{"id":94367,"date":"2023-04-11T12:58:29","date_gmt":"2023-04-11T16:58:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/panm360.com\/?post_type=records&p=94367"},"modified":"2023-04-11T12:58:42","modified_gmt":"2023-04-11T16:58:42","slug":"t-pain-on-top-of-the-covers","status":"publish","type":"records","link":"https:\/\/panm360.com\/en\/records\/t-pain-on-top-of-the-covers\/","title":{"rendered":"T-Pain – On Top of the Covers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

On Top of the Covers <\/em>is T-Pain\u2019s seventh studio album, his first in four years, and is composed of cover songs from various musical genres. T-Pain blew these covers away for the most part and needs to be acknowledged for his contributions to R&B as a whole. Before I highlight some of the highs and lows of the project, it should be noted: auto-tune isn\u2019t all over every song. T-Pain can really sing and this joint demonstrates his pure skills as a vocalist. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Teddy crushes his cover of \u201cA Change Is Gonna Come\u201d by Sam Cooke, and he pours every ounce of himself into his rendition of \u201cTennessee Whiskey,” pun intended. The \u201cDon\u2019t Stop Believin\u2019\u201d cover comes across very karaoke-ish, which isn\u2019t necessarily a\u00a0knock, it\u2019s just one of those songs everyone tries to or thinks they can sing. One of my personal all-time favorite songs ever made is Frank Sinatra\u2019s version of \u201cThat\u2019s Life,\u201d which is a cover itself. T-Pain\u2019s rendition on this album wasn\u2019t my favorite among all the iterations that exist out there, but it was enjoyable no less. \u201cThat\u2019s Life\u201d is also the only song on this project including a feature in NandoSTL.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Top of the Covers <\/em>features a purely instrumental track that sort of acts like an interlude in the middle of the project called \u201cSkrangs (in K Major Sus)\u201d. I\u2019m unsure who composed and produced this track, but it\u2019s quite pleasant and rolls directly into the next song \u201cStay With Me,\u201d which T-Pain sings better than Sam Smith, in my humble opinion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The best song on the project, bar none, was saved for last. T-Pain does a cover of Black Sabbath\u2019s \u201cWar Pigs,\u201d and my goodness he delivers everything on this track, and more. Even Black Sabbath\u2019s original bassist Geezer Butler gave this version his approval.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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