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In the mid-2000s,
T-Pain was deemed as super corny by some of the old-school
rap establishment, for both using Auto-Tune, and, you know, the subtext was, "Oh, you're corny because
you're showing your softness." But at the same time,
like all these rappers are like, "Oh, shit, he's using this Auto-Tune,
everyone loves it, he's a hit maker.
Let's get him to do a hook." Rappers didn't themselves
use Auto-Tune at this point, they were just getting T-Pain
to do their hooks
T-Pain was deemed as super corny by some of the old-school
rap establishment, for both using Auto-Tune, and, you know, the subtext was, "Oh, you're corny because
you're showing your softness." But at the same time,
like all these rappers are like, "Oh, shit, he's using this Auto-Tune,
everyone loves it, he's a hit maker.
Let's get him to do a hook." Rappers didn't themselves
use Auto-Tune at this point, they were just getting T-Pain
to do their hooks
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In the mid-2000s,
T-Pain was deemed as super corny
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by some of the old-school
rap establishment,
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for both using Auto-Tune,
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and, you know, the subtext was,
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"Oh, you're corny because
you're showing your softness."
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But at the same time,
like all these rappers are like,
00:00:19.602 --> 00:00:23.189
"Oh, shit, he's using this Auto-Tune,
everyone loves it,
00:00:23.273 --> 00:00:25.984
he's a hit maker.
Let's get him to do a hook."
00:00:26.067 --> 00:00:29.154
Rappers didn't themselves
use Auto-Tune at this point,
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they were just getting T-Pain
to do their hooks.
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Movie Summary
Uncover the real stories behind your favorite pop songs as this docuseries charts the impact of the festival scene, Auto-Tune, boy bands and more.