''Oblivion'' (stylized as ''OBLiViON'') is the fifth

studio album An album is a collection of audio recordings (e.g., music) issued on a medium such as compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl (record), audio tape (like 8-track cartridge, 8-track or Cassette tape, cassette), or digital distribution, dig ...

by American singer

T-Pain Faheem Rashad Najm (born September 30, 1984), known professionally as T-Pain, is an American singer and rapper. He is known for popularizing creative use of Auto-Tune pitch correction, often used with extreme parameter settings to create electro ...

, released through

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and his own label

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on November 17, 2017. It is his second album released after the closure of

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and his final album under

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label. Recording sessions for the album took place from 2014 to 2017.

Critical reception

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said, "Fans of T-Pain will find that his fifth go-around is a quality cure for their six-year itch. One thing can be said for the rapper/singer: he never under-delivers — even if the expectation is for him to totally drop a masterpiece onto the world". Damien Morris of ''

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'' expressed a negative response of the album saying that "the music is just tasteless and tired, the sound of a migraine struggling to maintain an erection". ''

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'' wrote that "''Oblivion'' feels like a “business decision” album: it’s a casual affair that frees him from his label obligation to RCA. It isn’t exactly phoned in, but T-Pain has more in his tank than what he shows here, even though the tracks that reflect his past eras display his versatility and allow for optimistic glimpses of a career resurgence."

Track listing

Credits adapted from Tidal and '' XXL''.

Personnel

Credits adapted from Tidal and ''XXL''. Performers *

– primary artist *

Chris Brown Christopher Maurice Brown (born May 5, 1989) is an American singer, songwriter, dancer, and actor. A Pop music, pop and hip-hop-influenced contemporary R&B, R&B musician who works in a variety of genres, he has been called the "Honorific nic ...

– featured artist *

Tiffany Evans Tiffany Evans (born August 4, 1992) is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. Evans rose to fame in 2003 as a contestant on ''Star Search'' (hosted by Arsenio Hall), she became the first contestant in ''Star Search'' history to earn a perfe ...

– featured artist * Mr. TalkBox – featured artist * Wale – featured artist * Blac Youngsta – featured artist *

Ty Dolla Sign Tyrone William Griffin Jr. (born April 13, 1982), known professionally as Ty Dolla Sign (stylized as Ty Dolla $ign or Ty$), is an American singer, songwriter, rapper, and record producer. Born and raised in Los Angeles, California, Griffin gai ...

– featured artist *

Ne-Yo Shaffer Chimere Smith (born October 18, 1979), known professionally as Ne-Yo ( ), is an American singer and songwriter. Regarded as a leading figure of Contemporary R&B#2000s, 2000s R&B music, he is the recipient of numerous accolades, includi ...

– featured artist * Roberto Cacciapaglia – featured artist Technical *

– recording engineer * Fabian Marasciullo – mixing engineer * McCoy Socalgargoyle – assistant mixing engineer * Colin Leonard – mastering engineer * Javier Valverde – engineering Production *

Dre Moon Andre Eric Proctor (born June 9, 1991), better known by his stage name Dre Moon, is an American record producer from Brandywine, Maryland. He won Best R&B Song at the 57th Annual Grammy Awards for co-producing and co-writing Beyoncé's 2013 si ...

– production * TBHits – production *

– production * A1 – production * Allstar – production * X-plosive – production * Abaz – production * Mr. Franks – production * Major Seven – production * BZRK – production

Charts

References

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