| Whether you love it or hate it, you can’t deny that | | | | success for both Young Jeezy and Kanye West, who |
| auto-tune is here to stay, at least for a little while | | | | would reportedly had so much fun with auto-tune on |
| longer. Even with Jay-Z’s recent “Death of | | | | “Put On” and a remix for Lil’ Wayne’s |
| Autotune” song, top 40 radio is still full of artists | | | | “Lollipop” that he went on to make an entire |
| using (and abusing) the auto-tune affect. Some artists | | | | album with the auto-tune effect. |
| use it to correct bad pitch and others use it for the | | | | Kanye West – “Love Lockdown” |
| robotic effect, no matter what reason they use it the | | | | So, about that album. Kanye went on the record as |
| fact is that it is a popular effect in hip-hop, pop and | | | | saying that he didn’t care about all the flack he got |
| even indie-rock that has become hugely popular, it still | | | | for using auto-tune because, simply and matter of |
| is and will be as controversial as George Bush or | | | | factly, it was super fun to use. Kanye took his love of |
| putting an aftermarket Mustang exhaust on your ride. | | | | auto-tune and the confidence it gave him, to sing an |
| Here is a list of some of the best auto-tune songs of | | | | entire record using the effect. The result was one of |
| the past decade. | | | | the most polarizing “hip-hop” records in years, |
| Young Jeezy featuring Kanye West - “Put On” | | | | “808s and Heartbreak,” a short, cold and |
| One of the first instances of Kanye West using | | | | emotionally raw breakup album from rap’s most |
| auto-tune, before “Put On” only Lil Wayne, a | | | | controversial figure. When the first single “Love |
| possibly one or two others rappers, had the audacity | | | | Lockdown” was leaked through Kanye’s own |
| to use heavy auto-tune on their vocals. On one of | | | | website, his fans and enemies had a field day with it. It |
| Kanye West’s most aggressive and powerful | | | | was one of those love it or hate it moments where it |
| guest verses, he layers his voice in auto-tune almost to | | | | at least had people talking and discussing music in |
| strip it of emotional—like his words are too nakedly | | | | intelligent ways. |
| emotional without it. “Put On” was a huge | | | | |