Black Sabbath and Journey are among a diverse roster of artists being covered on an upcoming album from rapper T-Pain.
According to Billboard, the album is titled On Top of the Covers and it’s due out March 17. What makes the album so unique is that T-Pain, who’s known for his use of Auto-Tune, will be recording these covers without Auto-Tune.
As for the Black Sabbath and Journey songs, T-Pain is going to tackle “War Pigs” and “Don’t Stop Believin’,” respectively. Other songs set to be covered include Frank Sinatra’s “That’s Life,” Sam Cooke’s “A Change Is Gonna Come” and Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show’s “Sharing The Night Together.”
Black Sabbath: The Best 30 Songs From The Ozzy Osbourne Era(s), Ranked
Fifty years ago this week (September 18), the mighty Black Sabbath released their second album, Paranoid, in America. A bit tighter than their self-titled debut, which came out earlier in the year, Paranoid‘s title track became their biggest radio hit in America. The album also had “Luke’s Wall/War Pigs” and “Iron Man,” But the 41-minute album didn’t waste a second: it’s a perfect album.
In fact, seven of the eight songs made our list that we put together in honor of Paranoid‘s 50th. And yes, Black Sabbath did some incredible stuff with Ozzy’s replacement, the late, great Ronnie James Dio… and that’s probably a list for another day (and yes, both RJD and drummer Vinny Appice should have been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with the founding four members, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, Ozzy Osbourne and Bill Ward) .
Here, we decided to stick with songs from the Ozzy eras of the band. 1970’s debut album (and the “Evil Woman” single) through 1978’s Never Say Die! and also 2013’s 13. Yes, we know that they put out two new songs in the ’90s, but those didn’t come close to making this list… which, like Paranoid, doesn’t waste a moment. The roots of every heavy metal band can be found in these thirty songs.
