By Fred L. Jones, Jr.
Eagle Staff Writer
V2 Entertainment presents Tank and Joe “The Love and Savage Tour” Saturday April 7th at The Fair Grounds Pavilion at 8 p.m.
Joe graduated from Opelika High School and continued to sing and write music while working at occasional temporary jobs. Finally, he traveled to New Jersey, hoping to make connections in the music industry. While working at a gospel record store and continuing his music education through a local church, he met producer Vincent Herbert and recorded a three-song demo tape. He signed to Mercury Records in 1992 and released his debut album, “Everything the next year.” This album produced a minor hit, “I’m In Luv”, for him and he was subsequently released from his contract.
Joe also had a song called “All the Things (Your Man Won’t Do)” that appeared on the soundtrack to the Wayans Brothers film “Don’t Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood.” Joe then signed to Jive Records for his 1997 album, “All That I Am”. This proved to be his breakthrough album, reaching #13 on the Billboard 200 chart, and #4 on the US Billboard R&B chart. Another hit single from the album “Don’t Wanna Be a Player”, was also featured on the “Booty Call” soundtrack. “All That I Am” eventually went platinum in the U.S.
Joe remixed a duet by Barry White and Tina Turner called “Never in Your Wildest Dreams” and wrote and produced on albums by Ideal, Xscape and Hi-Five in the 1990s. Joe also sang on the remix of Big Punisher’s “Still Not a Player”, produced by Knobody, which interpolated Joe’s “Don’t Wanna Be a Player”. Joe sang the background vocals on Brandy‘s track “Angel in Disguise” on her second album, “Never Say Never”.
Joe appeared on the track “Thank God I Found You” with Mariah Carey which appeared on her Rainbow album. This song was released as the second single and came at #1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100.
In 2001, Tank released his debut album “Force of Nature” which spawned the moderate hit Maybe I Deserve“. In 2002, Tank released his second album “One Man”and a single of the same name.
Tank released his third solo album entitled “Sex, Love & Pain” in May 2007. The lead single of the album was the minor hit “Please Don’t Go“, which peaked at number 42 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart. Later in the year Tank, Ginuwine and Gibson formed a group called TGT. The group was put on hold due to contractual issues but would go on to sign a contract with Atlantic Records in September 2012.
Tank released his fourth studio album, “Now or Never”, in December 2010. Tank collaborated with artists who included Chris Brown, Drake, Letoya Luckett on this project. The singles were “Sex Music“, “I Can’t Make You Love Me“, and “Emergency“.
Tank released his fifth studio album entitled “This Is How I Feel” in May 2012. Tank collaborated with the artists Chris Brown, Busta Rhymes, T.I. and Kris Stephens on the album. The song “Compliments”, featuring Kris Stephens and T.I., was released as the lead single in October 2011.
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