.156 (talk) 21:10, 12 March 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Criticism section?

message: ::Actually,
 has nothing to do with pitch in music technology.  "Envelope follower", not to be confused with "pitch envelope", as its name says follows envelope. In audio and music engineering, envelope is the amplitude information. (see ADSR envelope) Envelope followers are used in vocoders to extract amplitude information of a particular frequency band. However, it is just one component out of many which are needed for the modulation process. Modulation (found mostly in vocoders) is different from pitch correction. T-Pain uses Pitch Correction. (pitch correction software/hardware i.e pitch (as in frequency not amplitude)follower and corrector)The most used pitch correction software tools are Antares Autotune and Avox, Celemony Melodyne, Serrato Pitch'n'time, Waves Tunes etc..   The realtime software analyzes the pitch information contained in the human voice(live or recorded). Then, according to the user's harmonic scale settings or notes that the user hits on a keyboard, the pitch is corrected thus creating a corrected version of the original vocal line. It is also possible to control vibrato and formant of the resulting voice to a certain degree. The application was originally used to subtly correct pitch in faulty background vocals and occasionally lead vocals . With extreme settings you can achieve pseudo-robotic effects such as T-Pain vocals. A hardware version of  Autotune, the AVP also by ala  produces the same results. A good old example of extreme pitch correction effect use was the song by Cher "Believe". Without extreme settings, the effect is unnoticeable especially on long held notes. This is due to the fact that if you sing in tune, Autotune disregard the correct pitch. However, to accentuate the effect some artist sing a bit out of tune or the vocals are recorded in perfect pitch then set out of tune on purpose before running it through say Autotune or any other pitch correction software or hardware.
::Also, it is not:
::1. A vocoder, which requires an input carrier(example: synth) and a modulator(example: human) voice.See Transformers, Kraftwerk, Herbie Hancock.
::2. A talkbox, with is a horn driver connect to a tube which is placed in the mouth. A guitar or a synth can be connected to the talkbox. The notes played resonnate in the throat. Intelligibility is achieved by shaping the mouth and lips. See Roger Troutman and Zapp (band), Peter Frampton, Joe Walsh, Teddy Riley (producer).
::All three effects are differents. Though their resulting sounds may be similar to an untrained ear, they do differ.
Often artists (including T-pain himself), producers, musicians and just unaware people call any effect that produces a semi-robotic voice a vocoder. However, it is incorrect. I say semi-robotic because robotic voices would be something like Herbie Hancock's "Rockit" or Afrika Bambaataa's "Planet Rock (song)" (borrowed from Kraftwerk) which were accomplished using vocoders.beatnframes10 August 2007
:: In an article published in Sound On Sound the engineer on Cher's "Believe" said that the effect was a vocoder that was cut in on certain syllables.  To the untrained ear it may sound like the Antares offerings, I suppose.  Your comment is an interesting read but you really provide no concrete evidence that the T=Pain effect is auto-tune versus a vocoder.  Eli lilly (talk) 01:13, 17 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Common confusions of vocal effects

message: You can barely see T-Pain in the current picture. I think a close up picture would be more appropriate as to identifying who T-Pain is.
The main photo and the next photo in the article are the same picture, but have captions claiming to be different places at different times. Not sure which is accurate.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.36.61.164 (talk) 18:50, 26 April 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Picture

message: T-Pain has sold over 15 millon ringtones includin 'Seperated' ft.MCB. Check this Site http://realtalkny.rawkus.com/2008/06/topic/topic/music/t-pain-silver-gold/  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.134.245.79 (talk) 05:06, 15 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Most Ringtones in History 

message: T-pain had some help with a close rapper in okeechobee, Fl. name dyllyn heasley he helped t-pain make this album t-apin wants to give a big thanks to dyllyn   —Preceding unsigned comment added by 169.139.118.253 (talk) 17:00, 12 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Epiphany? 

message: he was nomaited for veiwers choice at the BET awards for kiss kiss feat. T-pain  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.134.245.79 (talk) 08:23, 25 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  BET Awards 

message: The singles and featured singles are missing 3 song. 1 Can't believe it, 2 Beam me up, 3 I ain't mad.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 125.60.185.152 (talk) 15:19, 6 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  singles 

message: This page needs semi-protection, because too many vandals are ruining it. Blackjays1 (talk) 05:49, 18 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Vandalism

message: i thought it was cool when you had t-pains other names like teddy pain teddy verseti etc...
cheers ste..  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Steogden (talk • contribs) 12:31, 5 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  do also known as again 

message: He sings, he does rap, therefore he is a hip hop artist.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.105.7.183 (talk) 20:52, 17 November 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: T-Pain has actually done rap roles on singles "Shawty Get Loose" by Lil Mama and "Kiss Kiss" by Chris Brown, as a couple examples. He also used to rap for the group Nappy Headz.--Andrewlp1991 (talk) 22:32, 1 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  t-pain isn't hip hop 

message: Have we even atempted to explain T Pain's facination with circuses?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.191.108.89 (talk) 23:45, 9 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Circus thing

message: Also T-Pain is making a new an upcoming album called UBER which he mentions on Twitter. One song from the album has not been completed but unofficially released and it is called "Know Your Name"
he also said he wants to work with daft punk. and its more of a rock feel.
the album is also rumoured a re-release of thr33 ringz. just with brand new tracks, like the myth of tha carter iii: the rebirth  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.143.196.26 (talk) 03:51, 1 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Future Work

message: T-Pain is married to amber najm and have to have 2 children ,he's wife is also pregnant with the third.
T-pains children are called lyrik and musik. When asked what he'd call the others he has said either harmony or symphoney.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.239.11.137 (talk) 20:29, 1 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Personal life 

message: —Preceding unsigned comment added by MahePain (talk • contribs) 19:58, 29 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: The template you used was to request specific changes to the page; requests for unprotection should be made at WP:RUP, although when you have made more edits on Wikipedia, and your account has been registered long enough (the requirement is only a few days) you should be able to edit the article.  If there is something specific you think should be changed before you are able to edit the page, you can still request it here using the  template. —Snigbrook 20:36, 29 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  I want to edit this page Thank you 

message: The introduction lists his birth as 1985, but this biography is classified in the category 1984 Births...September 30, 1984 to be exact
-Anon  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.68.250.161 (talk) 07:50, 16 April 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I've adjusted the category  accordingly. — Σxplicit 19:30, 16 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Birth 

message: I heard that T-pain is known for his apple bottom jeans, and boots with the fur. Is there a reason this is not reflected on the page?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.251.248.16 (talk) 12:03, 18 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Apple Bottom Jeans

message: T-Pain just this year was featured in a song with Jamie Foxx titled Blame It the video was number one on numerous video shows such as BET 106 and Park and VH1's Sucker Free Countdown the video also featured such actors as Samuel Jackson, Forest Whitaker and many more.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.29.64.120 (talk) 14:22, 27 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Music in 2009 

message: You should put that Taylor Swift and T-Pain are working together to record a track. There are 2 links to it
1. http://blog.cmt.com/2009-06-10/whos-performing-with-taylor-swift/
2. http://blog.cmt.com/2009-06-09/taylor-swift-working-with-t-pain/
(13taylor (talk) 22:16, 10 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  T-Pain and Taylor Swift 

message: The opening paragraph of T-Pain's Wiki page is misleading, it states that he ranked 34th on Time's most influential people list. While he finished in this spot in public, online voting that Time conducted, he was not chosen by Time, and did not make the ACTUAL list of most influential people.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.49.7.5 (talk) 20:55, 10 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  NOT on the Time 100 List 

message: T-Pain has an iPhone application. This application allows users to make their own voice auto-tuned. The iPhone application is called I Am T-Pain. The app includes an instrumental collection of T-Pain's greatest hits in addition to a "Freestyle" mode for a users own songs. You can also record yourself singing and easily upload the tracks to various social networks.
Ref:http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10345538-1.html
Clpitts (talk) 21:44, 11 September 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I have added information about this application, paraphrased and wikilinked, as best I could.   Chzz  ►  15:22, 15 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  T-Pain Auto-Tune iPhone App 

message: His official site is http://www.T-Pain.com which links to http://www.nappyboyonline.com/profile/TPain his profile page on his record label's website. This site is updated and maintained by T-Pain's management company and is much more updated and thorough than his record label T-Pain.net record label site.
Danroof10 (talk) 02:46, 10 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  T-Pain Official Website 

message: T-pain was born in Hamilton, Alabama.
he graduated from Bevill with a Nursing Degree
Davidmcc2213 (talk) 02:14, 6 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edit request from Davidmcc2213, 6 April 2010 

message: His stage name isn't "T.Pain" but "T-Pain", see his official website. It should be changed. 78.2.68.208 (talk) 14:28, 14 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Stage name 

message: Can someone please make a REVOLVER page and keep it there. I will be glad to assist in keeping it up to date. There is so much to put. Start by saying t-pain is making his first experimental album ever! make sure to include reverse cowgirl, kiss her (Video will be released on memorial day) and possibly Drama. The thr33 ringz page was made a year before t-pain even released the album. RevolveR comes out thi sjune according to nappy boy twitters  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.8.215.237 (talk) 12:12, 13 May 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: It will be deleted again: see Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Revolver (T-Pain album). To overturn that decision you would need to take this to WP:DRV, which I suggest will be successful only when the album is released. I42 (talk) 08:38, 5 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  RevolveR 

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thread_title: Pending changes

message: I want to add to T-Pain's Early Life that he attended Rickards High School. I have the source: http://tallahasseemagazine.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=673&Itemid=127
It would be helpful if I could make this edit.
Thank you.
SWIFWP (talk) 20:08, 18 August 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edit request from SWIFWP, 18 August 2010 

message: T-Pain is now signed to Young Money Ent
http://www.sohh.com/2010/12/lil_wayne_inducts_t-pain_w_black_purple.html
96.252.12.110 (talk) 19:52, 30 March 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Done.  By the way, do you have any references for T-Pain disassociating from any of his previous labels?  That section of his infobox is starting to get a little crowded.   Banaticus (talk) 20:31, 30 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edit request from 96.252.12.110, 30 March 2011 

message: Yeah, why doesn't it say Young Money Entertainment under the Label? Need more references? This was right before he signed
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWDipN8KxzY&feature=player_embedded [Video link may be taken down in the future]
and on his remix of Ace Hood's song Hustle Hard he states:
"Yes I'm Young Moolah, now look at all them bloggers, run to they computer"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWVmkfuIWxk&t=2m31s
[Video link may be taken down in the future]
What more proof do you need?
I do believe he is still joint signed with Akon's Konvict and his own Label Nappy Boy and apparently still signed to Jive also http://www.jiverecords.com/artists/t-pain
74.67.126.125 (talk) 14:34, 24 June 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Labels 

message: Has T-Pain ever collaborated with Lil Wayne besides in the single Got Money? Otherwise, if that was their only song together, they can't really be considered "associated." --Bobjonespie (talk) 18:28, 30 July 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Associated Acts: [[Lil Wayne]] 

message: The Golf cart accident section mentions Glasses Malone's song, "Sun Come Up." It links to the page Sun Come Up, which is in turn forwarded to Sun Come Up (film). The correct link is Sun Come Up (Glasses Malone song) Jdahobbs (talk) 05:30, 28 August 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Misdirected link 

message: Please change Jive (20003-2011) to Jive (2003-2011) because it appears to be a typo. 
Nks12345 (talk) 01:54, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks. Dru of Id (talk) 04:35, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edit request on 25 January 2012 

message: On the Young Money page it says he isnt signed with them however on this page it says that he is.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.207.41.239 (talk) 01:33, 4 March 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Young Money 

message: Add new album of t-pain coming these year named Stoicville: The Phoenix
here is the post from t-pain twitter account confirming he's new album... The name of my album is Stoicville: The Phoenix
To me, a Phoenix represents new beginnings. A new era. A new life. I’m rising from the ashes  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kenshin911 (talk • contribs) 05:46, 31 March 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Stoicville: The Phoenix New T-Pain Album 

message: Under "Legal issues" it is stated that "T-Pain refused to cut his set short at Radio One's Spring Fest Concert in Miami, which caused police presence to escalate backstage". What does "police presence to escalate" mean?  Resulted in police obtaining reinforcements, perhaps?Royalcourtier (talk) 02:56, 12 February 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Confusion 

message: 41.44.25.10 (talk) 17:08, 29 March 2014 (UTC)
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thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 29 March 2014 

message: I would like to add the following section to the entry on T-Pain:
"On October 29, 2014, T-Pain performed with keyboardist Toro as part of the NPR Tiny Desk concert series. The short set consisted of three of T-Pain's songs including 'Buy U A Drank (Shawty Snappin'),' 'Up Down (Do This All Day),' and 'Drankin' Patna.' The set was performed in a soft, melodically rich R'n'B vocal style supported by an electric keyboard and synth string accompaniment."
Also, if he "just turned 30," then he was born in 1984.Leedb123 (talk) 15:59, 2 November 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edit request on Nov 2, 2014 

message: T-Pain states in this video interview "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zggbg53ebQ8" that he was born in "1984" not 1985 (approx. at 3 min and 10 secs. Please replace "1985" with "1984".  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kungfuzius (talk • contribs) 12:02, 11 February 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Birthdate edit request. 

message: In this interview at 03:14, T-Pain says he was born in 1984 (not 1985 as indicated in the article): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zggbg53ebQ8
66.29.232.154 (talk) 14:59, 12 June 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Done  B E C K Y  S A Y L E S  19:21, 8 July 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 12 June 2015 

message: Replace T-Pain's official website from t-pain.net to tpain.com.
T-Pain's official website has changed to tpain.com.
Jthompson4004 (talk) 00:35, 3 October 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 3 October 2015 

message: I made this edit after discussion on #wikipedia-en IRC channel where people brought up this Reliable Source, an online arrest records registry.  However, someone keeps reverting my edit and stripping the RS, without any comment. --Mareklug talk 22:11, 6 December 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  DOB is 1983 per arrest records published on line for Florida 

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: Change:
"T-Pain, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter and record producer" to "T-Pain, is an American singer, songwriter and record producer" 
as well as remove "rapper" from his occupations.
T-Pain is not a rapper, he is a singer. He has never once rapped in any of his songs, yet when googling T-Pain, it shows him as being an "American rapper" when it should say he is an "American singer". Here's even a tweet from him recently regarding this. https://twitter.com/TPAIN/status/1263274851432910848
: Not done for now: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the  template. —KuyaBriBriTalk 14:16, 21 May 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Then how do you explain "Rappa Ternt Sanga"? Sdekk (talk) 22:59, 28 June 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 21 May 2020 

message: T-Pain has recently confirmed on his Twitter saying that he is not a rapper, so can anybody here please change T-Pain's occupations to "singer, songwriter, rapper and record producer"? https://twitter.com/TPAIN/status/1263274851432910848  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:19B:8401:3BC0:405F:FD98:C16A:C204 (talk) 03:33, 23 May 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Occupation For T-Pain #2 

message: Can anybody here please change T-Pain's year of birth to 1984? He confirmed that in this interview here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zggbg53ebQ8
:I gotchu! Sdekk (talk) 22:56, 28 June 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  T-Pain's Year of Birth 

message: Add This Is Pop (2021) to filmography 
source: https://www.insider.com/t-pain-depression-usher-auto-tune-this-is-pop-2021-6 2402:4000:13C0:9823:6104:61BD:2F29:5414 (talk) 11:19, 24 June 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Gotchu! Sdekk (talk) 23:08, 28 June 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-protected edit request on 24 June 2021 

message: There are only two things that need to be changed about this article:
1. When T-Pain used to be in a group called "Nappy Headz", he said that he joined the group in 1999, not 2004, so the "years active" thing in the infobox has to be changed from "2004–present" to "1999–present": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8zUCF2U0OE
2. Since T-Pain was a rapper for that group, can anyone here please change his music genres in the infobox to "Hip hop ⋅ R&B ⋅ pop rap"?
Thank you!  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:197:C181:75E0:E95F:899:1C9F:AA16 (talk) 20:34, 2 January 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  T-Pain Article Change 

message: How should the first line of the article refer to the artist?
* Choice A: " Faheem Rasheed Fajm... is an American singer, rapper, songwriter and producer from Florida"
* Choice B: " Faheem Rasheed Fajm... is an American rapper, singer, songwriter and producer from Florida"
* Choice C: " Faheem Rasheed Fajm... is an American rapper, singer-songwriter and producer from Florida"
Please indicate your choice and reasoning below. -204.184.47.154 (talk) 17:48, 18 January 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Request for comment 

message: Hi 174.16.194.174 (talk) 23:38, 24 February 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  T pain real name 

message: I was going to add a Wikilink to this article, but was unable to do so since it appears to be locked from editing. Please fix this ridiculous situation! 76.190.213.189 (talk) 01:20, 3 February 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Unable to edit article