Tank Talks Homophobia In The Culture, Tyrese, Ginuwine, Aaliyah, Jamie Foxx, And New R&B Money Podcast.

Tank , is an American R&B singer, songwriter, and record producer. He began his career as a backing vocalist for R&B singers Aaliyah and Ginuwine , and signed a recording contract with the former's record label, Blackground Records as a performing act in 1998. His 2001 single, " Maybe I Deserve " peaked within the top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100 and led his debut studio album, Force of Nature (2001). It peaked within the top ten of the Billboard 200 , while his second album, One Man (2002), peaked within the top 20 and was met with mixed critical reception. Following a five-year hiatus, he entered a joint venture with Motown to release his third album, Sex, Love & Pain (2007). Met with his furthest commercial success, it peaked at number two on the Billboard 200 and was preceded by the Billboard Hot 100-top 50 single, " Please Don't Go ". He parted ways with the labels in favor of Atlantic Records to release his following albums: Now or Never (2010), This Is How I Feel (2012), Stronger (2014), Sex, Love & Pain II (2014), and Savage (2017), the latter of which spawned the platinum -certified single " When We ". Following his ninth album Elevation (2019), his tenth album, R&B Money (2022) was announced as his final due to hearing loss in his right ear, which hampered his musical ability. [3] In 2007, he formed the R&B trio TGT with contemporaries Ginuwine and Tyrese , with whom he released one studio album (2013). Along with recording, Tank has been credited with songwriting and production for other artists including Kelly Rowland , Chris Brown , Monica , Jamie Foxx , Omarion , LeToya Luckett , NLT , and KeKe Wyatt . His other ventures include his record label R&B Money, which has signed frequent collaborator J. Valentine ; the two began hosting a namesake podcast in 2022, which enlists prominent figures in the genre as guests. Tank has been nominated for four Grammy Awards , a Soul Train Music Award , and his podcast was nominated for Best Work of Music Journalism - Multimedia at the 2023 International Music Journalism Awards. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices