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RevolveR, alternately stylized as RevolveЯ, is the upcoming fourth studio album by American recording artist T-Pain, set to be released during 2011 on Nappy Boy Entertainment, Konvict Muzik, Jive Records and Zomba. Recording sessions for the album have taken place from 2009-2011. The album is set to be T-Pain's last release for fellow singer Akon's record label Konvict Muzik, as he has since agreed a deal to sign to Young Money Entertainment.

Work began on the album, originally titled UBER, during 2009, and the album was initially intended to be released during 2010. However, the album has suffered a series of delays; although T-Pain has claimed the album has been completed and mastered, he has rescheduled the album's release date, to reflect his displeasure at generally falling music sales. Despite this, however, he has since claimed that he will in fact release the album when his account on the social networking site Twitter reaches a million "followers". Also, although T-Pain initially denied that Jay-Z's song "D.O.A. (Death of Autotune)" would put him off from using Auto-Tune, the vocal pitch correcting technology he has frequently used throughout his previous work, on the album, he later confirmed that there would be a lesser presence of Auto-Tune on the album, and later revealed he had stopped using the technology permanently.

At present, although there is no definitive release date for the album, the album will reportedly have been released by the end of 2011. At the end of 2009 and throughout the early part of 2010, several singles were released from the album; however, the poor chart performance of these songs caused them to re-dubbed as promotional singles, and whether or not any of them will feature on the album is, as of yet, unclear. The album has also been preceded by the singles "Best Love Song", featuring Chris Brown, and "Booty Wurk (One Cheek At a Time)", featuring Joey Galaxy, which have peaked at number thirty-two and forty-four on the US Billboard Hot 100 respectively.

Background

In June 2010, T-Pain confirmed that the album had been completed and mastered, but that it will not be released until album sales increase.[1] T-Pain posted on Twitter stating he would release his PrEVOLVEr mixtape when he gets 500,000 followers and release his album RevolveR when he gets 1,000,000 followers.[2]

He released his latest single for the album "Best Love Song" with Chris Brown on March 22, 2011, after his three singles "Reverse Cowgirl", "Take Your Shirt Off" and "Rap Song" featuring American rapper Rick Ross did not chart well, releasing them as promotional singles instead. T-Pain stated that after Jay-Z released "D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune)", the first single from The Blueprint 3, his 2009 album, he would still continue using autotune and release his new album UBER.[3] In an interview with Ryan Seacrest, T-Pain confirmed that he was working on a song with singer Kesha and rapper Pitbull to be featured on the album.

T-Pain has since renamed the album to RevolveR and expected to release his album in 2010. T-Pain stated that he had to cut many guest spots on the album, calling his last album from 2008, Thr33 Ringz, a possible DJ Khaled album because of all the guest appearances.[4] So far Drake, Chris Brown, Busta Rhymes, Rick Ross and Joey Galaxy have been confirmed for the album, either from T-Pain or from the singles released. T-Pain released his highly anticipated prequel to RevolveR on May 4, 2011, with over 30 tracks entitled prEVOLVEr.[5]

Singles

In the beginning, T-Pain was originally given six consecutive singles for the album. The first single was supposed to be "Take Your Shirt Off", but was dubbed as a promotional single due to low charting. Another single, "Reverse Cowgirl", was released, which originally featured rapper Young Jeezy, and was dubbed as a promotional single also due to low charting. During a performance, T-Pain debuted yet another "supposed first single" entitled "Rap Song". The song features rapper Rick Ross. The song was the least successful single so far. "Best Love Song" was released as a Valentine Day single, which features singer Chris Brown, and was produced by Young Fyre. The song peaked at number on the charts. The Song was never officially released as a single off the album but was released as the fourth promotional single. This was the highest charting promotional single off "rEVOLVEr." The album's fifth consecutive promotional single, "Booty Wurk (One Cheek At a Time)", which features Joey Galaxy, and was produced by Young Fyre. The single was released on iTunes Store on July 8, 2011.[6]

On September 8th the first official single "5 O'Clock" was released. The song features Wiz Khalifa and a sample from Lily Allen.

Recorded songs

References

  1. ^ Ziegbe, Mawuse (16 June 2010). "T-Pain Says He Won't Release His New Album Until Record Sales Pick Up". MTV News (MTV Networks). Retrieved 22 August 2011.
  2. ^ Najm, Faheem (15 March 2011). "Twitlonger - When you talk too much for Twitter". TwitLonger. Retrieved 22 August 2011.
  3. ^ Reid, Shaheem (11 June 2009). "T-Pain Will Still Use Auto-Tune On New Album Despite Backlash". MTV News (MTV Networks). Retrieved 22 August 2011. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ Harper, Rosario (12 March 2010). "T-Pain On Cutting "RevolveR" Guest Spots, "It Was So Many People On The Last It Should Have Been A DJ Khaled Album"". SOHH. 4Control Media, Inc. Retrieved 22 August 2011.
  5. ^ Adwiin (5 May 2011). "Mixtape: T-Pain - prEVOLVEr [ Single Track Downloads ]". Adwiin-Music. Retrieved 22 August 2011.
  6. ^ "Booty Wurk (One Cheek At a Time) (feat. Joey Galaxy) - Single by T-Pain - Download Booty Wurk (One Cheek At a Time) (feat. Joey Galaxy) - Single on iTunes". iTunes. Apple Inc. 8 July 2011. Retrieved 22 August 2011. T-Pain tweeted the first official single off the album was to feature rapper Drake but has not gotten a verse back. He also tweeted a club single with rapper Lil Wayne which he said was compared to his late single "I'm n Luv (Wit a Stripper)" In an Interview with Rap Up TV Noel "Detail" Fisher said, the "next" single off the album will be called "Bottles" and is produced by him.
  7. ^ Adwiin (8 Ssptember 2011). "New Music: T-Pain - 5 O'Clock (Feat. Wiz Khalifa & Lily Allen)". Adwiin-Music. Retrieved 10 September 2011. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  8. ^ Slavik, Nathan (30 March 2011). "T-Pain ft. Joey Galaxy - Booty Wurk (One Cheek At a Time)". DJBooth. The DJ Booth LLC. Retrieved 22 August 2011.
  9. ^ Adwiin (25 May 2011). "VIDEO: T-Pain - Best Love Song (Feat. Chris Brown)". Adwiin-Music. Retrieved 22 August 2011.
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