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T-Pain is saying good-bye to a dear friend -- Auto-Tune.
The R&B hitmaker tells Billboard.com today (July 20) that he is officially trading in the audio production software for his own invention, the T-Pain Effect. The software is a joint effort with iZotope that gives users access to his "whole vocal chain" of effects, 50 beats and a full complement of recording and distribution software.
T-Pain Ditches Auto-Tune: 'You Can't Stick with One Thing Forever'
Before inventing the T-Pain Effect, the rapper/producer played a crucial role in introducing Auto-Tune into hip-hop. Soon it created a ripple effect into pop music, which had previously experienced Auto-Tune in a big way via Cher's "Believe" in 1998. The trend simmered when Jay-Z -- disturbed by the countless number of rappers jumping on the Auto-Tune bandwagon -- took it upon himself to declare the trend dead via his track "D.O.A." ("Death of Auto-Tune") on "Blueprint 3." It just hasn't been the same for T-Pain's Auto-Tune-filled career since then.
In an ode to the vocal effect, here are 10 great Auto-Tuned tracks that we'll never forget.
10 Awesome Auto-Tuned Tracks
T-Pain Feat. Young Joc - Buy U A Drink
Bed Intruder Song-The Gregory Brothers & Antoine Dodson
Cher-Believe
Kanye West-Love Lockdown
Bon Iver-Woods
Lil Wayne-Lollipop
Ke$ha-Blow
Daft Punk-One More Time
The Black Eyed Peas-Boom Boom Pow
Snoop Dogg-Sensual Seduction
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