Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son
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Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son (also known as Big Momma's House 3 or Big Mommas) is a 2011 crime
comedy film
directed by John Whitesell
and written by Matthew Fogel and Don Rhymer
. The film is the second sequel to Big Momma's House
(2000) and stars Martin Lawrence
reprising his role as FBI
agent Malcolm Turner. Jascha Washington
declined to reprise his role as Trent Pierce from the first two films, and Brandon T. Jackson
replaced his role. It was released in the United States on February 18, 2011.
) chasing down the mailman (Ken Jeong
), who refuses to give him his mail when he gets to his home, and the reason why is to see if his step-son Trent Turner (Brandon T. Jackson
) got into Duke University, which he has. Malcolm goes home and tells Trent the good news, but Trent's not there. He goes to get Trent who is performing at a rap concert. When they go home, Trent tells his stepfather that he doesn't want to be a college student - he wants to be a rapper and needs Malcolm to sign a recording contract because he is still a minor. When Malcolm goes to work and he gets to a hotel room to put a wire on a man named Canetti to get information about a russian gangster named Chirkoff and when he finds out about the wire, Malcolm is listening to what is happening and when Trent appears he tells him to get in the car and later tells him to hide, Malcolm starts shooting at his hencemen, when Chirkoff runs after Canetti and he shots Canetti, and he is about to tell Trent who is witnessesing the crime and is about to shot but Malcolm shows up and they escape luckily as Trent thinks he is going to die, Malcolm does research where Canetti is hiding a flash drive at, as Trent is forced to disguise as a girl, taking the name Charmaine Daisy Pierce, Big Mommas' great-niece in order to avoid getting killed. Malcolm disguises as his alter-ego, Big Momma, and hides Trent at an all-girls performing arts school, Georgia Girls School for the Arts to get the flash drive hidden in the school before Chirkoff gets to it. Big Momma takes a job as house mother for the school as the last house mother quits. One of the girls, Jasmine, gives a warning to Big Momma: This is her school, and Big Momma better stay out of her way, but Big Momma says she doesn't take any orders fom anyone. Meanwhile Trent develops a crush on a student named Haley, he saw at his rap concert in the audience.
Later, Big Momma and Trent are having dinner with the other girls in the cafe. Jasmine tells Trent that all the new girls have to do something to prove that they belong in the school and eat at least one time. It's rather: Sing, dance or act. Trent chooses singing and breaks into a rap with Haley's help on the Piano and sing "Ain't Nobody
". Big Momma gets on the table and starts dancing, and slips, breaking the table. The headmistress announces that a music box has been stolen and Malcolm figures that this must be where the flash drive was hidden.
Later that night, Malcolm as Big Momma runs into the security guard Kurtis Kool, who hits on him. Malcolm gets Kurtis to take him on a tour and realizes that Kurtis was his FBI informant's friend and thus may know where the flash drive is. Malcolm learns from Kurtis that the girls may have stolen the flash drive and finds a necklace on the ground. Meanwhile, Trent dressed as Charmaine runs into his/her room, goes into the bathroom and is about to pee when he realizes that the girdle he is wearing won't allow him to pee unless he is able to get it off. Trent struggles with his/her girdle, finally gets it off, begins to pee and says "Free at last, free at last"(Charmaine is seen holding up her skirt and peeing is heard but nothing is shown below chest level except from backside) While Charmaine/Trent is in the restroom peeing he/she hears a knock at his/her room door and says "yeah" (in male voice)and Haley comes in and says "Charmaine" Charmaine/Trent responds with"am I 'll be out in a second" (in Charmaine voice)struggles with his girdle, falls in to the tub and goes out to talk to Haley. Haley invites Charmaine to attend a get-together with the girls where Haley gets a necklace as a member of the "Divas"; Jasmine isn't wearing one despite being a member. All the other Divas besides Haley think Charmaine is a "nark" and can't be trusted but Haley believes she has a new friend in Charmaine. Malcolm and Trent surmise that Jasmine is likely the thief and strike a deal; if Trent helps Malcolm recover the flash drive, Malcolm will sign the contract.
The next day, Big Momma has to be naked for art class. But Malcolm asks for a sheet. So at first the students draw Big Momma with a sheet, then the Art Class teacher asks him to take the sheet off. So Trent gets up and presses the school alarm. Everyone goes outside, and they find out that it was a lie. For a free period, Trent and Haley go shopping. Meanwhile, Malcolm is grateful Trent pressed the Alarm. Trent hooks Haley up with himself. At first Haley says she hates Trent. But when Trent and Haley have a first date, they connect a bit. While Kurtis begins to fall in love with Big Momma. Big Momma searches for any clues to help him with the mission. But after an attempt to check the music box out, he runs when Kurtis comes into the library.
Later, Big Momma asks one of the girls about the music box. It is revealed that Haley and Jasmine were messing with the music box but they are both innocent. The next day, at the showcase Haley and Trent are singing, when Trent forgets that he is playing the role of Charmaine and starts singing in his regular man voice, In her anger Haley pulls of Trent's wig letting the bad guys see that it is him up on stage. The bad guys who tracked Trent and Big Momma capture Haley. So Malcolm and Trent rescue her as themselves. Haley then finds out everything about them, even that Malcolm is a secret FBI agent. Malcolm and Trent say "Freak with it! Freak with it! Ow!" and hit two of the bad guys. Then the main bad guy threatens to shoot Trent, and Malcolm and Trent have a family moment. They then fight the bad guy as he is shocked by Kurtis by shooting him with a stun gun. He is arrested, and Haley and Trent continue dating, and Malcolm signs the contract. However, Trent has learned from Haley that there is no rush to greatness. He tears up the contract and decides to go to college instead of being Prodi-G. As the two drive home and Malcolm tells Trent he doesn't have to mention any of this to his mother as Trent says she might pop a vein in her forehead.
spent $32 million to make the film, less than previous films in the series. They were able to reduce costs because Lawrence agreed to take a pay cut and thanks to tax incentive
s in Georgia
.
gives the film a score of 5% based on 57 reviews, with an average rating of 2.6 out of 10. Metacritic
gives the film a "generally unfavorable" rating of 22% based on reviews from 14 critics.
Mike Hale of The New York Times
notes strong similarities to Some Like It Hot
and describes Faizon Love
's performance as the only honestly funny thing in the whole film.
Despite being lower than the previous films (which both grossed over $100 million), Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son has been a box office success.
and features One Chance
& T-Pain
. The song starts off with a verse by Jackson and then a verse from T-Pain
then another verse by Jackson but this verse is rapped by his alterego, Charmaine from the movie. Another song called "Lyrical Miracle" by Brandon T. Jackson as he goes by the name of Trent's rapper named Prodi-G and also features Martin Lawrence as his alter-ego, Big Momma, with other characters from the movie.
Crime film
Crime films are films which focus on the lives of criminals. The stylistic approach to a crime film varies from realistic portrayals of real-life criminal figures, to the far-fetched evil doings of imaginary arch-villains. Criminal acts are almost always glorified in these movies.- Plays and films...
comedy film
Comedy film
Comedy film is a genre of film in which the main emphasis is on humour. They are designed to elicit laughter from the audience. Comedies are mostly light-hearted dramas and are made to amuse and entertain the audiences...
directed by John Whitesell
John Whitesell
John Whitesell is an American film director. He has directed numerous films such as Calendar Girl and Big Momma's House 2 since he started his career as a film director since 1993.-Filmography as director:*Calendar Girl...
and written by Matthew Fogel and Don Rhymer
Don Rhymer
Don Rhymer is an American screenwriter and film producer. He wrote movies like Big Momma's House, The Santa Clause 2, Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London, The Honeymooners, Deck the Halls, and the computer animated mockumentary, Surf's Up.Rhymer has also enjoyed a successful TV career, and has...
. The film is the second sequel to Big Momma's House
Big Momma's House
Big Momma's House is a 2000 American crime comedy film directed by Raja Gosnell, written by Darryl Quarles and Don Rhymer, and starring Martin Lawrence as FBI agent Malcolm Turner. The majority of the film took place in Cartersville, Georgia, but the film was shot on location in California. The...
(2000) and stars Martin Lawrence
Martin Lawrence
Martin Fitzgerald Lawrence is an American actor, film director, film producer, screenwriter, and stand up comedian. He came to fame during the 1990s, establishing a Hollywood career as a leading actor, most notably the films Bad Boys, Blue Streak, and Big Momma's House...
reprising his role as FBI
Federal Bureau of Investigation
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is an agency of the United States Department of Justice that serves as both a federal criminal investigative body and an internal intelligence agency . The FBI has investigative jurisdiction over violations of more than 200 categories of federal crime...
agent Malcolm Turner. Jascha Washington
Jascha Washington
Jascha Akili Washington is an American television and film actor.-Life and career:Washington was born in California and debuted on television in 1997 on the episode "A Reverend Runs Through It" of the program Brooklyn South. He first appeared on film a year later as Will Smith's son Eric in Enemy...
declined to reprise his role as Trent Pierce from the first two films, and Brandon T. Jackson
Brandon T. Jackson
Brandon Timothy Jackson is an American stand-up comedian, actor, rapper, writer, and comedian. He is best known for his supporting roles in Roll Bounce, Tropic Thunder, Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief, Lottery Ticket, and a leading role in Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son.-Early...
replaced his role. It was released in the United States on February 18, 2011.
Plot
The film begins with Malcolm Turner (Martin LawrenceMartin Lawrence
Martin Fitzgerald Lawrence is an American actor, film director, film producer, screenwriter, and stand up comedian. He came to fame during the 1990s, establishing a Hollywood career as a leading actor, most notably the films Bad Boys, Blue Streak, and Big Momma's House...
) chasing down the mailman (Ken Jeong
Ken Jeong
Kendrick Kang-Joh "Ken" Jeong , also known as "Dr. Ken," is an American comedian, actor, and physician. Currently, he appears as Ben Chang on the NBC comedy series Community.-Early life and medical career:...
), who refuses to give him his mail when he gets to his home, and the reason why is to see if his step-son Trent Turner (Brandon T. Jackson
Brandon T. Jackson
Brandon Timothy Jackson is an American stand-up comedian, actor, rapper, writer, and comedian. He is best known for his supporting roles in Roll Bounce, Tropic Thunder, Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief, Lottery Ticket, and a leading role in Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son.-Early...
) got into Duke University, which he has. Malcolm goes home and tells Trent the good news, but Trent's not there. He goes to get Trent who is performing at a rap concert. When they go home, Trent tells his stepfather that he doesn't want to be a college student - he wants to be a rapper and needs Malcolm to sign a recording contract because he is still a minor. When Malcolm goes to work and he gets to a hotel room to put a wire on a man named Canetti to get information about a russian gangster named Chirkoff and when he finds out about the wire, Malcolm is listening to what is happening and when Trent appears he tells him to get in the car and later tells him to hide, Malcolm starts shooting at his hencemen, when Chirkoff runs after Canetti and he shots Canetti, and he is about to tell Trent who is witnessesing the crime and is about to shot but Malcolm shows up and they escape luckily as Trent thinks he is going to die, Malcolm does research where Canetti is hiding a flash drive at, as Trent is forced to disguise as a girl, taking the name Charmaine Daisy Pierce, Big Mommas' great-niece in order to avoid getting killed. Malcolm disguises as his alter-ego, Big Momma, and hides Trent at an all-girls performing arts school, Georgia Girls School for the Arts to get the flash drive hidden in the school before Chirkoff gets to it. Big Momma takes a job as house mother for the school as the last house mother quits. One of the girls, Jasmine, gives a warning to Big Momma: This is her school, and Big Momma better stay out of her way, but Big Momma says she doesn't take any orders fom anyone. Meanwhile Trent develops a crush on a student named Haley, he saw at his rap concert in the audience.
Later, Big Momma and Trent are having dinner with the other girls in the cafe. Jasmine tells Trent that all the new girls have to do something to prove that they belong in the school and eat at least one time. It's rather: Sing, dance or act. Trent chooses singing and breaks into a rap with Haley's help on the Piano and sing "Ain't Nobody
Ain't Nobody
"Ain't Nobody" is a 1983 hit single by Rufus & Chaka Khan. It was released as a studio bonus track on the band's live album Stompin' at the Savoy. It reached number one on the U.S. R&B chart and twenty-two on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart...
". Big Momma gets on the table and starts dancing, and slips, breaking the table. The headmistress announces that a music box has been stolen and Malcolm figures that this must be where the flash drive was hidden.
Later that night, Malcolm as Big Momma runs into the security guard Kurtis Kool, who hits on him. Malcolm gets Kurtis to take him on a tour and realizes that Kurtis was his FBI informant's friend and thus may know where the flash drive is. Malcolm learns from Kurtis that the girls may have stolen the flash drive and finds a necklace on the ground. Meanwhile, Trent dressed as Charmaine runs into his/her room, goes into the bathroom and is about to pee when he realizes that the girdle he is wearing won't allow him to pee unless he is able to get it off. Trent struggles with his/her girdle, finally gets it off, begins to pee and says "Free at last, free at last"(Charmaine is seen holding up her skirt and peeing is heard but nothing is shown below chest level except from backside) While Charmaine/Trent is in the restroom peeing he/she hears a knock at his/her room door and says "yeah" (in male voice)and Haley comes in and says "Charmaine" Charmaine/Trent responds with"am I 'll be out in a second" (in Charmaine voice)struggles with his girdle, falls in to the tub and goes out to talk to Haley. Haley invites Charmaine to attend a get-together with the girls where Haley gets a necklace as a member of the "Divas"; Jasmine isn't wearing one despite being a member. All the other Divas besides Haley think Charmaine is a "nark" and can't be trusted but Haley believes she has a new friend in Charmaine. Malcolm and Trent surmise that Jasmine is likely the thief and strike a deal; if Trent helps Malcolm recover the flash drive, Malcolm will sign the contract.
The next day, Big Momma has to be naked for art class. But Malcolm asks for a sheet. So at first the students draw Big Momma with a sheet, then the Art Class teacher asks him to take the sheet off. So Trent gets up and presses the school alarm. Everyone goes outside, and they find out that it was a lie. For a free period, Trent and Haley go shopping. Meanwhile, Malcolm is grateful Trent pressed the Alarm. Trent hooks Haley up with himself. At first Haley says she hates Trent. But when Trent and Haley have a first date, they connect a bit. While Kurtis begins to fall in love with Big Momma. Big Momma searches for any clues to help him with the mission. But after an attempt to check the music box out, he runs when Kurtis comes into the library.
Later, Big Momma asks one of the girls about the music box. It is revealed that Haley and Jasmine were messing with the music box but they are both innocent. The next day, at the showcase Haley and Trent are singing, when Trent forgets that he is playing the role of Charmaine and starts singing in his regular man voice, In her anger Haley pulls of Trent's wig letting the bad guys see that it is him up on stage. The bad guys who tracked Trent and Big Momma capture Haley. So Malcolm and Trent rescue her as themselves. Haley then finds out everything about them, even that Malcolm is a secret FBI agent. Malcolm and Trent say "Freak with it! Freak with it! Ow!" and hit two of the bad guys. Then the main bad guy threatens to shoot Trent, and Malcolm and Trent have a family moment. They then fight the bad guy as he is shocked by Kurtis by shooting him with a stun gun. He is arrested, and Haley and Trent continue dating, and Malcolm signs the contract. However, Trent has learned from Haley that there is no rush to greatness. He tears up the contract and decides to go to college instead of being Prodi-G. As the two drive home and Malcolm tells Trent he doesn't have to mention any of this to his mother as Trent says she might pop a vein in her forehead.
Cast
- Martin LawrenceMartin LawrenceMartin Fitzgerald Lawrence is an American actor, film director, film producer, screenwriter, and stand up comedian. He came to fame during the 1990s, establishing a Hollywood career as a leading actor, most notably the films Bad Boys, Blue Streak, and Big Momma's House...
as Malcolm Turner / Hattie Mae Pierce (Big Momma) - Brandon T. JacksonBrandon T. JacksonBrandon Timothy Jackson is an American stand-up comedian, actor, rapper, writer, and comedian. He is best known for his supporting roles in Roll Bounce, Tropic Thunder, Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief, Lottery Ticket, and a leading role in Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son.-Early...
as Trent Turner / Charmaine Daisy Pierce - Jessica LucasJessica LucasJessica Lucas is a Canadian actress. She is perhaps best known for her roles in Melrose Place, She's the Man and Cloverfield.-Early life:...
as Haley Robinson - Faizon LoveFaizon LoveFaizon Andre Love is an American actor and comedian. He is best known for roles in the films Friday, Elf, Made, and Couples Retreat.-Life and career:...
as Kurtis Kool (uncredited) - Tony CurranTony CurranAnthony "Tony" Curran is a Scottish actor.Curran was born in Glasgow, Scotland. He is an alumnus of Holyrood Secondary School and is a graduate of the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama....
as Chirkoff - Portia DoubledayPortia DoubledayPortia Doubleday is an American actress. She is perhaps best known for her roles in the 2009 film Youth in Revolt as Sheeni Saunders and in the 2011 film Big Mommas: Like Father Like Son as Jasmine.-Life and career:...
as Jasmine Lee - Ana OrtizAna OrtizAna Ortíz is an American actress and singer. She is a native of Manhattan, but was raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She was a regular cast-member on the ABC comedy-drama series Ugly Betty, in which she plays the title character's older sister, Hilda Suarez...
as Gail - Sherri ShepherdSherri ShepherdSherri Evonne Shepherd is an American comedienne, actress, and television personality. She is one of five co-hosts on the ABC daytime talkshow, The View, as well as being the current host of the Newlywed Game and having a recurring role as Angie Jordan on the NBC series 30 Rock...
as Beverly Townsend (cameo) - Ken JeongKen JeongKendrick Kang-Joh "Ken" Jeong , also known as "Dr. Ken," is an American comedian, actor, and physician. Currently, he appears as Ben Chang on the NBC comedy series Community.-Early life and medical career:...
as Mailman (cameo) - Susan Griffiths as Cafeteria Girl #1(cameo)
Production
New Regency ProductionsNew Regency Productions
New Regency Productions is a production company founded in 1991 by Arnon Milchan and a subsidiary of Regency Enterprises.It is located on the 20th Century Fox lot, and Fox is the current distributor of Regency releases since 1998, but is a wholly independent company. Warner Bros. Pictures was the...
spent $32 million to make the film, less than previous films in the series. They were able to reduce costs because Lawrence agreed to take a pay cut and thanks to tax incentive
Tax incentive
A tax incentive is an aspect of the tax code designed to incentivize, or encourage, a certain type of behavior. This may be accomplished through means including tax holidays, tax deductions, or tax abatements...
s in Georgia
Georgia (U.S. state)
Georgia is a state located in the southeastern United States. It was established in 1732, the last of the original Thirteen Colonies. The state is named after King George II of Great Britain. Georgia was the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution, on January 2, 1788...
.
Critical response
Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son has received overwhelmingly negative reviews from critics. Rotten TomatoesRotten Tomatoes
Rotten Tomatoes is a website devoted to reviews, information, and news of films—widely known as a film review aggregator. Its name derives from the cliché of audiences throwing tomatoes and other vegetables at a poor stage performance...
gives the film a score of 5% based on 57 reviews, with an average rating of 2.6 out of 10. Metacritic
Metacritic
Metacritic.com is a website that collates reviews of music albums, games, movies, TV shows and DVDs. For each product, a numerical score from each review is obtained and the total is averaged. An excerpt of each review is provided along with a hyperlink to the source. Three colour codes of Green,...
gives the film a "generally unfavorable" rating of 22% based on reviews from 14 critics.
Mike Hale of The New York Times
The New York Times
The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...
notes strong similarities to Some Like It Hot
Some Like It Hot
Some Like It Hot is an American comedy film, made in 1958 and released in 1959, which was directed by Billy Wilder and starred Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon and George Raft. The supporting cast includes Joe E. Brown, Pat O'Brien and Nehemiah Persoff. The film is a remake by Wilder and I....
and describes Faizon Love
Faizon Love
Faizon Andre Love is an American actor and comedian. He is best known for roles in the films Friday, Elf, Made, and Couples Retreat.-Life and career:...
's performance as the only honestly funny thing in the whole film.
Box office
The film was released in North America on February 18, 2011, ranking 5 that weekend, with a gross of $16,300,803 from 2,821 theaters. As of 26 May 2011, Big Mommas has grossed $37,915,414 in the US, and $44,770,652 elsewhere, for a worldwide total of $82,686,066.Despite being lower than the previous films (which both grossed over $100 million), Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son has been a box office success.
Soundrack
A music video titled "Imma Do It Big" was released on February 9, 2011. The song is by Brandon T. JacksonBrandon T. Jackson
Brandon Timothy Jackson is an American stand-up comedian, actor, rapper, writer, and comedian. He is best known for his supporting roles in Roll Bounce, Tropic Thunder, Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief, Lottery Ticket, and a leading role in Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son.-Early...
and features One Chance
One Chance
One Chance is an R&B vocal group based in Chicago, best known for their 2006 song "Look at Her", which peaked at number 53 on the Billboard R&B chart.-Biography:...
& T-Pain
T-Pain
Faheem Rasheed Najm , better known by his stage name T-Pain, is an American singer-songwriter, rapper, record producer, and actor, currently signed to Young Money Entertainment. His debut album, Rappa Ternt Sanga, was released in 2005. In 2007, T-Pain released his second studio album Epiphany,...
. The song starts off with a verse by Jackson and then a verse from T-Pain
T-Pain
Faheem Rasheed Najm , better known by his stage name T-Pain, is an American singer-songwriter, rapper, record producer, and actor, currently signed to Young Money Entertainment. His debut album, Rappa Ternt Sanga, was released in 2005. In 2007, T-Pain released his second studio album Epiphany,...
then another verse by Jackson but this verse is rapped by his alterego, Charmaine from the movie. Another song called "Lyrical Miracle" by Brandon T. Jackson as he goes by the name of Trent's rapper named Prodi-G and also features Martin Lawrence as his alter-ego, Big Momma, with other characters from the movie.
Songs featured in the film
- "Lyrical Miracle" - Brandon T. JacksonBrandon T. JacksonBrandon Timothy Jackson is an American stand-up comedian, actor, rapper, writer, and comedian. He is best known for his supporting roles in Roll Bounce, Tropic Thunder, Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief, Lottery Ticket, and a leading role in Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son.-Early...
ft. Alana D. and Marc John Jeffries (as Big Momma and Kurtis Kool) - "Lyrical Miracle" (solo) - Brandon T. Jackson
- "Lyrical Miracle" (end credits version) - Brandon T. Jackson ft. Martin LawrenceMartin LawrenceMartin Fitzgerald Lawrence is an American actor, film director, film producer, screenwriter, and stand up comedian. He came to fame during the 1990s, establishing a Hollywood career as a leading actor, most notably the films Bad Boys, Blue Streak, and Big Momma's House...
(as Big Momma), Faizon LoveFaizon LoveFaizon Andre Love is an American actor and comedian. He is best known for roles in the films Friday, Elf, Made, and Couples Retreat.-Life and career:...
as (Kurtis Kool), and Alana D. - "Aint Nobody" - Brandon T. Jackson ft. Jessica LucasJessica LucasJessica Lucas is a Canadian actress. She is perhaps best known for her roles in Melrose Place, She's the Man and Cloverfield.-Early life:...
- "Baby You Know" - Brandon T. Jackson, Jessica Lucas ft. Alana D.
- "Imma Do It Big" - Brandon T. Jackson, One ChanceOne ChanceOne Chance is an R&B vocal group based in Chicago, best known for their 2006 song "Look at Her", which peaked at number 53 on the Billboard R&B chart.-Biography:...
ft. T-PainT-PainFaheem Rasheed Najm , better known by his stage name T-Pain, is an American singer-songwriter, rapper, record producer, and actor, currently signed to Young Money Entertainment. His debut album, Rappa Ternt Sanga, was released in 2005. In 2007, T-Pain released his second studio album Epiphany,...