JAY-Z famously delivered a eulogy for Auto-Tune on his 2009 The Blueprint 3 track “D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune).” Although Jay claimed he wasn’t taking shots at any particular artist, the song was widely perceived to be a diss aimed at the audio processor’s most prominent adopter, T-Pain.
During a recent appearance on REVOLT’s Drink Champs podcast, Teddy Pain revealed he wrote and recorded a JAY-Z diss track in response to “D.O.A.”
When asked by Drink Champs co-host N.O.R.E. if he picked up the pen to answer back, the Tallahassee native replied, “I did. It was going to be the intro to my next album.”
When asked by Drink Champs co-host N.O.R.E. if he picked up the pen to answer back, the Tallahassee native replied, “I did. It was going to be the intro to my next album.”
T-Pain went on to explain he recorded the track — the title of which he doesn’t remember — following a concert in Las Vegas, where he faced obnoxious fans heckling him over JAY-Z’s anti-Auto-Tune anthem.
While he acknowledged that the idea of taking on Jay in a lyrical battle was “crazy,” dealing with a rude crowd, coupled with a night of heavy drinking, fueled T-Pain’s desire to clap back.
“I made the record after I did a show in Vegas and everybody in the crowd was like, ‘JAY-Z killed you, bro!’” he recalled at the 18:50-minute mark. “I was like, ‘All right, I’m never doing shows again!’ And it’s all, like, bros, it’s all white boys with their shirts off and shit. ‘JAY-Z, it’s the Roc, bro. Fuck you, bro!’
“I ended the show early and then I just tried to drink myself to death … I was just ready to go, man. I went in the studio and started recording the record.”
