Akon heard the recording and was instantly impressed. In 2004, after recording a version of an Akon song “Locked Up” with his rap group Nappy Headz, he was signed to Konvict Muzik. He later adopted the stage name that he is now known by, which is actually “Tallahassee Pain”.
He became interested in recording when he was only ten years old, installing a beat machine in his bedroom where he experimented with different tracks and sounds. You've got one of the kings of Hip-Hop and he's singing the blues.Known for his use of auto-tune to foster a smooth, melodic voice, singer/songwriter, producer, and rapper T-Pain was born Faheem Rasheed Najm in Tallahassee, Florida, on September 30, 1985. For me, it felt like a turning point in American music. That was a really interesting album to be involved with. It's good to have such an upbeat track on such a blue record.
I sang on Paranoid too which is a great track. I almost felt like a Canary in a Coal Mine, they were waiting for Ben to fall over, but I didn't. The first track I did for my new album 'Straight, no chaser' was 'There will be tears' I think he heard that and thought 'this isn't a million miles away from what I want to do' and as we were going into 808's, I co-produced one track with him, but I was mainly there to endorse things from a vocalist's perspective.
He was doing 808's and Heartbreak and he was going to sing for a whole album, it was good to have a singer in the studio because if I didn't 'red card' stuff it was ok, does that make sense? I was almost like a consultant. I think Kanye was happy to have me in the studio and a lot of the time he'd be like 'What do you think of this, what do you think of this?' almost to have my blessing. I'm an aspiring producer and a Jack of all trades, but when I got out there I realised 'I'm here as a singer, as a lyricist and as a pair of ears'. I was flown out first of all as a singer. Can you tell me about your friendship/partnership? There seems to be much more to the relationship than just that. Hudson, from an interview w Hudson:įrom one Grammy machine to another, we know that Kanye West is Executive Producer of the new album 'Straight, no Chaser'. The main force and inspiration for 808s was Mr. Rappa Ternt Sanga is still relevant because the sound is still prevalent in the whole industry. Something that I did that was directly copied got so many awards - that’s evidence right there. He even brought me in to make it sound more like Rappa Ternt Sanga. Like literally told me that he listened to Rappa Ternt Sanga and he made 808s & Heartbreaks. I’m not just being a dick saying that shit sounds a lot like mine. How the sound will remain relevant: I would say as recent as 808s & Heartbreaks, which was a direct copy of Rappa Ternt Sanga. You're probably thinking of this 2015 retrospective T-Pain did on Rappa Ternt Sanga for Billboard: Kanye has never said that T-Pain's Rappa Ternt Sanga and other projects were the main force and inspiration behind 808s in any interview.