Travie McCoy didn’t hold back when describing the unconventional recording setup he encountered while touring with T-Pain, revealing that the chart-topping producer was surrounded by four screens playing adult content while making music. “The pain is different,” McCoy told People. “So when Penn is in the studio, even on his studio bus, or in the studio […]
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Travie McCoy didn’t hold back when describing the unconventional recording setup he encountered while touring with T-Pain, revealing that the chart-topping producer was surrounded by four screens playing adult content while making music.
“The pain is different,” McCoy told People. “So when Pain was in the studio, even on his studio bus, or in the studio on his bus, there would be four screens, each playing a different p### video.”
The Gym Class Heroes frontman opened up about their creative process that developed during Lil Wayne’s “I Am Music Tour” in 2008-2009. The two collaborated on several songs, including “The Manual,” “Tattoo Girl,” featuring Lil Wayne, and “I’ll Never Be.”
McCoy admits that the visual overload was jarring at first. “I’m not used to this,” he said. “I knew he was the king of the strip clubs, I knew he wrote all the anthems for single mothers and single moms, but I wasn’t ready for that.”
Although the environment was distracting, McCoy said he eventually adapted. “It was weird at first,” he explains, “but I just kind of blocked it out.”
He thinks this setup may have played a role in T-Pain’s creative formula. “I guess that’s why he’s writing strip club songs in his own realm, you know?”
Their collaboration kicked off with a song called “That’s Not Cool,” which didn’t make the final cut of McCoy’s 2010 solo album Lazarus but set the stage for their musical chemistry. McCoy would often write poetry after a show and then meet with T-Pain to record it in his mobile studio.
Looking back on the experience, McCoy called the I Am Music tour “one of the worst tours I’ve ever done” and credited it with deepening their friendship. He later signed with T-Pain’s Nappy Boy Entertainment label.
