You Know What Really Grinds Me Gears??-Auto-Tuning

Here is another segment of "You Know What Really Grinds My Gears?"

Now granted I don't know much about R&B and Rap music. I mentioned my lack of knowledge in that department on my M.I.A. rant before. But every once in a while Rap/R&B and I run into each other. Whether it's on our basic TV channels, a song comes up somewhere...etc

These two larger then life singers, Kanye West and T-Pain are all over the music world, but I don't know why. I've heard some of their songs, and for some reason they use the infamous Auto-Tune on their music whether it's live or in the studio. Kanye has put himself over every musician, but he uses this stupid effect. If he's so damn good, why does he need to be auto-tuned? It makes himself look like a stupid robot? T-Pain is the same way. Another goofy user of 

the auto-tune.

And they say they're larger then life. They can't even stay in tune naturally.