JAY-Z famously delivered a eulogy for Auto-Tune on his 2009 The Blueprint 3 track “D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune).” Although Hov 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.”
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 Hov 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.”
Obviously, T-Pain’s JAY-Z diss song has never been (and probably never will be) released — thanks to his management team stepping in.
“I don’t even think I finished it,” he said. “Because my manager came into the booth while I was doing it and it was like, ‘Let’s just stop. All right, now you’re doing too much.'”
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T-Pain later recalled running into JAY-Z numerous times after “D.O.A.,” including the time he offered Hov an awkward apology at a Grammy Awards afterparty.
“I had two cups of Hennessy, so I couldn’t shake his hand,” he said. “I wanted to say two things and they collided. I wanted to say, ‘Thank you for everything,’ but also, ‘Sorry about the confusion.’ And I fucking said, ‘Sorry for everything.’”
Apparently, Jay rubbed T-Pain on the head and told him, “It’s all good, bro.”
Elsewhere during his Drink Champs interview, Teddy Verseti talked about how he discovered Auto-Tune, his relationship with Usher and his influence on music.
Watch the full conversation above.
t the diss wouldn’t of done nothing…. this was back when jayz had a few followers (after 50 cent took over new York jayz ran from rapping) when they swear jayz was the best rapper alive, then this clown got into the buy and sell business…… T drop that diss on him now jayz can’t rap you’ll be iight
DOA dropped in 09… Jay won numerous Grammys that year with the Blueprint 3… 50 was musically cold for years before that song was released you sound delusional as hell
we not about to sit up here and act like Jay stop dropping albums when 50 cent came out.
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Is this comment written in English? My goodness, your comment is incoherent jibberish. You probably thought that shit was fire when you wrote it…LMAOOOOO
are they going to try and kill each other.
Stfu.
Move on already
Lyrically like Urkel fighting Mike Tyson
I’m glad he didnt releasae it. Jay woulda bodied him lol
YEAH AIGHT. CALLING HIS BLUFF.
Wow man. Jay-Z is a dick.