Cher made you believe there was life after love and gave your singing career hope with the introduction of autotune. Autotune was introduced in the 80s and a young T-Pain paid close attention.
Autotune gives those tonally challenged a breath of life in terms of producing music to match their imagination. Here are 10 of the best or latest songs that utilize autotune.
Believe
Listen:
- Amazon Music •
- Spotify •
- Tidal •
- YouTube
Artist:
- Cher
Album:
- Believe
Description
The self proclaimed originator of autotune seems to authenticate her claim in this song. This song brings back a whole lot of roller rink memories.
Buy U a Drank
Listen:
- Amazon Music •
- Spotify •
- Tidal •
- YouTube
Artist:
- T Pain
Album:
- Buy U a Drank (Shawty Snappin')
Description
What Cher claims to have made possible, T-Pain really took advantage of. Jay Z infamously called T-Pain out for “T-Pain’in” too much.
Trap Queen
Listen:
- Amazon Music •
- Spotify •
- Tidal •
- YouTube
Artist:
- Fetty Wap
Album:
- Fetty Wap
Description
Fetty started as a rapper, but wanted to do something different. He decided to sing (using autotune) and worked with the rest of the Remy Boyz isolating the greatness through voice & rap.
Pick Up The Phone
Listen:
- Amazon Music •
- Spotify •
- Tidal •
- YouTube
Artist:
- Young Thug, Travis Scott
Album:
- Pick up the Phone – Single
Description
Travis Scott knows his way around autotune. Knows his way around the Kardashian household too. One of my fav tracks, this one reminds me of of traipsing through Waikiki.
Heartless
Listen:
- Amazon Music •
- Spotify •
- Tidal •
- YouTube
Artist:
- Kanye West
Album:
- 808s & Heartbreak
Description
I don’t know about y’all, but those Kanye church gatherings make me wanna get back to Jesus, maybe Yeezus. An obvious portrayal of autotune, Heartless does it well.
Im Sprung
Listen:
- Amazon Music •
- Spotify •
- Tidal •
- YouTube
Artist:
- T Pain
Album:
- Rappa Ternt Sanga
Description
Rappa Ternt Sanga? Mhmm, that’s some autotune. T Pain needs to make this list at least twice, and here’s the second coming. If you were alive and well in the 2000s, you more than likely heard this track.
SAD!
Listen:
- Amazon Music •
- Spotify •
- Tidal •
- YouTube
Artist:
- XXXTENTACION
Album:
- ?
Description
Damn, RIP XXX. Good song, and this was a showcase of what could have come, not what could have been. This is a well produced song, and hits all the feels.
Black Beatles
Listen:
- Amazon Music •
- Spotify •
- Tidal •
- YouTube
Artist:
- Rae Sremmurd
Album:
- SremmLife 2
Description
Gucci knew this was world wide. Rae Sremmurd killed on one of their most popular tracks to date. This slides right into our next track.
Unforgettable
Listen:
- Amazon Music •
- Spotify •
- Tidal •
- YouTube
Artist:
- French Montana, Swae Lee
Album:
- Jungle Rules
Description
A fuckin’ good time never hurt nobody. Cannot argue with that, and this persistent percussion drives right into the soul. It’s undeniably dance-able — evident here.
Nobody To Love
Listen:
- Amazon Music •
- Spotify •
- Tidal •
- YouTube
Artist:
- Sigma
Album:
- Life
Description
Watch the music video, and just be happy. The melody drives pure fun as an emotion and the bass/piano compliments the vibe.
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