Akon: T-Pain's Career Didn't Advance Because He Never Left the Hood (Part 14)
Part 13: https://youtu.be/kUHHdYYXNlQ
Part 1: https://youtu.be/G7u1ND_33MY
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In this clip, Akon speaks about dropping his third album “Freedom,” which features hits like “Right Now,” “I’m So Paid,” and “Beautiful.” After pointing out that that album went diamond, Akon went on to speak about signing T-Pain, who he feels could’ve went farther if he would’ve moved outside of the urban arena. Akon explained that urban audiences aren’t loyal and there’s only a short timeframe before a new artist comes along and steals the spotlight away. He then spoke about Future and Migos being the two most influential artists in terms of introducing a rap style that others conform to, which you can hear more about above.
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Advanced!!? Evolved is more like it
Akon’s career stopped because of rape allegations back in Washington DC why Vlad doesn’t asked them kinda questions
T-Pain needz to switch it up, come out with an album titled "Sanga Ternt Rappa"
It was some GAME in this video ! Hope artists took notes .
Dam
You can’t make it big with only making Urban Music? So what do you call Future’s success????
Lies. Poseiden, look at meeeeeeeee!
Future took Pain’s whole market share… I think a main part of it was his image.
Are you kidding me Akon of fucking course t pain is more talented then future. Future makes cool music whatever he cannot hold a note to save his life. T pain can rap wayyy better then future and he shouldn’t even be compared as a singer
"Urban audience is not loyal. Every year there’s a new nigga."
Damn. 😐
But T Pain make better music than Akon and Future/Migos imitate Lil Wayne
T-pain would kill akon in a verse song 4 song…
T-Pain SHOULD be way bigger though. It seems it’s more like he moves badly
Didn’t he crossover tho 🤔……I’m lost on this one Akon….then wasNt it the good that help future
Vlad was trying to trip Akon up with that “I think T-Pain is more talented than Future” comment. Good thing Kon didn’t go for it.
This man is desperate to convince himself that nobody should ever stay where they came from lmao I’d rather be good in my hood and help the people I came up with then just turn my back on them and switch
He Should Speak On Dolla
I was a huge Tpain fan in high school. He was weird mad genius. Sounded like no one but himself so he stood out. He never got his respect cuz he was a chubby dark dude with dreads. If he looked like drake or chris brown. He’d be that level.
The more Akon Interviews the less i like him. Even when he has a point ,i had the way he preface it. Also pop culture is more fickle that’s WHY it’s pop culture smh Also Also – how you say pain lost bcause he stayed hood and then use FUTURE as the comparison for reinventing himself by allways soundidng like himself. What? LOL
This has me confused, T-Pain is very successful and big in his own right. He definitely has more hits than Akon.
Akon has never went diamond and only his first two albums went platinum.
The fact he left Bone and Twista out of this conversation shows this nigga Akon don’t know what the fuck he talking about.
I disagree cause Pain was all over the place round 2007/2008
At least tpain don’t fuck with snitches
T-pain career ended when Jay Z made death of autotune after that song it was like the whole music industry turn they back on T-Pain at once. To make matters worst T-pain came out on stage while Jay preform it at summer jam in 09 and it looked like Jay was dissing him to his face .. btw that was just his prime but he still has a career producer and writing till this day and I salute him because not many artist can come back from a Jayz cancellation
Akon > T-Pain.
Who rides around banging Akon songs???
Meanwhile akon only has like one hit record lol
Urban wise t pain got more hits internationally Akon got him washed!!!
What is this clown talking about? T Pains career didn’t take off because he got pidgeon holed as the autotune guy at a time when autotune being used to that extent was looked down on. It was cool for a one time thing but to form much of you artistry on it was unheard of. They were calling him a Roger Troutman clone. Now, in hindsight everyone realized that Pain is a F&^ing genius but the industry has now moved onto new guys using his very formula. He was so ahead of his time the music landscape at the time didn’t understand it. And its always like that. The first guy to pioneer something is always the guy who takes the hit so he can open the door for others to come through. That’s why guys like Cool Herc, and Bambataa, and Caz are broke. They had their flash but they couldn’t capitalize because the industry at the time didn’t understand what they were doing. Rap was seen as music thievery and something that wouldn’t last long until it was shown to contain enough depth to last and was found to actually be commercially viable. But by the time that happened new cats came in using the same exact formula Herc, Bam and Caz(amongst others) had created. T Pain is a pioneer…that’s why he took a hit.
Come On T-Pain that mean you got to come out and drop these hit right now man stop playing they just throw you a line to jump right back in the game man
Tpain spread himself too thin with helping everybody out with features coupled with pie in the sky contracts. Because he was talented vis-à-vis hardworking but the business aspect was flawed. That’s a wild guess from an outsider.
For a dude that takes pleasure in shitting on black Americans Akon sure loves using that N-word.
I was never in to Acon. Acon was never big in the south. But T Pain is still being played in the clubs still to this day. Louisiana loves T Pain
Dafuq?
T pain had more hits than akon.
Naw that last statement he made was disrespectful to Sosa, how you gone mention future and T but leave out Sosa and his impact.
T Pains career ain’t even over though lol
Akon is delusional about this. Foh
Nobody replace Future w/ no T-Pain….wtf Vlad talking about lol
Akon saying you gotta do.more than just music. Take that money invest your self or something else.
Nvmind TPain career path…let’s talk about the nigga blowing 35 million dollars in two years and moving back in wit his mama
This whole interview is off.. t-pain had a successful career and even branched off into a lot. Definatrly better than Akon. And why compare t-pain and future.. diff styles.
I think Jay-z may of had something to do with that also he didn’t acknowledge him when they were on stage.
A versus with Akon & Pain would be fire..Pain wins it for me though
T Pain a fuckin legend these niggas sleep
t-pain > akon
T Pain is bigger than Akon
People are missing his point. Yes T-Pain is successful but it’s limited. Akon has more hits worldwide. Same with guys like Pitbull and Flo-Rida, they knew when to move on from strictly street shit and go for the international market hitting other genres.
This title tripping tripping. This mans career is LEGENDARY.