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If you're like me and unfamiliar with current hip-hop (and by current, I mean anything released in the last 25 years) then maybe you don't know who T-Pain is. I only know him from his guest spot on Flo Rida's Low (which is quite the jam, by the way). After reading a few negative comments online about his version of the Black Sabbath classic War Pigs, I decided to check it out. It's one of the most iconic (here's that fucking word again!) song of the genre, so I was intrigued by the proposition of a rapper, more famous for his use of auto-tune, covering the song.
Simply put, it slaps. There's some great guitar on it, the arrangements are clever and not too different from the original, the organ gives it a great heavy, gothic touch and T-Pain's vocals are killer. I don't know how processed they are but it doesn't matter: this is one hell of a cover.
Check it out in the embedded player below or by clicking HERE.