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Tank
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Tank
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Funk Flex
Wake that ass up early in the morning.
Tank
The Breakfast Club.
DJ Envy
Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy. Jess. Hilarious Charlamagne, the guy we are the Breakfast Club. We got a special guest in the building.
Funk Flex
Yes, indeed, the brother Tank.
DJ Envy
What's up, Tank?
Tank
When you know I'm in here, man.
Funk Flex
Looking younger and younger every time we see you, man.
Tank
Yeah, yeah, that's. I use a good exfoliant.
Funk Flex
What's your routine in the morning? You got a face routine in the morning?
Tank
No. Well, I use my. My wife's, you know, beauty tools and stuff. You know what I'm saying? Xena Foster Beauty. Get over there. Got. Get. You got to get you a package. Yeah, yeah, I get you. Right? But that's about it, you know what I'm saying? Lil Dove.
Funk Flex
There you go.
Tank
You know what I'm saying? I keep it clean.
DJ Envy
Tank always happy. Every time you see Tank, he happy. I don't care. Wherever you see Tank, if it's a club, if it's out in the street, Tank is always happy. He's always in a good mood.
Tank
Listen. She's apparently been listening to my music, so I feel good about that.
Funk Flex
Tank walked in, Tank looked at Jesse, said, somebody been in there and didn't get out.
Tank
This ain't funny. You understand what I'm saying? This is serious. Congratulations to you, though.
Eve
Thank you so much.
Tank
That's really awesome. I'm really happy for you.
Funk Flex
Do you make your movie? I mean, you make your music for those. Those moments?
Tank
Yeah, yeah, that's. I mean, that was kind of the point in the beginning, you know? Like, everything we do is for the attention of a woman, or women, for that matter, depending on how you plan it. You know what I'm saying? So for me, musically, like, I want to be connected to as many of those moments as humanly possible. I want to be responsible for bringing life into the universe.
Funk Flex
Have people come up to you and say that? I never said my girl. Because of you, I shot the club.
Tank
I've met the kids.
Funk Flex
Damn.
DJ Envy
He's here because of you, too.
Eve
Damn.
Tank
Yeah. No, I was born because I've met the. I'm that old now, you know what I'm saying? To where I've met the children, the offspring of my music. So I'm really proud of that.
Funk Flex
Absolutely.
Tank
I see.
DJ Envy
It feels like R and B, especially the 90s 2000s, R&B has picked up a lot more. Have you noticed that as well?
Tank
Absolutely. The Feeling.
Funk Flex
I was gonna ask you that.
Tank
It's the feeling of it is what's back people want to. And what's crazy is that of course I give credit to the women for keeping R and B in the mainstream conversation. Right. They have been kicking ass and taking names, right? But I gotta give some credit to hip hop, to the sampling of all of this old R and B that they've been bringing back to the forefront and making people take a deep dive into what those samples are and rediscovering the original feelings and now desiring those things.
Funk Flex
Give me some examples.
Tank
Shit. So much. I was just listening to Doja Cat.
DJ Envy
Doja Cat just did it. She just had a number one record.
Tank
Her record with the Troop record. I mean, it's originally Jackson 5, but all I do is think. I was like, ugh. You remember the first time you heard True shout out to Lil Steve and him, like Chucky Booker and them? Like that type of production, they don't even do that no more. So you have to actually outsource it by going to the crates, you know what I'm saying? And bringing that feeling back. And they don't know why it's connecting. We know cause we were there. Right? But it's something about that frequency that just makes you feel good.
Eve
Like, even when you like your first, you did it with yourself, with your own music. You recreated I Deserve.
Tank
Yeah.
Eve
And was it? No, it wasn't. Please don't go. You recreated too.
Tank
I did. Well, one of my own with I Deserve. I was like, let me sample it before somebody else sample it. Cause they gonna take all the money.
Eve
That is so good.
Tank
And then I.
Eve
The Brian McKnight one that you did, you with featured Chris Brown.
Tank
It was Brian McKnight originally, Michelle and DeCocello.
Eve
Okay.
Tank
You know what I'm saying? So there was that. And I was like, you know what? I might as well get in on this too. Cause we rarely do that. And I was like, let me just tap into some old. And of course, Brian McKnight, you know, one of my inspirations growing up. And Michelle Indigo Cello is absolutely one of my favorites. So I just had to get some of that.
Funk Flex
I was gonna ask you, man. That was one of my questions I have for you. Is R and B music a sound or a feeling?
Tank
It's both.
Funk Flex
Okay.
Tank
It's both. Because it's like the feeling is expressed through the sounds. You know what I mean? Like, you, like, think about, like, devonte, like, how was he feeling when he made that? When. When they were Making Jodeci music. Like, what was he on? You know what I'm saying? He. When, When, When. When Casey says, take my money. Jesus Christ.
Funk Flex
My house and my house and my.
Tank
Car for one hit of you.
Funk Flex
Okay, Sean, ain't no pussy that good.
Tank
Let him work. Let him work. You got to. You got to mean that.
Funk Flex
Yeah, yeah.
Tank
In order for it to resonate, right? Like, I like, yes, you can take my money, my house, and my car for one hit of you. I mean that to this day. To this day. I mean that.
DJ Envy
But you don't hear that now, that soul and that feeling, by the way.
Funk Flex
That'S just a slick way of telling somebody, I'll give you the world. That's what you're really saying.
Tank
Yeah, but we moved into this, you know, we moved into this kind of, you know, simp and all of these things. When it comes to taking care of women or expressing love, I just think that men are just. They've been programmed to not be vulnerable. You know what I'm saying? They've been programmed to not cater. I don't know who started that. You know what I'm saying? It ain't pimping, it ain't player. You know what I'm saying? Cause all the pimps and the players I grew up watching was taking care of they women.
DJ Envy
But where did it end? Like, what era did it end? Because even early Trey Songz was singing his ass off to the women and expressing his love.
Funk Flex
I think it was when the R and B singers started wanting to be rappers and when a lot of these R and B singers probably started having sex with the rappers.
Eve
I think it's exactly what Tank said. These guys are. Yeah, yo, but I'm trying to go over that. Yo, what you say? Yo, say it again.
Funk Flex
That's what I think of what it was.
Eve
Say it again.
Funk Flex
I think when the R and B singers started wanting to be rappers and a lot of the R and B singers started sleeping with the rapper, I.
Tank
Don'T even know what that means.
Funk Flex
Not saying that a man can't make songs about another man and it'll still be a love song. Just saying. I think that they started loving on each other so much that they really was on some f. The women stuff.
Tank
Yeah. And I think I wish I could.
DJ Envy
Have seen Tank face.
Funk Flex
Tank.
DJ Envy
It's like what the is.
Tank
No, but I also think that, you know, you know, with the wanting to be with hip hop's emergence, right? It became this really cool thing that was taking over everything. The airwaves, the radio. The clubs and all of that. And so as R and B artists getting left behind, we're trying to figure out how to compete and stay relevant. And so you in the club and you, you know, you a decently hot artist, but none of your songs are being played in here. And all the songs are about bottles, and they're about cars and they're about money. And it's about. It's not about women, it's about bitches. And so it's like, well, shit, I gotta incorporate some of this into my music if I'm gonna survive in this new landscape. And so as we took that turn, or as R and B took that turn and never found its balance, I.
Funk Flex
Think it's the DJ's fault. And I'll tell you why. Cause there used to be a time when we was growing up in the clubs, there would be a moment where the slow songs played.
Tank
Absolutely.
Funk Flex
Regardless, y'all don't turn down now. Everybody be on too much drugs.
DJ Envy
Well, yeah, Yeah. I mean, there was a time, and usually it was at the end of the party, but now it comes back. Now I have a set in the middle of my party where I play R B music in the set. And it. And that's usually the biggest part of it. Cause people are singing, they feel that. That how it felt to be in during that time. So it does go back. I would say that, but I just feel like it doesn't make it cool anymore if somebody talks about singing in the rain anymore or talking about the girl hurt their feelings. Like, I was listening to Boyz II Men record and he was telling his girl cheated. And he was like, it's okay, baby. I just want you back.
Eve
I just didn't care. I just didn't care.
DJ Envy
But if somebody did that, now they'd be like, look at this simp ass. You know what I mean?
Tank
Listen, I still do it. I don't care.
Funk Flex
You still what? Simp.
Tank
If that's what they want to call it.
Funk Flex
Yeah. We supposed to.
Tank
We married. Listen, if I wasn't married, that's still what I'm gonna be on.
Eve
Showing that you can be vulnerable as a man. Like, you know, you open it up and then I'm telling you, I don't care. That's what. I guess I can only speak for me, but I can speak for a lot of women, too. Like, that is attractive. When a man is not only just thinking bottles, bitches. Yeah, that's what I'm going to do. No, you gotta speak to my soul in music. And some Like a lot of older R and B does that for me. I don't hear today.
Tank
Yeah. But, yeah, I don't subscribe to any of that stuff. I don't care. I don't care what they do or how the tables turn. I do the R and B that I love, that I fell in love with. You know what I'm saying? I watched my older uncles and everybody. I still follow their model. And my job, I'm responsible for maintaining the line to where we treasure and we cater and we take care of our women.
Funk Flex
And the other thing, too. I think the art of lovemaking is gone. Like, if you listen to your. If you listen to, like, the album that you and Jay Valentine did and that song Slow.
Tank
Yeah.
Funk Flex
You have had to have made love in order to truly appreciate that record. You sitting on my face. That's my type of view.
Tank
Come on.
Funk Flex
Come on now.
Tank
God damn it. He serious? You have to be. Listen, men, I want to say this. I want to put this out there and I'm going to say this this way. And then we'll fix it up later. You have to fall back in love with pussy. You have to fall back in love with the idea. Now, let's clean it up. Of making love to a woman.
DJ Envy
Talk that talk. No, you're right. Talk that talk.
Eve
I'm listening.
Tank
And doing it at a high level. Listen. You have to study a woman. You have to ask questions. You have to learn her body in order to do this thing the right way.
Funk Flex
That's right.
Tank
Every key does not start. One key doesn't start every car.
DJ Envy
That's right.
Tank
You gotta be curious about that thing.
DJ Envy
That's right.
Tank
Right. And outside of the curiosity, you have to have an affinity for it. You got to have a love for it.
DJ Envy
You gotta enjoy it.
Tank
Sit it on my face.
Eve
Yes.
Tank
That's my point of view, my type of.
DJ Envy
Oh, my goodness.
Tank
Yes.
Funk Flex
Can I swim in your ocean?
Tank
Can I swim in a crown in the shin?
Funk Flex
Come on, now.
Eve
I better.
Funk Flex
I'm scuba diving.
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Let's go.
Tank
I love this.
Funk Flex
Yes.
DJ Envy
Don't do it to finish. Do it cause you love it.
Eve
Listen, listen.
Tank
My wife will tell you just eat it and beat it at a high level.
Eve
That's right.
Tank
I treat her like she knew every time.
Funk Flex
Talk about it. That ain't no pause.
DJ Envy
You talking about your wife?
Tank
Ain't no pause. We was. We was facing each other. Back to you. I don't care when I'm you in the club. I don't care what no other is doing.
Funk Flex
That's right.
Tank
Listen, when we. I used to be in the club with Jamie Foxx, and Fox would look around in his sex place. Too many dudes in here. Y'all gotta move. That's where I'm from.
Eve
Yeah.
Tank
What a women at.
Funk Flex
That's right. That's right.
Tank
That's my focus.
Funk Flex
And that's not a diss. That's just the truth.
Eve
Yeah, it is.
Tank
That's why I got all this nice on, man.
Funk Flex
Your R B singers, I would assume their muse is women at all times.
Tank
That's the point. Yeah, yeah, that is the point. To. To. To have some type of spiritual or physical connection with a woman.
Eve
So that's what we're getting in the vault. That's what we're getting.
Tank
We're getting more money, more of that. More of that feeling. Shout out to Fab. Fabulous is when I say, stand up, brother. Absolutely, man. I mean, pull it up for me. Not just on the song. And, you know, sometimes, you know, when you're dealing with an artist of the magnitude of Fab, it can take you a good four to six months to get that feature. He's moving. He's in Abu Dhabi. He's, you know, he's moving around. This man said, I got you as soon as I get back. I'll be back in a week and a half, two weeks. I got you. Not only knocked that out. Said, when's the video? When we shoot. Cool. I'm on the way then said, man, where the assets so I can promote.
Funk Flex
Like, Fab come from a different generation, though.
Tank
Yeah, but. But he's still fab, you know what I'm saying? And so your access to him, regardless of how cool you are, is still limited. Right? Cause he's doing what he does.
Funk Flex
Absolutely.
Tank
And so for him to make himself available to me and for this record, man, was just really, really good.
Funk Flex
Before we get started.
Tank
Before we get started. And this racist, in terms of climbing the charts, is my fastest record.
DJ Envy
Oh, wow.
Funk Flex
Why do you think that is?
Tank
Tempo, okay. People have been waiting for tempo from me. I got the slow and the mid. I got that. But now they done. Let me get some tempo now. You done fucked up.
DJ Envy
So you did this on purpose? You wanted a tempo, right?
Tank
Oh, absolutely, yeah. This is calculated. This is on purpose. I needed the right one. My guy Dirk sent me this record. I said, you do not know what you have just done. You gave Tank tempo.
Eve
Crazy.
Funk Flex
It's crazy that you still trying to make new records at this point. I mean, not saying that you can't have such a catalog you really don't even have to if you don't want to.
Tank
I do, okay? Because I don't remember that last hit record. I don't remember it. I don't. I don't live in it. I don't live in that last outfit that I wore, you know what I'm saying? Every day is okay. What's next? How can I beat that? That was cool. Because I'm watching around me, you know what I'm saying? If need be, I'll drive up to CB's house, you know what I'm saying, and let him play me a thousand songs. I'm like, shit, I got more work to do, you know what I'm saying? I'll look at the charts and see who's on there. I'm not okay. I got work to do. That's what drives me. It's so many new things happening every day that I'm like this. Ooh, I gotta compete with that. I gotta fight with that, you know what I'm saying? And it gets me up for game.
DJ Envy
Your health and how you are as far as not drinking and all the things that you do. Is that from what place is that from? A place of you seeing people your age doing it and you're like, damn, they don't look as good. Or is it from a I just want to be healthy type of place?
Tank
Just, it's really healthy. I mean, it's really like, I'm an athlete first. So for me, it's very important, you know, what goes into my body, because what goes in is what comes out, you know what I'm saying? I've often been in the gym, and my motto to myself is, what Will Floyd do? What Will Mayweather do? You know what I'm saying? Because I've watched him buy 30 bottles, you know what I'm saying? I've watched the people around him rolling up smoke, and I've watched the people around him just indulge. I watched him do none of it and then grab his stuff out the back of the truck when we leave the club and run home. I said, that's what a billion dollars looks like. I want that. So when me and my guy Gaines get in there, like, it's not a game. This part of what I do as it correlates to who I am as an artist, it's not why I do it. I would be doing this anyway, you know what I'm saying? Like, I want to be 150, you know what I'm saying? Still pulling up to the Breakfast Club 150. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Funk Flex
Shoot a be here today.
DJ Envy
We ain't going to be here.
Tank
Listen, I pray y'all are still here, but if y'all not, I'm still.
Funk Flex
I think I'll be here. I got 101.
Tank
You got 101. Listen, I, I, I. Why can't we.
DJ Envy
Yeah, 150.
Tank
Why not?
DJ Envy
About 150.
Tank
Why not?
Funk Flex
I'm not gonna put, I'm not gonna say we can't. I'm not gonna put a limitation on it, you know, I mean, it's all.
Tank
In what you're putting in.
Funk Flex
Did what happened with Jamie scare you too?
Tank
Yeah, absolutely. And, you know, you just. It just goes back to the idea of you just never know. You just never know. And it's not something you can predict, not something you can, for his situation, prevent. You know what I mean? Sometimes your body will just, you know, the alert is, is detrimental. Right? Your body telling you something is wrong is sometimes, you know, the alarm is damn near fatal. You know what I mean? And that's just, that's just life. And so, yeah, it's scary. I mean, just not just because he's, you know, one of my best friends, but just like it could have easily been either one of us.
Funk Flex
You know what I found interesting about that situation, too? Because you talk about, you know, giving people their flowers while they're here. When it seemed like Jamie, I don't want to say this, but may not have made it. Like, people didn't know everybody was giving him his flowers. As soon as he made it, it's like all of that kind of just stopped, went away. It's like when he was like, we were a priest. Jamie's the greatest of all. He's one of the most talented human beings. And soon as you realize he's okay, it's like all of that stuff, we.
Tank
We, I mean, I want to say our culture, we have a thing about that. You know what I'm saying? Like, you know, somebody passes and then we, you know, we run the music up the charts. You know what I mean? We have a thing about our legendary artists that we just don't preserve until it's too late. You know what I mean? I was having this conversation yesterday about Boyz II Men, right? Boys II Men is the highest selling group of all times. Not the highest selling black group. The highest selling group.
Eve
Wow.
Tank
Really? And I actually remember. I actually remember a time where I was sending my sister to go see a Boys to Men concert at a venue that only held 400 people. How is that even possible that we let boys to men get to that now they back now they, you know, they six, seven figures do good now. Right? But how is it that we let that happen? Whereas in the Rolling Stones can pop out every summer.
DJ Envy
I was gonna say that sold outstated. They're not that good. And they should be that good if they the number one selling. They should be on some Rolling Stones to do the garden three times, four times, five times in a row every year.
Tank
You too. We can run down the list of those legendary artists from those other cultures that still get to run it up. And we just throw our legends away so casually, like, they didn't build this. We can't do that.
Funk Flex
The highest selling group in what category?
Tank
R and B. I mean, R and B maybe. I don't know. Boyz II Men, I don't know.
Funk Flex
I'm looking, I'm asking.
Tank
Yeah, yeah, yeah, Google that.
Eve
Yeah, Mr. Dexter's laboratory over there.
Funk Flex
Dexter, look it up. Yeah, Boys and men.
DJ Envy
But you're right. But even think about it.
Funk Flex
The highest selling R and B group of all time.
DJ Envy
But even think about it like this. No disrespect to Michael Bivens. Michael bivens should be 100 millionaire if that's the case, because he founded them and them records are still moving.
Tank
Well, I mean, that's business, right? And so, you know, I was in the boy, I was in the New Edition story, you know what I'm saying? So how all that business came about and what went on behind those, that's something. That's a different conversation. But ultimately, yes, you know what I'm saying, the conversation should be, Michael Bivins pioneered X, Y and Z. Let's make sure that he has a job or a high level position curating the next generation of. You know what I'm saying? When people come on my podcast, like, I yell at all these people, I yell at Sean Garrett, I yell at, you know, all these pioneers who come on our pod. I'm like, what are you doing, Mike City? What are you doing? You know so much about this game. You've curated so many moments, so much music, have blessed so many artists. What are you doing? You know this. What are we doing to preserve our genre of music?
DJ Envy
Right?
Eve
Yeah.
Tank
And so, you know, I've. I've challenged everybody. And we're taking the challenge on too. R and B Money is thinking on the challenge. We R B everything.
Funk Flex
The R B Money podcast with Tank and J Balvin on the black effect. IHeartRadio podcast network, yes. What is the meaning of the R and B money? Like, why is it your podcast? Why is it the albums? What does that mean? What does that sound brand mean? R and B money.
Tank
People love money. People love the idea that something makes money that is successful and that is just attractive to people. The word money, right? You can't get past it. Like, as soon as you heard young money, like, oh, them some young niggas getting money. Soon as you heard cash money, oh, they. Money isn't all cash. You just love money. And so for me, it's like associating R and B with success. We could be deep and put some other nuances to it. You know what I'm saying? A glamorous R and B or. You know what I'm saying? Or top shelf R and B. No, for simple people. R and B money.
Funk Flex
R and B money.
Tank
This is how we live. And all this you see, came from R and B.
Funk Flex
That makes sense.
Tank
Yeah.
Funk Flex
When I listen to a song like Wanna love.
Tank
Mm.
Funk Flex
Is love when it comes to R and B, the sound or the feeling, is it simply sexual?
Tank
No.
Funk Flex
Okay.
Tank
No, no, no. It can't be. Because love is not. Love is. Love is not those things. Like we say, wanna make love like that. It sounds good. You know what I'm saying? That's just the physical aspect of it. But love is the choice you make about somebody every day. It's not an actual feeling. Love is a choice that you have to make every day. So I'm rocking with you, right? Good or bad or ugly, like when we just talking about when he said, I know you was seeing that other fella. That's part of it. I didn't marry into perfection. I married under the idea that, hey, man, whatever it is, we just gonna rock through it. I chose you to walk through life with. And that means the holidays are about spending time with your loved ones and creating magical memories that will last a lifetime. So whether it's family and friends you haven't seen in a while, or those who you see all the time, share holiday magic this season with an ice cold Coca Cola. Copyright 2024 the Coca Cola Company.
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Tank
Whatever comes with that.
Funk Flex
Love. Got to be a feeling though, right?
Tank
No, that's euphoria.
Funk Flex
Really?
Tank
Yeah.
Funk Flex
Break that down for me. Take. I ain't get there yet.
Tank
Love is a choice.
Funk Flex
Okay.
Tank
It's a choice, right? As we go back. Let's. Let's say You're Christian. Let's say you're a devout Christian. You're into the Bible. The choice that was made was that Jesus said, I'm going to die for you. God so loved the world that he sent. It wasn't a feeling. He set something in motion. Because that's how you show the love. I'm gonna send my son, and then he's going to die. Another choice that he made. He didn't have to die. He could have tore that whole thing down.
Funk Flex
But you only make that choice for things that you have feelings for, right? Like I don't wake up every day and choose to love something that I don't have any love for.
Tank
It's a commitment. It's a commitment to your purpose, right? You get good feelings from it. You know what I'm saying? Because that's just you being. That's just you being connected to the universe. Things feel good, you know what I'm saying? And when you're on a certain path that you're connected to, it feels even better because it's connected to your purpose or connected to. You know, like when you. When you have deja vu and you're like, I feel like I've been here before. I feel like I'm supposed to be here. You feel that, right? But that's just. That's just feelings. Love is a choice. I have to decide how I express that choice. And we just call it love.
Funk Flex
So war is a choice, too, then. War is a choice, too.
Tank
100%.
Funk Flex
Okay, you got a song on the new album called War.
Tank
100%.
Funk Flex
It made me say, if you know your behavior is going to cause war, why choose it?
Tank
Tink, sometimes you can't help yourself. You cannot help yourself. We are not perfect people.
Funk Flex
That is true.
Tank
We're not.
Funk Flex
But you know, you ain't supposed to spend that 10,000 in the club. You know you ain't supposed to spend that.
Tank
Sometimes you can't help yourself.
Funk Flex
You're a married man. You're not supposed to be.
Tank
You ain't never been in a club, and it just. And the moment just got good to you. I just feel like. We need three more bottles. We need three more bottles and we need five more thousand in ones.
DJ Envy
Not in my 40s, not this age.
Tank
No, no, I'm not saying right now. I'm just saying, man, when you started really getting that money. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. What?
Funk Flex
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Tank
Like when you. Like when you in the strip club and you in a zone, you talking.
DJ Envy
To somebody that Picks up singles off.
Funk Flex
The floor, though that was back in the day. Relax. I was at one with myself.
Tank
When you in the strip club and you get in a zone. Yeah, just bring me more wands. I'll figure it out after this. Remember, you could manipulate the. Where you go get the money from the machine. Remember you could manipulate the ATM on the weekends. No, a lot of people too young for that. You could go to different ATMs and grab money out based on the balance that you had on Friday. On Friday. And they wouldn't catch it until Monday. You'd be overdrawn, like 1500.
Funk Flex
Jesus.
Tank
But I had to get to the strip club. They needed to see me.
DJ Envy
They needed to see me, needed to see me.
Tank
And I couldn't come in empty handed.
DJ Envy
How have you spent at the strip club? How much. How much you think you spend at the.
Charlamagne Tha God
The strip club?
Tank
I don't know.
Funk Flex
You said 10,000.
Tank
No, I mean. And the most than one night. Maybe not something. Maybe like a little 40, 50. Nothing crazy.
DJ Envy
40, 50,000?
Tank
Yeah, yeah.
Funk Flex
You mean nothing. 4050.
Tank
What's wrong with that?
Funk Flex
That's a lot of money. $50,000 in a script club.
Tank
In relation to what? To what you make. No. Someone who only. He said, no, no.
Funk Flex
Can't say I'm acting my wage. I don't know about y'all.
Eve
Y'all niggas don't let me know.
Tank
But y'all, sometimes you save up for that moment. I've seen real money being spent in a club. You know what I'm saying? I've been with BMF with real money. That 50,000 I'm talking about is nothing. They were throwing all hundreds when I walked in with him. And like in Charlemagne fashion, I have my shirt out. I need to catch some of this. That's right. I'm not gonna dance. But all this can't hit the floor. Like, I've seen it.
Funk Flex
What do script clubs do for R and B singers? Like, we know why rappers go to the script club. Like, you know, they want to get their music played. Yada, yada. What's the.
Tank
Because at a time, our music was being played in there. So you forget, my music is being played in the strip clubs.
Eve
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Tank
No, I. I host strip clubs. They call me and they play. They play winweed. They play fucking with me. They play. Yeah, I got. I got shit.
Eve
Yeah, no, you do. Listen home. When you dance, you got a song.
Funk Flex
Called when you dance.
Tank
When you dance. I got. I got shit.
Funk Flex
Yeah.
Tank
You know what? I'm saying. And so when they dance to my music, then I have to reward them. That makes sense, you know what I'm saying? I have to take care of them for that.
DJ Envy
So you go to the strip club for free. The money that you make at the strip club, you give back.
Eve
Just give it back. He like, no, don't be dumb.
Tank
It's the Give Back program. I remember when I hosted. I was the first artist to host King of Diamonds. And I remember when I hosted King of Diamonds, I think I might have got like 15 to 20,000 for it. And I foolishly got all that in once. But I had a time. I went back, played basketball, had some food. I looked up one time, my guy, Aaron Corsaut, he was eating steak.
Funk Flex
Play basketball where?
Tank
King of Diamonds.
Funk Flex
Oh, they do got in Miami.
Eve
They go barbershop, basketball, barbershop, everything.
Tank
Barbershop.
Eve
Y'all niggas won't even leave. They was like, nope.
Tank
They had the soap, they had the suds. You could get in the pool. Like, I left, like, one time, seven o'clock in the morning.
Eve
Wow.
Tank
I was walking out. Strippers was dressed. You had walked out together? Yeah.
Eve
Residency in an apartment.
DJ Envy
That was before you was married, though.
Tank
No. Yeah, well, war is just a depiction of that. You know what I'm saying? This means war. Look how late I'm walking in, I'm in some random club, drinking with my friends.
DJ Envy
What did your wife say when she hear these stories?
Tank
She be. She's indifferent. You know what I'm saying? Because, you know, she don't like strip clubs at all.
DJ Envy
And she doesn't go with you?
Tank
No. And I'd be like, babe, you should go with me. You know what I'm saying? We had this rule where I wouldn't go. And then I just started breaking the rules and was like, look, I'm going, grown ass man. You tell me where I can't go. But, you know, it was because I would go in there and I would kind of be irresponsible. You know what I'm saying?
DJ Envy
I mean, I understand if you're spending 50,000.
Tank
She'd probably be like, tank, it's that. And so there's okay, if you're gonna go, you're gonna have a good time. Like, don't forget, you know, you got a family. Like, let's just. Let's just, you know. So, damn.
Funk Flex
How good of a time are you having when you forget you have a family bank? You know how much of a time you must be having in the strip club? At least you got a family.
Tank
If she looking at, you know, looking at the Amex, you know what I'm saying? And then there's. There's a tab for $12,000. Like, what are we doing?
Eve
That's right.
Tank
What are we doing? Come on, now.
Eve
That's what you need. A white foe. That's not.
Tank
You need an accountability system.
Funk Flex
That's right.
Tank
I absolutely need that. So that's just kind of our thing. But, you know, in this song, I just wanted to make sure to tell that story. Cause every man goes through this, you know what I'm saying, where they just want to do what they want to do. They want to do their thing. I see you calling me, but I'm rocking right now. And so, you know, it's like you said, it's starting a war.
Funk Flex
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Tank
You know, you're starting a war, but you're like, you know what? I'll fight that battle when I get home. It. It is what it is.
Funk Flex
It almost got a country feel to it a little bit.
Tank
It's very country.
Funk Flex
Is that on purpose?
Tank
Like, it's very on purpose. No, I did this record three years ago.
Funk Flex
Wow.
Tank
And I was like, oh, y'all finally caught up. Cool. I'll drop it. My guys, Javon, co captains, they produced it. And when they sent it to me, I was like, bro, this is so different. And when I. When I wrote it, I was like, okay, let me tell this story, you know, because country is. Country is still a good place where you can tell those stories.
Funk Flex
The best.
Tank
The best for me. And so that's. That's where I came from. But I've been there. Everybody just now, you know, trying to be country. I've been there.
Eve
A lot of these songs are. A lot of these songs. Songs that you have been done. I mean, is that why it's called the Vault? Because you think of a vault and you like, this is what I had been had.
Tank
That one is the only one.
Eve
Okay.
Tank
That I had already. What's the other one? Come inside.
Eve
Damn.
Tank
You know all about that. That. Met her at a special place. She just relived that shit. Yeah, she's a dick. That was the Kevin Hart dance and that record. And I had that record. But I did that record at. At the Love Camp for Puff, for Diddy in his. In his album. And. And when he was going through records, this. This song didn't make the cut. And, you know, and I caught. And I called him. I was like, bro. Cause he was holding all the records because everything was done at the camp. He's mine. I pay for the. You know what I'm saying? I paid for the camp and. And rightfully so he can do that. You know what I'm saying? Whoever pays for that studio time and all that.
DJ Envy
So how did the camp work?
Funk Flex
He.
DJ Envy
He paid y'all to write records, and he just kept.
Tank
Well, I mean, he created. He created the atmosphere. So bought this, bought the studio, set up the tents. Like, he just did a whole thing. Chef's bar, like, you know, this was in la.
Funk Flex
Fantastic album that album was, too, by the way.
Tank
Great album.
Funk Flex
Was fantastic.
Tank
Great album, you know, So I wasn't mad. I was like, man, it's some great music on there. I'm not mad. Jazzy did her thing on there. It was a crazy album. But, you know, a lot of times when artists have these records that, you know, they hold them until. Until they need them, they'll use them for the next project or whatever. And I. And I hit him. I was like, daddy, I need that record, man. Can you please, please let me get that record, Playboy? I got you, King. You good, man. Run with it. And that was. That was love on his part, man, because most artists, you know, they don't do that.
DJ Envy
How many did you write on the album?
Tank
I didn't write any of them. Yeah, I mean, I submitted a lot. I did a lot of work, but for me, like, it was. I don't really go to camps, you know what I'm saying? I don't go to the whole. You know what I'm saying? Thousand producers, thousand writers. But, you know, when he hit me, he was like, bro, you're the. You're. You're the best at it. And I just need you. I need you in the building. I need people to see that you're here, because that's going to make people tank. Here.
Funk Flex
We.
Tank
I got to go hard. I got. I got to go crazy. And so that was. I was there for the energy, but also to participate, work with, you know, Cardiac, who's super dope, Eric Bellinger, all those guys was up there, you know what I'm saying? Like, the room. I mean, when I say it was crazy, it was crazy. Like, the people that came, that showed up for Diddy, for that camp, it was crazy. It was crazy. So I was just happy they let me walk with that record.
Eve
You were about to go on tour with another og. Karl Thomas.
Tank
Carl Thomas.
Eve
Yes.
Funk Flex
One of the greatest R and B albums of all time.
Eve
Oh, my God.
Funk Flex
Not even close.
Tank
And people. I've seen people Ask me, you know, people ask me why. You know, why you choose Karl Thomas? Why you choose Kerry Hilson? I'm like, you don't hear it.
Funk Flex
Emotional is literally one of the greatest R B albums.
Tank
Like, you don't.
Funk Flex
You don't hear top to bottom, love making music.
Tank
You know what I'm saying? Like, when we down at them doo wops with Mike Garner down in Miami and them Carl Thomas records. Come on. It's a thing.
Funk Flex
Absolutely.
Tank
Shit really happens. Listen, play some of them Kerry Hilson records. Like, things happen.
Eve
Yeah.
Tank
I was like, first of all, I wanna go on tour with my friends. I wanna go on tour with people I like. But then, two, I wanna be out there as. This is a R and B money tour. I want the catalog to be expensive. There's some expensive catalogs. You know, Carrie got hot one hundreds. Karl Thomas has timeless R and B. I'm talking about.
Eve
I'm in parties today right now with Summer Rain. They play that at the top, in the middle of the party, at the end, like, they bring what? And I grabbed the mic. I don't care where I'm at. No karaoke playing. I'm like, give me something.
Tank
Let me. Give me a little.
Eve
Oh, my gosh. Come on, Tank. You gotta pay for that.
Tank
Charlemagne has given us. You know, he's blessed us with his storming.
Eve
Come on outside. When she keeps me home that's my song. That's all you got?
Funk Flex
That was.
Tank
That was baby singing.
Funk Flex
That was my wife in college, but we had that do. I'm rocking with Call Time. Call Time is emotional. And Joe. My name is Joe.
Tank
I'm. I gotta. I gotta do a tour with Joe, too.
Eve
Yeah, man.
Tank
A tour and a song.
Eve
I love that.
Tank
People have been wanting that for quite some time, you know what I'm saying? I. I get. You know, Joe likes to hide until it's time. You know what I'm saying? Like, well, you know, I'll be. I'll be out, playboy. You know what I'm saying? I'mma pop out.
Funk Flex
I'mma see you mentioning everybody. But tgt. I ain't hear nothing about no Tyrese and Genuine. What's up with that?
Tank
Yeah, but you was in the studio with Reese.
Funk Flex
I saw you in the studio working on My Beautiful Pain.
Tank
I was over there. Yeah. Yeah, I think, you know, I think we're at a great place, man. We're at a great place where I think now we all. Everybody collectively sees the value in what we are, in what we created. And it's. Again, it's this resurgence of just that feeling of R B. And so you got. You got two guys from the 90s who got classic catalogs. You got me coming in from the 2000s who came. Came up under these guys. And. And people are hungry and thirsty for that. And so you're gonna see. You're gonna see some tgt. You know, fortunately, thank God you're gonna.
Funk Flex
Album or.
Tank
No, I don't know if we have an album, but we do have. We do have a couple moments that we're lining up that are gonna be very special. So that's all. That's all I can really, really say about that.
Funk Flex
And I saw you the other night, man. I don't know where y'all was at, but Flavor Flav was singing.
Tank
He was.
Funk Flex
What was. I forgot what he was singing. Was it.
Tank
We were honoring. They were honoring. I don't wanna get this wrong. The bp. I don't remember see there? I can't. I don't. I don't wanna mess up the name of the organization. Ashanna hit me and was like, we're honoring Jimmy, Jim, and Terry Lewis, and we need you to do what you do. And I was like, cool, I'm in. You say, jimmy, Jim and Terry Lewis, I'm in. I don't care what it is. And so we're honoring them, and Babyface is there. And, you know, I don't wanna pressure Babyface to sing, but he's there, and I'm like, babyface, if you want to sing, you can. You don't have to. And they started playing one of his songs, and we were singing, and Face was like, nah, nah, let me handle that young fella. And he started singing just Flavor. Flavor just came out of nowhere and just started and just started singing.
Funk Flex
You look surprised that he could hold a note.
Tank
No, that wasn't surprise. It was just like, think about it.
Funk Flex
It was like, why'd you take the mic from Babyface? To give it the flavor.
Tank
My thing is Babyface is singing Gotcha, all right?
Eve
Yeah.
Tank
And Flavor Flav has the gall and audacity to take the mic from Babyface to run up and start singing against Babyface.
Funk Flex
Why didn't you stop it? That's why the game need referees. Tank, you supposed to stop that right there.
DJ Envy
You big enough to stop him pause.
Tank
At that moment, right? It only goes one way. It only looks like disrespect in front of that many people.
Funk Flex
Yeah.
Tank
You know what I'm saying? Like, to now, it's Flavor Flav. He is Flavor Flav, right? Let's not discredit him. He is who he is. And then I run up on him, say, hey, nigga. Babyface singing hold on right now, nigga. Hold on. Hold on.
Funk Flex
But didn't he disrespect Babyface in a way?
Tank
Babyface has to fight that battle. Listen, and don't think that if Babyface felt the way, he wouldn't have handled it right. Babyface is. Listen, the songs are nice and soft and meek. Babyface is not. He's a nice guy, but he's nobody, sucker. I promise you. If he felt away, he would have. And I was kind of following his lead. If Babyface would have looked like he wasn't feeling it, then we would have handled that way. But he was. It was all in good fun.
DJ Envy
R B money. The Vault is out right now.
Tank
The Vault. Say it again.
DJ Envy
The Vault is out right now. And we appreciate you for joining us.
Funk Flex
We'll be out on the 26th.
DJ Envy
That's right.
Eve
Yep.
Tank
Yeah. Well, it's out right now, right?
DJ Envy
It's out right now.
Tank
It's out right now.
Funk Flex
Okay.
Tank
Are you gonna. What are you gonna do with this music?
Eve
You already know what I'm doing. I gotta wait. It ain't too much I can do right now because I can't get pregnant twice in one, you know?
Tank
How far along are you?
Eve
Five months. I'm about to be sick.
Tank
Five months?
Eve
Yep.
Tank
That's a good time.
Eve
Yeah, I'm still. Look, I'm still on R and B money.
Funk Flex
That's a good time.
Tank
You can still move a groove in five months.
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Tank
Yeah.
Funk Flex
I'm still moving in.
Tank
Groove nonetheless.
Eve
That's a believer.
Tank
Let me tell you something. My wife was pregnant.
Funk Flex
It's some of the best.
DJ Envy
The best time ever. Some of the best time ever.
Funk Flex
Some of the best crazy.
Tank
Some of the best time ever out of Secretion. Oh, my God.
Funk Flex
Some of the best.
Tank
It's something extra in there.
DJ Envy
It is.
Funk Flex
Can I swim in your ocean?
Tank
Can I drown it into every time I bow tie?
Eve
I know that's right. I know that's right. You know how many people I put on the R and B money? It's a no.
Tank
Skip this like an ointment.
DJ Envy
All right.
Tank
Take album out right now.
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Wake that ass up early in the morning.
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The Breakfast Club - Best Of 2024 Full Interview: Tank Talks 'R&B MONEY THE VAULT,' Upcoming Tour, Old Vs New R&B, TGT, Flavor Flav, Jamie Foxx + More
Release Date: December 24, 2024
Host: DJ Envy and Charlamagne Tha God
Guest: Tank
On this special "Best Of 2024" episode of The Breakfast Club, hosts DJ Envy and Charlamagne Tha God sit down with renowned R&B artist Tank for an in-depth conversation. The interview delves into Tank's latest projects, his perspectives on the evolving R&B landscape, and his experiences collaborating with industry legends like Flavor Flav and Jamie Foxx.
A significant portion of the discussion centers around the transformation of R&B music over the years. Tank expresses his admiration for the emotional depth of 90s and early 2000s R&B, highlighting the genre's ability to convey genuine feelings and vulnerability.
Tank [04:39]: "It's the feeling of it is what's back people want to. And what's crazy is that of course I give credit to the women for keeping R&B in the mainstream conversation."
He critiques the modern shift towards materialism in R&B, where themes often revolve around money, cars, and superficial relationships, moving away from the soulful expressions of love and vulnerability.
Tank [07:41]: "But we moved into this, you know, we moved into this kind of, you know, simp and all of these things. When it comes to taking care of women or expressing love, I just think that men are just. They've been programmed to not be vulnerable."
Tank emphasizes the importance of returning to the roots of R&B, where music was a medium for deep emotional connection rather than displaying wealth or status.
Tank [11:29]: "I watched my older uncles and everybody. I still follow their model. And my job, I'm responsible for maintaining the line to where we treasure and we cater and we take care of our women."
Tank discusses his latest project, "'R&B MONEY THE VAULT'," highlighting its significance in his career as his fastest-charting record to date. He explains the intentional shift towards a more upbeat tempo to resonate with contemporary audiences while retaining the emotional essence of R&B.
Tank [16:12]: "This is calculated. This is on purpose. I needed the right one."
He speaks about the creative process behind the album, including collaborations with producers and artists who share his vision for authentic R&B music.
Tank [23:22]: "People love money. People love the idea that something makes money that is successful and that is just attractive to people. The word money, right? You can't get past it."
During the interview, Tank shares personal anecdotes that shed light on his journey in the music industry. He recounts hosting strip clubs and the interactions with patrons who dance to his music, emphasizing the reciprocal relationship between artists and their audience.
Tank [33:22]: "You know what? I'm saying. And so when they dance to my music, then I have to reward them. That makes sense, you know what I'm saying? I have to take care of them for that."
Tank also touches upon the challenges of maintaining authenticity in an industry driven by trends and the importance of staying true to one's artistic vision.
Tank [36:02]: "You know, it's starting a war, but you're like, you know what? I'll fight that battle when I get home."
Looking ahead, Tank reveals plans for an upcoming tour centered around his "R&B MONEY" brand. He expresses excitement about aligning with fellow artists like Joe and potentially reuniting with classic R&B groups such as TGT (Tyrese, Ginuwine, and Tank himself).
Tank [39:40]: "Shit really happens. Listen, play some of them Kerry Hilson records. Like, things happen."
He also shares experiences collaborating with industry veterans like Flavor Flav and Jamie Foxx, highlighting the mutual respect and creativity that drive these partnerships.
Tank [42:38]: "We [are] at a great place where I think now we all. Everybody collectively sees the value in what we are, in what we created."
Tank's interview on The Breakfast Club offers a compelling look into his commitment to preserving the soul of R&B music amidst its contemporary evolution. His dedication to authentic storytelling, emotional expression, and meaningful collaborations underscores his role as a pivotal figure in the genre. As he gears up for his "R&B MONEY THE VAULT" tour and continues to influence the next generation of artists, Tank remains steadfast in his mission to cherish and elevate the essence of R&B.
Tank [45:25]: "Love is a choice. I have to decide how I express that choice. And we just call it love."
Notable Quotes:
Tank [07:41]: "But we moved into this, you know, we moved into this kind of, you know, simp and all of these things. When it comes to taking care of women or expressing love, I just think that men are just. They've been programmed to not be vulnerable."
Tank [23:22]: "People love money. People love the idea that something makes money that is successful and that is just attractive to people. The word money, right? You can't get past it."
Tank [45:25]: "Love is a choice. I have to decide how I express that choice. And we just call it love."
This comprehensive conversation provides valuable insights for R&B enthusiasts and newcomers alike, highlighting Tank's influential role in shaping the genre's future while honoring its rich legacy.