Whoa! T-Pain Singing without Auto-Tune Will Blow Your Mind! ...

By Vanessa • Oct 31, 2014

In the early 2000s, T-Pain dominated the radio airwaves with his wildly popular songs. I mean, remember when ring-tones were still a thing? There's a good chance that T-Pain was yours! Or was that just me?

Anyways, T-Pain was famous for his unique sound, which was of course using auto tune to make his voice sound different. "People felt like I was using it to sound good," says T-Pain, in an interview that will air on All Things Considered. "But I was just using it to sound different.”

It's rare to hear him without his signature sound but somehow, NPR got him to perform acoustically on their Tiny Desk Concert series. Here's what went down:

P.S T-Pain has a greatest hits album dropping next week! Were you impressed with his vocals sans any embellishment or effects?

SET LIST
"Buy U A Drank (Shawty Snappin')"
"Up Down (Do This All Day)"
"Drankin' Patna"

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  • Karen

    2014-10-31T14:30:44.456Z

    Didn't have high hopes but he was actually really good 👌
  • Sab1

    2014-10-31T18:50:07.787Z

    He sounds really good and has a nice tone to his voice he does sound better without audio tune
  • Kayla

    2014-11-01T19:14:23.132Z

    Wow! he does has an amazing :)
  • Mzlisacool

    2014-11-01T00:26:49.888Z

    He sounds really good. I just wish he didn't sing those songs. Maybe a nice love song. 👏
  • Kayla

    2014-11-01T19:15:24.230Z

    Voice
  • Susan

    2014-11-01T19:19:02.362Z

    that was really great! :)
  • ForeverZoey

    2014-10-31T11:52:04.363Z

    He actually sounds pretty good like tht !!
  • Misty

    2014-10-31T11:19:14.494Z

    Not as bad as I thought he would be. Interesting.
  • Cici

    2014-10-31T15:03:46.788Z

    I saw this yesterday! He sounds better than wjth audio tune
  • Shawna

    2014-11-01T01:47:35.466Z

    You still have to be able to sing even with auto tune.
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