T-Pain is timeless. In 2022, the autotune pop-rap legend linked up with some of hip-hop’s hottest young acts to send a reminder. In March, he connected with tobi lou for his “Non-Perishable” cut. Later that month, he and Denzel Curry collided for the incredible “Troubles” off Curry’s latest album. That same week, T-Pain also landed on the song “Happy Hour” from Buddy’s Superghetto. All of these performances did an excellent job of showing the new generation just how talented he is. Additionally, it helped rope in some old heads into some newer artists’ work.
Another recent gig T-Pain partook in was his stellar showing on the FOX TV show The Masked Singer. In 2019’s season, T-Pain won the entire competition. Rocking a monster costume the whole time, T-Pain performed some all-time hits and won over the judges. In particular, renditions of Queen’s “Don’t Stop Me Now,” The Black Eyed Peas’ “I Gotta Feeling” and Sam Smith’s “Stay With Me” were his best. Because of this victory, T-Pain continued doing covers of hit songs like these. So much so, that he revealed an incredible new project this week.
T-Pain’s Bringing The Covers
On Wednesday (Feb. 15), T-Pain announced that his upcoming seventh studio album will arrive on March 17. Titled On Top Of The Covers, T-Pain’s forthcoming LP will see him deliver covers of all-time great hits. Only seven songs long, On Top Of The Covers includes T-Pain’s versions of Sam Cooke’s “A Change Is Gonna Come” and Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believin’.” Additionally, he adds his cover of Sam Smith’s “Stay With Me” from The Masked Singer to the album, to the delight of many cable television viewers.
Along with the album on March 17, T-Pain will also be giving two back-to-back performances in LA. The venue for these shows is The Sun Rose and they take place on March 17 & 18. Tickets go on sale at 1:00 pm ET on Friday (Feb. 17) on T-Pain’s website. Via press release, T-Pain confirmed that this album was possible because of his independent status. “It got put on hold for a bit but now that I’m independent, I’m able to do whatever I want to do through Nappy Boy Entertainment and this is something I’ve felt strongly about for a long time,” he said. “These songs are not what you’d expect when you hear that T-Pain is doing a covers album and that is what I think is cool about it.” Check out the entire track list for On Top Of The Covers below.
Tracklist:
1. “A Change Is Gonna Come”
2. “Don’t Stop Believin’”
3. “Sharing the Night Together”
4. “Stay With Me”
5. “Tennessee Whiskey”
6. “That’s Life” f/ NandoSTL
7. “War Pigs”