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They say all good things must come to an end, and unfortunately that also includes celebrating T-Pain as MTV.com's POSTED artist for January. But don't be sad -- let's fondly reflect on all the insider info we learned about the "Let Me Talk" rapper over the past month, like the time he met Michael Jackson or his craziest early morning moment. Aww, memories. This week, we wrap up our T-palooza with two new videos that promise a proper send-off.

Up first, we have a video of T-Pain discussing Auto-Tune again (he already admitted Eminem should try it), but now he talks when and when not to use the technique in his own work: "People just want to hear the party... I always do [Auto-Tune] to lighten the mood. But when it's a more serious song, you don't want it to sound all fun... the more serious songs get less Auto-Tune." Lesson of the day: no Auto-Tuned versions of "The Star Spangled Banner."

Our next clip's from the rEVOLVEr artist's third episode of "World Of Pain," a behind-the-scenes style documentary that captures T-Pain's intimate backstage moments. There are motorcycles, Segways and more scary clowns! We even get a glimpse of a private freestyle from T before he hits the stage. We're overwhelmed even talking about it, guys.

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I'm not even sure why the internet is still alive right now given the fact that three of the biggest artists in music just put out a new record. Flo Rida, T-Pain and LMFAO (otherwise known as "guaranteed, go-to No. 1s") all appear on Flo's latest, "Run To You." Not sure a track's been this stacked since "Lady Marmalade."

"Run To You" has "3 a.m. dance marathon" written all over it. Think Flo's "Right Round" plus DJ Khaled and T-Pain's "All I Do Is Win" and a heaping dose of LMFAO's "Sexy And I Know It." (So basically the best song in the world.) Over a trancelike beat, Flo brags about how attractive and well aerated he is: "You already hot, I'm already hot/No sweat, no Under Armour." T-Pain serves up the chorus, reminding us he can hook up with any chick he wants ("Somebody gon' get it, oh, oh, oh"), while LMFAO ruminate on the toils of having round-the-clock babes at their disposal: "I know what you wanna do/When I wiggle, wiggle, wiggle in my Underoos.../Never should’ve let you bounce on my pogo/Now you wanna be my Yoko Ono."

Real talk, I'd wanna be anyone's Yoko One if they stood to make as much dough as these three do when this record hits No. 1. Got my mind on my money, OK?

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We’ve been reminiscing with MTV.com’s POSTED artist T-Pain all month long. He drove us down memory lane with stories about his taxi driving days back in Tallahassee, Fla., and he recently reflected on his craziest 5 a.m. moment. This week, we fast-forward to the present by sharing his new documentary-style webisode and getting T's suggestion on who needs some Auto-Tune up on their tracks.

Up first, we've got episode one of T-Pain's "The World of Pain," which closely (and kind of hilariously) documents the life of the "Let Me Talk" singer. The show introduces behind-the-scene footage of T's backstage life (warning: scary clowns included), and we even get a quick training session on how to hang with him. This is the stuff they need to be teaching in school!

The next clip has T-Pain contemplating what artist he thinks should take up Auto-Tune, and after some heavy consideration, T decides on a fellow rapper: "I think Eminem should use Auto-Tune... cause he's doing a lot of singing now. He should try it at least once." Coming from the unofficial master of Auto-Tune but also someone who sounds great without it, that comment could be a compliment or a diss. We're not sure... We'll let you fellas sort that one out.

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We launched 2012 in the dopest way possible -- by announcing T-Pain as our POSTED artist for January. We already joined T as he took us down memory lane with a clip from his appearance on "When I Was 17," and we also got the lowdown on his life-changing meeting with Michael Jackson. This week, we learn even more about the "Let Me Talk" rapper. (Seriously, there's never been a dull moment in this guy's life!)

Our first video catches T-Pain proving (yet again!) there's not a boring bone in his body: He lets us in on his craziest 5 a.m. experience. We won't spoil all the details, but it involves being on a bathroom floor -- with a blanket and a pillow. Perhaps that's when he found inspiration to write "5 O'Clock"?

Next up, T reveals the surprising goal he had when writing his latest album, rEVOLVEr: "What I wanted to do was have people not judge a book by its cover." The rapper gets more philosophical saying, "The title makes you have this preconceived notion about what it's going to be all about... It makes you think about thinking about things before you see them or hear it." And that concludes our "Deep Thoughts with T-Pain" segment of the day.

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If one of your New Year's resolutions was to learn everything about rapper T-Pain, then lucky for you, he’s our POSTED artist for January! (Also, congrats on the weirdest New Year's resolution ever.) Memorizing every lyric from his rEVOLVEr album may have held you over last year, but this month we're offering interviews, videos and more about the "Let Me Talk" singer.

Our first clip offers a sneak peek at T-Pain's "When I Was 17" interview where T chats about his humble days as the one and only Tallahassee Taxi -- since T. Pain was the only guy with a car, in high school, he'd charge friends gas money for rides across town. Dude was hustlin' since the beginning.

Up next, a video of T-Pain admitting what it was like meeting Michael Jackson. He even divulges something that Jackson told the rapper personally: "He had to meet me because 'Bartender' is the only song that he sent someone to the record store to get for him... So that helped me out with the rest of my life." From chauffeuring friends to having The Kind Of Pop demanding your music -- just a bit of a life change, NBD.

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T-Pain's going au naturel, guys. This past May, T-Pain announced his retirement from Auto-Tune, and he recently performed sans robotic effects on "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" So how'd he fair? Pretty damn well, if you ask us, and his winning streak continues with his new video "Let Me Talk."

While "Let Me Talk" doesn't appear on T-Pain's current rEVOLVEr album, the video was produced and directed by T-Pain himself and is said to be a gift "for the fans." The former Auto-Tune lover is surrounded by expensive cars and a bevvy of hot model chicks as he sings, "Swag on a thousand/Imma hop up out the Lamborghini/And jump back in the Ferrari/Rob me/Hundred miles an hour/Passing by you lanes/I am in the fast lane."

After chilling with the hot babes and admiring his pricey vehicles, T-Pain randomly finds himself in a room full of old TVs and a bunch of those red chattering teeth wind-up toys. Yeah, no clue, though if we had to take an educated guess, we'd say the wind-up mouths are a metaphor for the media who simply won't let T-Pain speak his mind (what up, eighth-grade English).

I'm no studio expert of anything but I'm definitely positive I could have sworn I heard a tiny bit of Auto-Tune up in that jam -- not as prevalent as a full-blown robot, but maybe a baby robot just learning how to sing. Whatever, we're on T-Pain's team with or without the help of any musical enhancements.

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T-Pain's the go-to dude when you're talking about -- or even briefly mentioning -- Auto-Tune. He's responsible for the Auto-Tuned verse in Kanye West's "Good Life" and about a thousand other records filled to the brim with AT robotic-ness. But this summer T-Pain vowed to "never use Auto-Tune" again... and it looks like he's actually keeping his word.

Last night T-Pain was the musical guest on "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" and instead of relying on backing tracks, he just sat his ass down at the piano and sang. No frills, no fuss, just a dude, a piano and a shockingly moving song from a guy who's usually singing about a hot chick with a nice booty. However, T-Pain's new song "Drowning Again" is all about his unending heartache: "Waves upon waves keep me down/And I can't get to the top/But when I get there I'll still be nowhere/'Cause I can't find the one I love/And if I make it out/We should talk about/How you left me."

But it wasn't all tears and emo times. After "Drowning Again" T-Pain lightened up the mood with his Lily Allen- and Wiz Khalifa-assisted "5 O'Clock" (though he swapped out Lily, who is busy being a mommy, for Sophia Fresh). Also, big ups to those Inspector Gadget-style glasses T-Pain was sporting. #NEEDTHOSEIMMEDIATELY

How do you think T-Pain sounds sans Auto-Tune?

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Think of all the star power Ne-Yo, T-Pain and Trey Songz carry individually. Now take that and multiply it by well, three and you'll get the amount of R&B/Auto-Tuned/panty-droppin' star power surrounding Ne-Yo's most recent jam, "The Way You Move."

Featuring Trey Songz and T-Pain, "The Way You Move" is slated to appear on DJ Boy Wonda's forthcoming mixtape, "Tough Loves." A true slow jam, Ne-Yo opens the first verse and lets his smooth falsetto dominate as he sings his woman's praises: "She's super sexy/Everybody wanna know about her.../Because the way she get it in/All of the men/Even the women just try." Definitely sounds like a top-notch chick right there.

Trey Songz chimes in next and we literally CANNOT decide whether his or Ne-Yo's falsetto is more of a panty-dropper -- it's a tie! Somehow Trey manages to compare his pole-dancing woman to a club and still make it sound romantic and classy: "If this club was the sky/You're the brightest star/You ain't playing fair/Slidin' down that poll like oh, oh, oh." T-Pain's verse is up next, and as you'd imagine, he uses his signature Auto-Tune to convince his girl that he's on the up-and-up: "Just keep doin' your thing/Don't let it stop you/And if you've heard some things about me/Girl, they're all lies." RO-mance.

This "The Way You Move" chick sounds really hard to land, so while Ne-Yo, Trey Songz and T-Pain still probably have some wooing to do, we must admit -- everything does sound way more convincing when it's sung to you in Auto-Tune.

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So this is... different. If you'd told us last week that we'd be telling you about a collabo between T-Pain, Lily Allen and Wiz Khalifa we'd have told you to please remove yourself from our personal space. But, alas -- Lily Allen, T-Pain and Wiz have joined forces on a collabo song called "5 O'Clock." If you're thinking this tune already sounds vaguely familiar, that's because it does. "5 O'Clock" is a variation of Lily Allen's song, “Who’d Have Known,” off her sophomore album, It's Not Me, It's You.

"5 O'Clock" opens with Lily's cheeky hook, and it's backed by a mellow hip-hop beat. Then, true to form, T-Pain pops in with his signature Auto-Tuned vocals. While Lily's original hook sweetly talks about waiting patiently for her man in bed, T-Pain switches it up: His lyrics are all about hooking up in da club and partying hard, duhhh. He sings, " 'Cause you've been waiting on me since I said that I was heading to the club.../Like, gorgeous get your ass up in that car, and come get all of this love." Wiz chimes in later with some slick rhymes, because you know how Wiz Khalifa does.

"5 O'Clock" is slated to appear on T-Pain's forthcoming album RevolveR. Stay tuned for the video, shot recently in Amsterdam, due out this month.

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+ The always outspoken Tyler, The Creator is unsurprisingly not holding anything back about his 2011 MTV VMA nominations. The Best New Artist and Video Of The Year nominee tweeted, "IF I F***ING LOSE TO F***ING BRUNO F***ING MARS I'M GOING ON A KILLING SPREE. DEADASS." Tyler! RELAX! (Rap-Up)

+ NOT using f-bombs regarding his Best New Artist nod is VMA nominee Wiz Khalifa. Everything's gravy with the "Black And Yellow" rapper, as he told MTV news: "I think it's really good competition, and it's just a good sign of the new wave of how an artist can come up and get recognition these days." That's what we call "exemplary sportsmanship." (MTV News)

+ Rude! After her drum solo (which was pretty kick-ass, BTW), Rihanna got her hair pulled twice at the Detroit stop on her LOUD tour. How many times do we have to say it: Do not touch the pop stars. CLick through to watch the video. (Idolator)

+ Ke$ha, Lily Allen, and Pitbull are just some of the names being passed around in regards to who might be involved in the making of T-Pain's new album, rEVOLVEr. His good friend Auto-Tune will also be on hand. (Rolling Stone)

+ Although nothing is official quite yet, check out everything fans think might be happening on the set of Lady Gaga's new video, currently being filmed in Nebraska. No offense, NE, but this is probably the most exciting thing to happen to you since... ever? (ONTD)

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