@@Power-9Hunnid yeah.. I guess Pain wasn't thinking longevity.. came with a new sound and rode with it then everybody started doing it so when he did it it was really no big deal ..
T Pain is an artist-artist and has god level talent, but goddamnit Lil John had a catalog that was mannah from heaven. I definitely forgot the levels that there are to this thang. Lil John made me re-remember my whole coming of age years.
Lil Jon didn’t play “BIA BIA” any of the tracks he did for Pitbull’s MIAMI album, or “Neva Eva”’. They should’ve done 25 songs. It was a classic battle
That JA vs Ne-Yo battle was AWESOME!!! BUT, I was in this live and it was damn near like being in the club! So much energy! I have this being the better battle ever so slightly!!
There's definitely an advantage in going 2nd. 1 person should go 1st for the first 10 songs, and then they switch for the last 10 songs - Just like switching sides at halftime. Not sure if it would've mattered much in this battle though.
T-Pain had HITS, but Lil Jon had them HEAVY hitters. Haymaker after haymaker majority of the rounds imo. Both are GOAT no matter what. Can't wait for that tour after this quarantine tho!
So true. And honestly I think he won more rounds than they gave him too, but that's another discussion. T-Pain is an all around entertainer, the damn Ringleader man! Lol
And the fact that Lil Jon is rich AF, some of the joints that’s not good for us in the hood, ring off EVERYTIME I travel to another country Shots and Turn Down for What omg 💵
Pain's catalogue is crazy and I'll take his over Lil Jon's. However, a battle is about body of work AND timing. And Jon's timing was damn near flawless. His experience as an actual DJ definitely came in handy. He knew how to read the situation and throw the most effective counter punches. All in all.. an epic night in music history. For the culture and for the spirit! Made me fall in love with being Black and growing up the way I did all over again.
T-PAIN said it in a DJ Vlad interview, he callled the auto tune company, studdied the algorhythm and learned to sing in a way to make it kick in the right way. Basically it's like some one who would manage to use autocorrect by typing the only the consonant in order to type faster as opposed to those using it to avoid typos.
1.If this was anyone me else, T-Pain would’ve washed them. 2Lil Jon showed how much of an Og he was. 3.Didn’t know he produced that Capleton record. 4. “Damn” was a smash!!
I totally agree. I'm surprised he didn't bring out that record at all. I thought you would have brought that are considering that he brought out throw it up by Pastor Troy which is a classic in Georgia but Bia Bia was huge everywhere.
I aint heard of that song. Suppose it comes down to how are you judging the contest. World hits?. Then nah this one never made it in the clubs over here, I was a barman in the hottest club in the city an I aint heard that one from our DJs. T-pains all hit the clubs, but most weren't with the heavy hit like some of Jons ones like "yeah" ect. Its like T-pains was all good an some OMG ones....An Jon had more OMG songs and alot of 'hmm ok" ones that never made it over here.
You all are discounting Chris Brown’s hits....he really does have HITS....and I’m not even a fan like that. He’s not as talented of a singer as Usher in my opinion...but he DOES have hits. It may be closer than you think.
Alvin Johnson chris would win. Only R&B dude with as many hits as Chris is R Kelly. Usher would be close but chris has had 1 one or more hits every year for the last 15 years. Usher had a solid 10 year slightly inconsistent run.
I remember T Pain was literally on everybody’s hooks in the late 2000’s to early 2012 but Lil Jon had hits from EARLY 2000’s until now 🔥 there’s levels to this and lil Jon is solidified
just goes to show that generations will always believe the generation after them has bad taste. because alot of people hated lil jon and t pain during their time, especially the older generation. there is great music in every generation, including the one we are in now.
Yeah I think so too! T-Pain should've gotten way more points. Being in the "crowd" (lol) and watching the battle as it was going on. And reading all of the comments, everyone -inclusive of celebrities, called the battle at the end as a draw. And I can agree with them.
T pain got nothing but hits !!!! But.... Lil Jon is king in this battle. Let’s give him his flowers. His Range, longevity and cultural/genre dominance is superior
Pain has timeless jams though. time...less. As in you remove the time and put whatever time and its a hit. Great for the culture that they did this, thoroughly enjoyed it.
Personally this was a very close battle but I feel as if there’s a lot of east coast biased in Hot 97 takes on these battles. Being from down south, I think they should definitely have more southern perspectives on these battles
I really enjoy seeing Ebro get hype to songs I grew up on in the south. Its not everyday you get to hear what DJ's really thought about songs even if they were hits.
To be honest, their judgement on this was pretty accurate. T-pain obviously had the better records, but Lil Jon crushed him with super hard club bangers. It's a battle, so whoever moves the crowd more than the other wins. As much as we love "Low" for example, there's no way it's gon bang harder than "Yeah" in any club
This was a battle of T-Pain vs Lil Jon Duets all it did was remind me of how many hits they both have no real loser here straight bangers I was enjoying both vibes
Bruh what??? noooooo hahaha u don't know Lil Jon then. T-Pain was, as they even said, a student of Lil Jon. So in a way T-Pains songs are all remixes. Did u even watch the thing???
Exactly my thoughts. Lil John records most likely represent more of their younger, golden years. Most of them probably was burnt out on clubbing right around the time T-Pain started really dropping hit after hit. Me at 27 have good memories of both throughout school and becoming a young adult so my scoring is hair thin close with Lil John taking it by one point.