T-Pain explains his in-depth knowledge of the history of Autontune as well as attacks the guy whose replaced him as the new autotune dude Future. He also lays claim that his album Rappa Turnt Singa inspired Kanye’s 808s & Heartbreak which may be true on some level. But T-Pain appears upset his album didn’t get the same critical acclaim as 808s, but then explains it away as the originator not getting the credit. Throughout history we’ve seen this over and over again, the originator inspires someone else who makes that style more successful whether due to more resources or more talent. Edison didn’t invent the light bulb, what he did do was make the light bulb popular.

It is something that Kanye has actually been touching on recently, particularly, in his interview with Interview Magazine. Here’s what he said,

It’s been exactly the same. Whatever I put my focus on … I don’t want to put out a promissory note of having ultimate success at anything I’m thinking of doing, but my success will be in getting things out there. You put new ideas into the world, whether that first idea is extremely successful or an early adopter goes on to make it successful, or it’s that third rendition that finally works. As a celebrity, I have an opportunity to make a living at being the spokesperson for the third or fourth rendition of a thought-promoting something that has already been proven. The problem is that I like to be the inventor—I’m the person who works on the concept, who invents new thoughts, who brings new ideas into the universe. I’m not the guy who works on selling the idea—I’m not Vanna White for the new Hyundai. I am the guy who works on the concept for the car. So success, for me, is in having the ability to get my ideas out there.