You probably one of them dudes that contributed to the current situation of hip-hop. I'm sure you got that soldier boy shit on loop in your walkman, I'm not hating on T-Pain, just last night, I was saying that he gets a pass, cause dude, while a gimmick, is holding on harder than a Nintendo Wii. Like I previously said, he has charisma, he has no "talent" to speak of.
Furthermore, LuLz @ #1 record. Guy, dudes like lil' wayne are topping the charts, that's proof that ANYONE can project saliva on a mic in the shower/studio and become a star. You lost me with that nonsense. If you think T-Pain got "talent" then you're a pathetic example of musical "taste". You wanna hear an ill rhyme, fire up any Budden mixtape, fire up any Gza track, fire up a Big L track, fire up a KRS One record, fire up a Nas record, Jay-Z, Big Daddy Kane, Northstar, LL Cool J, i could go for days, fella.
This "OH SHIT!!! T-PAIN IS THE ILLISSSSSTTTTUH!!! shit is the source of Dem Franchise Guys, soldier boy, Lil Webber, Jacki-O, Yin Yang Twinz, etc....
When you can recognize TRUE talent, come back and talk some shit, until then, try to refrain.