T-Pain Knows How to Sing Without Auto-Tune

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As T-Pain‘s recent conversation with NPR makes the rounds, another video has been released of T-Pain singing without the aid of his usual tool. Shot during T-Pain’s “Tiny Desk Concert” outing, the video finds the 29-year-old singer belting out hits such as “Buy U A Drank,” “Up Down” and “Drankin’ Patna,” all without the auto-tune we usually associate anything T-Pain-related with. This is certainly a far cry from the club and pop-oriented efforts we’re used to hearing, and this live showcase almost completely repurposes the original songs. You can check out the aforementioned footage in the video above.

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