All Up On My Jock

Like I Outta - T-Pain

Another dude that gets a really bad rap... lol... T-Pain.

Mr. Auto-Tune since 2003.

T-Pain usually is that guy... on the hook... singing... making it a smash hit now-a-days, but like I said in the piece I did on Rick Ross's new "freestyle" even he is sick of everybody and they mama... mama's mama... even baby mama's mama... using the auto-tune effect.

Now you might say to yourself, this song isn't a lyrical goldmine.
I believe that if Shel Silverstein could influence me to write poetry with just 4 line poems about non-sense, this dude can shine.

In this new little ditty, he basically vents about the new epidemic and has a little revenge of his own.

Personally, I can't say that I'll rock to this song years down the line. It isn't a classic. But that is obviously NOT was he is going for, so I take it for what it is... A RETARDELY, HILARIOUS TUNE!

The beat comes in.. and it... well sounds like it was inspired out of Barnum and Bailey... Not Cirque-de-Sole or anything but still a cool synth number.

And... notably, from the jump, he isn't using a vocoder.
It's his voice...

He isn't singing.
He's... rapping.

Now remember that first album he made... Rappa Ternt Sanga?

Well, he goes back to his roots for a minute with this one.

"Man, I've been gone for way too long till I come back and snap on niggas
Defication is a neccessity I had to crap on niggas."

That pretty much sets the tone right there. It ain't pretty, but then again, the delivery is pretty well executed here so I let the rapping slide and start to try and feel it.

He does about eight... kinda decent bars. Still with an entertaining flow, which is the point.

Then that hook comes in...

"You wanna do some shit I did in '03?
But don't act like you know me, I'm layin' low-key
Grab your microphone. Set your auto-tune
And I'ma bust a verse on yo' ass like I outta do
I got up out the streets, so I ain't gotta steal
But listen to the radio it's obvious I still kill
Grab your microphone and set your auto-tune
And I'ma bust a verse on yo' ass like I outta do"

My... goodness. The words ain't really all that poetic, but being from the south, I understand that what he lacked in words... he made up for in emotion and energy.

Many "goons" down here aren't quite adept at articulation. Yet when they speak, you already know what it is - Young Jeezy.

The effects that he put on his voice were really put together well. The scratches, that "talking through a phone" thing (yeah, I really forgot what that was called lol), the little auto-tune when says "auto-tune". Production genius.

The next verse... HILARITY!!!
Rappin like E-40.. PERFECTLY! WHICH IS RIDICA-CRAZY!
Rappin like Soulja Boi... a little off. Still funny. YOUUUUULE!!!
Rappin like Shawty Lo... I fell out of my chair.
Rappin like Jeezy... Lyric-wise on point... WHICH WAS STUPID FUNNY!
Rappin like Rick Ross... Ironic... I think the another word that's fitting... awkward lol

Then.. you hear the laugh. That's Wayne. Not really Wayne... but you know the deal.

"Ow... Pain is the best
And Wayne is up next with that T-Pain effect.
Ya'll stealin'. He cool.
Cause he doin' what he do."

And...

"Different ass nigga but the same dude
Don't worry bout a damn that T-Wayne do. [Editor's note: No Homo]
Cause T-Wayne cool. Ya'll niggas far behind.
And I be at the bar feelin on a broad's behind"

Yep. He just pretty much summed it up right there.

Now... after further examination, though, it seems as if he was cool with Ross stealing the "T-Pain effect". Then again, that's why it's not excellent, lyrically. He doesn't exactly get his point across.

Still, it's a cool song and a good quick listen.


I think you can say he is this generation's Biz Markie.