Well, as much as you and I don't want to admit it, it's the summer of T-Pain. Seemingly every song on the black man's radio stations feature him on the hook or on the whole thing. It's crazy. (By the way, I noticed that he's touring right now...how does that work exactly? His voice is a machine)
I'm not surprised by his success though. For at least 10 solid years, Nate Dogg was the ONLY guy singing the hooks on rapper's songs. He had no competition! If I could sing hooks I would've been a millionaire, unfortunately I'm white and I can only sing like Jamie Walters aka Ray Pruit (How Do You Talk to an Angel?!).
But finally, someone came along to give him a run for his money. Actually, 3 someones. Akon was the first, and then NeYo. And in a bizarre turn of events, the third - T-Pain - was discovered by...Akon. They've cornered the market. So now it's a 3 man race for hooks, and T-Pain is edging out Akon by a voice box.
And just to show you how smart Fabolous is: tracks 2-4 on his new album feature, in order, Akon, NeYo, and T-Pain. If we would've just had Nate Dogg on track 5 he'd have accomplished the rare golden sombrero.
Another interesting note about the black man's music this summer: 4 songs with the word "shawty" in the title. And T-Pain is on 2 of them! This guy is truly everywhere, or at least every place there are shawty's.
Anyway, here's my black man's mix for summer 2007:
"Bartender" - T-Pain
"Betterman" - Musiq *
"U Make Me Better" - Fabolous with NeYo
"Like This" - Kelly Rowland with Eve (I hated this song when I first heard it, and I was all "oh kelly, the long hair isn't fooling us, you're still no Beyonce. But then I heard it again and I was singing it the rest of the day)*
"Out of My System" - Bow Wow featuring T-Pain
"Double Up" - R. Kelly with Snoop
"Go On Girl" - NeYo *
"Back Like That (remix)" - Ghostface Killa with NeYo and Kanye West
"I'm a Flirt (remix) - R. Kelly with T.I. and T-Pain
(The keen eye will note that Rihanna's "Umbrella" is not on here, and that is for a very simple reason: I fucking hate that song)
* Denotes songs my mom should download immediately
3 comments:
How have I heard almost none of the songs on the "Black Man's Mix Summer 2007"? Probably because my tastes are running deep into the Timbaland/Nelly Furtado/Justin Timberlake oeuvre, as can be witnessed by my MySpace page songs.
But wait. Last time I checked, Timbaland was a "black man." How come he's not on your mix?
Additionally, Nate Dogg was not "the ONLY guy singing the hooks on rapper's songs." Did you miss the era of Pharrell?
If I could sing hooks I would've been a millionaire, unfortunately I'm white and I can only sing like Jamie Walters aka Ray Pruit (How Do You Talk to an Angel?!).
I'm sure that's the only thing stopping you from making millions.
I'm just not into Timbaland right now. He bugs. I think he's trying to be too weird and he shouldn't be all over his songs - let the people with nice voices sing and rap.
Pharrell definitely had a moment, but nothing compared to Nate Dogg.
I was really disappointed when I saw how damn ugly T-Pain is, he sounds like he should look sexy. What a shame. I am not feeling Timbaland either, he should stick to producing. "What I Are" is terrible.
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