When you think of T-Pain and his music, there's one word that comes to mind: auto-tune. The singer helped popularize the funky warped sound that spawned it's own app and has sparked controversy for other artists including Britney Spears and Kanye West. But, while he may be k**wn for the funky style, Pain's recent NPR Tiny Desk Concert proves that he's actually pretty darn Good Without it.
Sure, Auto-tune filled songs like his 2007 hit "Buy U a Drank" helped define him as an artist, but, T-Pain admitted to NPR that his intentions with the sound were misinterpreted. "People felt like I was using it to sound good," he told All Things Considered. "But I was just using it to sound different." So, though we've always thought T-Pain's songs were great for busting a move, we're **w convinced that he's also worthy of a close listen.