T-Pain played a big role in last night’s BET Awards. The Rick Ross/DJ Khaled portion of the Ringleader act was a front row seat at the circus; the Mad Scientist in Lil Wayne’s act was diabolical! Take away T-Pain’s willingness to be the Ringleader and you’re talking a dip 6 decibels on the ‘excitement’ meter.

T-Pain talked to MTV news about a duet with Jennifer Hudson. He doesn’t say and MTV didn’t confirm if it’s for her upcoming album. If it is “first duet” must mean he won’t just be hugging the chorus, and Jennifer Hudson’s album will have somewhat of a youth boost.

What does that mean? Try to imagine what a Jennifer Hudson album would sound like.. it’s hard to shake those Dreamgirl ballads from your head. What’s definite is the Pain vocoder will be hot and ready for action - he don’t sing without it.