TGT (Tyrese, Genuine and Tank) who is know as the big 3 of R& B recently interviewed with Rolling Out. Find ou what each member had to say as they et out to bring the ‘R’ back to R&B.
Tank:
“The beauty of what we’re doing is that it’s a combination of our individual success. It lets us know that people still want to hear real R&B. It’s been amazing for us to bring together individual victories and make it one. The group has taken on a life of its own and we’re looking to take this to the highest level possible.”
Genuine:
“We’re brining R&B back as we know it. We came up on certain music and we’re bringing that type of R&B back to the fold.”
Tyrese:
“You have to push your pride and ego to the side because we’re doing this for a much bigger purpose. It’s not about the individual. It’s about the results and getting the win.”
“You have to know how to coexist with powerful people,” Tyrese said during rolling out’s interview and photo shoot with the trio. ”You have to have a bottom line and opposition. What you expect and what you’ll respect. But at the same time, you have to be willing to force your pride and ego to the side to say that we are doing this for a much bigger purpose than what we have done individually. Because if it was going to be about us individually, we should have never done the group.”
R&B has changed tremendously since you guys were first signed. A lot of the music is oversexed. Has this generation not been taught how to love?
Tyrese: We’re just not living in a generation of what I consider real men right now. Most of us have been raised by wolves. A lot of guys are way more educated on going about things the wrong way versus the right way. How do you love a woman versus being taught to cheat, lie, sneak, get away with some s—? There is a way for you to go about respecting a woman, cherishing and adoring her. Also, a lot of women are not secure these days on their own. A woman who gets attention from a real man can really make her feel loved up to where her love tank is full. Where she feels secure. Where she believes her man can be anywhere in the world. He has made her feel so secure in what they have, that the thought of him cheating or being with another woman would never even cross her mind. That’s on us to create that in that woman. It doesn’t happen on its own.
Tank: I don’t think a lot of young guys have really learned what it means to love. We are all reflections of our examples. I learned from the music I had. I had New Edition, I had Babyface and R. Kelly. Those were the examples I had musically to give me direction. But also, the music helped me in life. When Babyface said, “I’ll pay your rent, I’ll cook your dinner too, as soon as I get home from work.” I was like, “you know what, I’m going to really do that.” It’s just that musically, we have gotten away from those things. Those things are not necessarily cool anymore. But I think as long as we have fans out there still supporting Ginuwine, still supporting Tank and still supporting Tyrese, it’s our responsibility to keep that type of R&B music alive.
Ginuwine: When I say we’re bringing R&B back, we’re bringing R&B back as we know it. Back in the day, we came up on certain music. That’s what we’re trying to bring back; the music we grew up on. I don’t really like to say that the artists that are out here now aren’t doing R&B. That’s their generation. That’s what works for them. When we were listening to our music, our parents were like, “oh, that ain’t no damn R&B.” Every generation has their music. As far as the kids knowing about love, I think they’re just doing what they see. They know as much as they’re being taught. As far as artists, it comes out in their music. We were taught different. Just like kids don’t say, “yes sir, no ma’am.” My kids do, but generations are different. We have to set the standard. When you don’t, that’s what you get.
You all are putting solo endeavors to the side. How will you ensure that TGT is successful?
Tank: What we’re doing now is a combination of all of our individual success. When I took my five-year hiatus, I was just working on producing and writing for other artists. Then I decided to come back and was able to drop a No. 1 album. It let me know that people still want to hear real R&B and people still wanted to hear from me. That in itself was just a blessing. It let me know I do have a place in this R&B game. With us bringing all of those individual victories and making them one, it has been amazing. It’s probably been bigger than what we could have ever imagined. We wanted it to be one way and it’s just kind of taken a life of its own and gone into a much higher direction. We’re trying to stay in it as long as possible.
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Photos: DeWayne Rogers