So in 2015, Tank took stock of the landscape and “had the tough conversations.” He explains his new mindset as, “let’s make sure I’m not just singing for the guy in the mirror.” “I did that for a long time - I’m listening to it, having the time of my life, and everyone else is like, ‘I don’t get it,'” Tank continues. Vocal dexterity is not prized in R&B the way it was when Tank emerged in the early 2000s - the glass-cracking falsetto and wordless ad-libs that open one of his biggest singles, 2007’s “Please Don’t Go,” are hard to find in the genre’s hits today. “How people hear has shifted, with the mainstream becoming more simplified,” he explains. Tank’s platinum breakthrough came after a pointed recalibration. And it’s had a two-year-long tail (and counting) - the track still got played close to 600 times last week in the radio format known as “Adult R&B.” Internet shit-storms are now commonplace, but Tank is in a rare situation for anyone in pop music: At age 43, he’s coming off the biggest hit of his career: “When We,” a detailed chronicle of a sexcapade delivered in surges and slow drips, was certified platinum last year. “The internet,” he sighed, “what can we do?” Valentine, Tank’s friend and longtime collaborator.
“They’re like, ‘Oh, he’s just stirring this up because he’s got an album coming out.’ I didn’t do this.”
“You know what’s crazy?” he asked, with an “R&B Money” hat - his label name - pulled tight over his head, while he munched on a Cronut. “Does that make him gay?” Tank replied that he didn’t think so conservative parts of the internet erupted and the singer spent much of the rest of the week leading up to Elevation ‘s release defending his statement on social media.īut Tank was in high spirits by the following Wednesday. (A rival radio host, Ebro, later told Tank, “She went to trap you, she tried to get you.”) “Let’s say a guy sucked a dick one time - say twice,” Yee prompted. She reached for a more extreme comparison. We feel really confident about it, and we can’t wait to share it with the world.But Yee, who is better known for her role on the Breakfast Club, a rap radio institution in New York City, wanted the conversation to be more combustible. When you make music under the same roof, with the same artist that you’re working with, everybody’s praying together, eating together, laughing together, it’s a different kind of nuance that’s created around music. “Producers these days are lazy, making tracks, sending emails. “This is the way music is supposed to be done,” explained Tyrese. Tyrese’s ‘R&B bootcamp’ consisted of 19 producers and writers all under one roof with a combined goal of creating his next album, Black Rose (which won’t be released until 2014). While continuing the independent path, the multi-talented star, along with producer Eric Hudson, revealed they recorded 146 songs (146!!), in a 34 days earlier this year at a rented house in Arizona. Tyrese, who is nominated for ‘R&B Album of The Year’ for Open Invitation at the 55th Annual Grammy Awards shared some news about his next album, while on the red carpet at Clive Davis’ Pre-Grammy gala on Saturday night.
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