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Dec 5, 201183On T-Pain's fourth album rEVOLVEr, though, that dampened bravado actually serves him.
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Dec 13, 201170If you want the T-Pain you know and love rEVOLVEr delivers that in spades--but he doesn't really EVOLVE at all.
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Dec 12, 201170No, his music isn't appropriate for every situation, but when T-Pain is what you're in the mood for, there's still no better T-Pain than T-Pain.
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Dec 6, 201170The man's overuse of Auto-Tune is now a given, and here it coats all of his heartfelt moments with robotic perfection, but it is surprising how T-Pain's gigantic producer hat remains off save a handful of cuts.
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Dec 14, 201160As toe-tapping or even eyebrow-raising as some of rEVOLVEr's 17 songs are (overlong at 66 minutes of no skits, just music), there's little to nothing here to put it over the top.
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Dec 14, 201160By the end of these 17 tracks the head is heavy with images of the Smash robots battle-rapping against a crew from whatever planet The Clangers call home.
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Dec 13, 201160It gives credit to his cheerily assured worldview that Pain's roboto soul sounds like inspiration.
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Dec 5, 201150It's a shame Mr Pain needs these cameos as much as his instrument of choice--without them, the temptation for the listener would be to simply Auto-Tune out.
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Dec 13, 201142Despite the title's promise of evolution, the record mines the same club-banging, shawty-romancing formula of the singer's boom years, to ever-diminishing returns.
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Dec 7, 201140An album that feels dated right as it hits the shelves, and professes no argument for its significance other than some big name features and producers.
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Dec 6, 201140He mainly revisits old tropes without a wink.
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Dec 5, 201140Throughout rEVOLVEr, T-Pain struggles to sound up to date, but the only way he achieves this is through a depressing obsession with brand consciousness.
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Dec 5, 201130With half of rEVOLVEr emulating his older tracks and the other half making strained attempts to branch out into rap and dance, it appears that the rappa ternt sanga simply hasn't found anywhere else to turn.