For weeks, the Billboard Hot 100 list has been dominated by pop, country and R&B. Rap was not within range when the very first position was effectively landed by T-“Buy Pain’s U a Drank (Shawty Snappin’)” The song first peeked at #84 and remained for seven excellent weeks in the chart by rising at a consistent pace before it hit the highest position. For seven times, despite getting a long hike, the single featuring Young Joc has become the greatest airplay gainer. The album is so unconventional that it often gets numerous remixes by fellow fighters including T.I., R. Kelly, Stat Quo, Pitbull, P.
Diddy, Kanye West, and several others. There are two aspects this single proves about him; that he can potentially write a number 1 hit and that because “I’m N Luv (Wit a Stripper)” he has not missed his niche. With the intensity of the song, upon its release in June 2007, his album “Epiphany” will suffer the same fate. This is presumably why one of the musicians trusted to carry back the career of pop queen Britney Spears is made up of him.
In T-life, Pain’s dedication proves to be turning out well. Born in 1985 as a middle child of five, Faheem Najm learned a great deal from his dad, the Entrepreneur, who himself did a lot of music. He was always brought to the workshop by his aunt, where he studied and observed closely before he was able to build his own mini studio. His bedroom was turned into a small mixing pot at the age of 10, which already allowed the usage of a piano, beat machine and four-track recorder at the period. Little T-Pain will write melodies, test out beats, and finally stack a large set of songs using the minimum equipment. And then he had the singing started. He started to do the same thing, though, seeing as everybody around him was raping, and was genuinely ready for it. He said, “The rapping was just something that I started doing cause I thought it was cool.” This practice lasted until he landed a part in a “Nappy Headz” five-piece rapping ensemble. Via the songs “Robbery” and “F.L.A.” the group had a strong start in 2000, but then the flame died and he began dreaming of keeping the spotlight on his own.
As soon as he set his mind on his solo career, he returned to his compilation of songs and launched his own production business named Hard & B, only for personal entertainment. Little did he realize that his buddy was fascinated with his talent and submitted his song “Time to Make Love” to Felisha Foxx, the personality of the Beat radio station. The album easily robbed the core of Foxx and was performed on the radio many times in a single night. It immediately became a popular playlist on the radio. After that, T-Pain started working on “Fucked Up”, a remix of “Locked Up” from Akon, which was mostly lauded as a stronger version than that of Akon. Hearing about this, he was signed by Akon under Konvict Music instead of igniting a competition because he saw a massive opportunity waiting to be formed. This was the era when T-Pain, an abbreviation of Tallahassee Pain in reference to his birth town, Tallahassee-Fl., was known for as his stage name.
In November 2005, an album named “Rappa Ternt Sanga” came out soon after his song “I’m Sprung” had achieved popularity three months earlier. “I’m Sprung” was immensely successful in the United States when it debuted at #8 on the Billboard Hot 100. Centered on his love encounter with a girl that he married later on, the song was composed. It gradually became his trademark in this intimate and caring theme. His relationship with his father was represented in another track, Fly Away. It was not until the second single “I’m N Luv (Wit a Stripper)” that, primarily because of its bolder material, he acquired a greater fan base.
