S. Samuel
Atlanta rapper Future has no plans of giving fellow hip-hop artist T-Pain a ring anytime soon and explained why he can't let past disses fade to black.
Future said prior to T-Pizzle taking shots at him over capitalizing off auto-tune they could have made history together.
“I would’ve worked with him, easy, before he made those comments,” Future told MTV News’ Sway Calloway, “[But] when he took the jab at me I pretty much just lost all respect for him.” “Why Me?” he continued. “You could’ve talked to me off the record, or got in contact with me. Before I got in the game, he wasn’t no one I looked up to, but he was someone that I loved his songs. He had the radio on lock. I came in the game on ‘Tony Montana,’ I came in on a song like I’m Sprung,’ singing auto-tune. Then I did ‘Turn on the Lights,’ — that don’t sound like no T-Pain.” (MTV)
Despite the tensions boiling down, Future said he wanted nothing to do with Pain.
“I don’t look at him the same no more, because you’ve gotta respect the man as a man,” Future said. “You can’t say something then try to take it back. I know how you really feel. You can’t show your hand and try to hide it again. “It ain’t like I got into beef with him, I just wanna stay as far away from that situation as possible.” (MTV)
Earlier this year, Pain admitted he was a fan of Future but noted who people should credit for the auto-tune trend.
T-Pain may be the king of Auto-Tune, but he doesn’t mind when others use it. The “Up Down” singer dismissed reports of friction with Future and defended the Atlanta rapper’s Auto-Tuned music. “I’m down with it. I like it. I totally like it,” T-Pain told Rap-Up TV. “People always ask me how I feel. I’m flattered. I feel like that’s what’s working because I made it work.” But he did take a moment to brag. “People wouldn’t be using Auto-Tune at all if it wasn’t for me right now,” declared T-Pain. “I feel like I’m the best to do it. I use it the best. When people try to compare me to other people using it, I don’t see the comparison.” (Rap-Up)
Last spring, T-Pain talked to SOHH and discussed banking on his own “T-Pain Effect” device.
“I’m all for everyone expressing themselves in any way they want. That’s the only thing that has allowed me to have the amazing success that I’ve had,” Pain told SOHH via an exclusive statement. “I made the T-Pain effect because that’s what everyone was calling it (auto tune) anyways. I figure I had better capitalize off of it and make my own pitch correction software.” (SOHH)
A few weeks prior, Pain came clean on his stance toward Future and the rapper’s usage of the voice-changing tool.
“I don’t think Future gets the technology very well. I don’t think he understands how it actually works,” he said. “He’s writing great songs. He’s a great writer. Keep in mind, you can use Auto-Tune and you can know how to work perfectly, but you still have to know how to write a good song. Just because he sound good doesn’t mean he’s saying good stuff. As far as how he uses Auto-Tune, I don’t think he knows how it works. I think he’s thinking that you just turn it on, and then it just happens. But nah, he writes great, great hooks and great songs themselves. I just don’t think he actually knows how to use Auto-Tune yet.” (Hot 93.7)
