The Awl

Snoop Dogg Featuring T-Pain, "Boom"

Dave Bry — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 15:50:40 +0000

Man, classic '80s synth music is having a rough couple of days. First there was the desecration of New Order's "True Faith" by George Michael and the Autotune machine that has apparently taken control of mind and relieved him of his faculties. Now Snoop Dogg and T-Pain do something not entirely unsimilar to Yaz's "Situation." (They used Alison Moyet's wonderful bubbly laugh and everything!) "Boom" is also one of the most nonsensical videos I've ever seen. And that's not necessarily a bad thing. But, why did we go through a full minute-and-a-half of post-apocalyptic Tusken raider stuff just to get into the same club we spend most hip-hop videos in?

Here are the originals, to try to wash the taste out of your mouth.

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T-Pain's New Chain Not Very Off the Chain

Dave Bry — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 14:20:51 +0000

Rap Radar's B.Dot says T-Pain's new chain looks like "a bedazzled dildo." He's right. It does. Meanwhile, that massive medallion swinging from Kanye's neck during his performance at Sunday's BET awards? It was in the shape of the falcon-headed Egyptian deity Horus, and it cost $300,000. So there you go.

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Jay-Z: Not An Auto-Tune Fan

Alex Balk — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 11:19:22 +0000

Jay-Z hates Auto-Tune, and he doesn't care if T-Pain knows it. I actually think this song is pretty great, but I'm an old man. Younger rappers are less impressed.

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