Subject: T-Pain

• Future Shock: Mike Ness, Flo Rida, Nevermind, and more

  May 23, 2008

• Top 10 Songs You Must Turn Off

  August 1, 2008

• Chris Brown

  December 6, 2007

• Where's the party? A quick guide to a dozen hot Super Bowl soirees

  January 31, 2008

• Mariah Carey

  May 15, 2008

• Taylor Swift, Al Barr, and More Reflect on Songs to Be Thankful for

  November 27, 2008

• Across Our Blogs

  We understand that in the 24-hour news cycle it can be difficult to keep up. Worry not! We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times' blogs. Today's entries follow: Janet Napolitano Named as Obama's Top Pick for Head of Homeland Security Veterans Mountain -- Not the Landmark You've Been Looking For Valley Fever: Hey, Janet! The Goldwater Institute Has Some Ideas for You Dramatic Testimony Heard In Mormon Murder Case Alice Lara, Newly E

  November 19, 2008

• Party Crasher: American Junkie, Club FullFilled, The Vintage Lounge, and Rhythm Room

  The lovely Lady Santas of the Rhythm Room. Click here for a slideshow of the Party Crasher's weekend adventures. There's a plethora of parties that go down each and every weekend in the PHX. Whether it's hot DJ nights at Valley clubs, after-hours raves out in the sprawl, or house parties with kegs and local bands, this town knows how to get down. Enter the Party Crasher. Since it's impossible to sample every single fete and fiesta, our nightcrawling investigator of the outrageous will be check

  December 23, 2008

• Just Announced: Eagles of Death Metal, Hank Williams III and More

  It seems like just yesterday we were reminding you how bad the Eagles of Death Metal are live while praising The Hives for putting on one of the best shows of the year. Well, the band Axl Rose so memorably dubbed The Pigeons of Shit Metal are coming back in February, and they won't have the Sweds to save them. Who else is coming? Well, fans of bands with names stolen from pop culture and skankers should definitely click the link for this week's concert announcements. --Martin Cizmar

  December 26, 2008

• Top Ten Hip-Hop Albums Of 2008

  By Dan Leroy A couple of weeks ago, an expert on the Harry Potter series told an audience of high school kids how lucky they were to have this Big Shared Experience--these seven books and 41,000 words in common. What does Harry Potter have to do with hip-hop in 2008? In an age when many year-end lists should be subtitled "Ten More Albums You've Never Heard of and Will Never, Ever Hear," plenty. Technology has made the world smaller, and in response, we've found smaller and smaller worlds to

  December 26, 2008

• Top Ten Dance Collections of 2008, Both Mixed and Unmixed

  By Randall RobertsAny knucklehead with DSL and a laptop can now make an electronic track. With a half hour of clicking and fiddling, you can sample enough cheesy beats and mashups to clog arteries from here to Berlin. Simple dropdown mouse maneuvers can transform electro tracks into progressive house tracks (from dry and synthetic to wet and gushy), rhythm tracks can be tempo-tweaked with an upward toggle to change a Timbaland beat into a Chromeo one. Add some T-Pain-esque pitch-correction vocal

  December 26, 2008

• The Year in Music: 2008's Top Ten Pop Songs

  By Annie ZaleskiPop music often gets a bad rap for being disposable or vapid, and in many cases that's true. (Katy Perry, Danity Kane and the Pussycat Dolls, step right up!) But every year, a few irresistible bits of innovative ear candy rocket up the charts and seep into our subconscious. The following ten singles saturated the Top 40 -- or what passes for hit-oriented radio in this topsy-turvy musical climate -- while proving that accessibility doesn't necessarily preclude creativity. CHRIS

  December 29, 2008

• Top Ten Hip-Hop Albums Of 2008

  By Dan Leroy A couple of weeks ago, an expert on the Harry Potter series told an audience of high school kids how lucky they were to have this Big Shared Experience--these seven books and 41,000 words in common. What does Harry Potter have to do with hip-hop in 2008? In an age when many year-end lists should be subtitled "Ten More Albums You've Never Heard of and Will Never, Ever Hear," plenty. Technology has made the world smaller, and in response, we've found smaller and smaller worlds to

  December 30, 2008

• Hitsville: The Year in Music, by the Numbers

  By Randall Roberts You don't need a half-wit music critic to tell you it's been a remarkable year for America, one historians will be discussing and researching for centuries to come. War, financial collapse, politics, technology: All have been dinner-table topics for many Americans. Racial barriers in 2008 were demolished by a Midwestern black man, and gender barriers were hurdled by an Arkansan and an Alaskan.Democracy has a few awesome new dance moves rolling into the Obama presidency, and i

  December 30, 2008

• Rotten Tomatoes' Ofay-Centric Critics, and the Biggie Smalls Biopic Notorious

  "It was all a dream..."There are very few film critics I can read without getting at least mildly peeved at their gasbaggery. But the critics' pool on the geek-fan site RottenTomatoes.com really ticks me off, particularly in regards to the Biggie Smalls biopic Notorious, which I caught over the weekend.If you're a fan of Biggie, you'll probably like the film. That's not to say you won't have problems with some of the portrayals, but in general, the acting is solid, the direction is slick, and th

  January 26, 2009

• Lil Wayne Very Late, Very Predictable at US Airways Center

  Robert Brandon Martinez Things I witnessed while waiting nearly two hours for Lil Wayne to perform at US Airways Center on Wednesday night: An impromptu routine by all of opener T-Pain's assortment of dancers, including two midgets, a fire-eating contortionist, two dudes with their faces painted like Juggalos and two of (what appeared to be) Gwen Stefani's former harajuku girls. T-Pain saying, "I'm gonna tell y'all the truth, promise y'all won't get mad.... The reason my fat ass is still up here

  January 29, 2009

• The Lonely Island: Something You Need Now

  Eh, the album cover could have been better, but the songs are superbIt all started on Saturday Night Live in December 2005. Midway through a so-so episode of the New York institution, we were treated to a digital short featuring Chris Parnell and Andy Samberg. The premise was simple enough: two white guys rapping about their Sunday, cupcakes, and The Chronicles of Narnia. The massive reception of that particular digital short, "Lazy Sunday," catapulted the trio -- Andy Samberg, Jorma Taccone an

  February 24, 2009

• Jamie Foxx's New Video: Amazing or Just Plain Goofy?

  Jamie Foxx and friends...get it? Fox News? You know what, forget it.As was widely reported at the end of last week, Jamie Foxx released his new video for the song "Blame It," and the response in the blogosphere has been one of elation. He's Jamie Foxx, for one thing -- and that alone opens him up to an endless roster of Academy Award-winning actors, directors and producers. It's not often that someone with an Oscar collaborates with T-Pain, and Jamie Foxx has never been the humblest of people in

  March 2, 2009

• Flo Rida

  July 24, 2008

• Kanye West

  Graduation
  (Island Def Jam/Roc-A-Fella)

  September 20, 2007

• Monument Valley

  The plumed wonder hates to agree with GOP gun moll Ann Coulter philosophically, but about our 9/11 memorial . . .

  August 3, 2006

• An Open Letter to Jay-Z

  July 2, 2009

• Incoming: Lil Wayne, Daughtry, Cherry Poppin Daddies

  Robert Brandon MartinezLast time Lil Wayne came to town he was two hours late to the stage, causing a chain reaction of show-stalling shenanigans that involved the opener, T-Pain, coming back on stage wearing pajamas and a scarf to dance in a futile effort to quell the crowd. None of it worked and, as things wore on, the crowd chanted "this is bullshit" and booed Weezy who was, apparently, stuck at a border checkpoint.After all that, maybe you'd expect to see something else leading this week's s

  July 6, 2009

• Steven Tyler Airlifted to Hospital, T-Pain For Florida State President, Bob Dylan's Christmas Album?

  Rolling Stone: Aerosmith's Tyler Airlifted to Hospital After Falling From Stage Rolling Stone: Seacrest "Stunned," Jackson "Shocked" By Abdul's "Idol" Exit Rolling Stone: "Birthday" Video From "The Beatles: Rock Band" Premieres Pitchfork: Dead Man's Bones (Ryan Gosling and Zach Shields) Reveal Cover, Tracklist NME: Bob Dylan To Release Christmas Album? NME: Chris Brown's Sentencing Delayed Idolator: T-Pain For President Of Florida State University? Sure, Why Not? Spin: Beastie Boy Adam Yauch Giv

  August 6, 2009

• Hellogoodbye

  August 13, 2009

• Hellogoodbye

  August 13, 2009

• Motel 6 Offers Free Rooms to Touring Bands, Alice Cooper Trash Talks Preppy Indie Dudes, T-Pain Releases iPhone App

  Idolator: Jay-Z Takes Control Of The Board (Room)Idolator: Golf-Playing Rocker Laments Preppy Indie Dudes' Lack Of BallsNME: Ex-Rolling Stones' Bill Wyman slams 'Guitar Hero' And 'Rock Star' gamesPitchfork: Want to Sound Just Like T-Pain? There's an App for ThatRolling Stone: What Made "Braid" a Punk-Rock Video Game? A Look Back at the Innovative TitleSpin: 20 Best Summer Songs of 2009Sound of the City: This Is An Actual Blog-Post Title: "Twitter Trending Topic #uknowhowiknowuregay Provides Unre

  September 8, 2009