Wait Inside.
Staying at home behind the piano he was born to play like his R&B name was Yamaha and not Tank, Durrell Babbs gets real personal on his latest project so ama do the same. Hey, you! Yes you! The one reading this right now. Do me a favour. Do us all a favour, please. Stay the f### indoors! I'm begging you. We all know what that can do, but what can you do, you ask? Well from Netflix to Disney + if you're sick of streaming, even though in entertainment we are so spoilt for choice these days, we don't even know or appreciate how lucky we are, why not look up from your phone? Yes, the one you're reading right now...I don't mind ("put your phone down and let's be real"). And take a look at the person next to you and you know, "talk" with a real person. And if that real person turns out to be the one. The one you love like R.E.M. The one you used to dream about and lose sleep over then why don't you bring that old thing back? And who knows one thing could lead to another and you'll remember why you loved staying in so much in the first place. And hey, if that doesn't work then we have the perfect music to set the mood. Because the King of R&B is back. And don't you worry I ain't talking about f##### R. Kelly. No one has got time(s up) for that s### anymore. But how about this show of solidarity from the peoples knockout champ? Tank reliably releasing new music at this time is about as surprising as the President being as unreliable as ever. Someone make this Tank commander and chief. Arm up as you build your home into a fort of creativity, not toilet rolls.
Tank with his album artillery of yet another classic every other year in ammunition-if not every calendar turn-has just dropped one of his best, yet outside the 'Sex, Love and Pain' series with the real 'Elevation' like 'Champion', 'You Mean More' and 'Somebody Else' with pop icon Jojo. A Star who has been doing her own at home live stream concerts from her bedroom, which really does look like the best place you can be right now. Now following his Novemeber reign last fall, Tank has another release on our steaming hands like two Norah Jones records in the space of six months to go along with her new supergroup Puss N Boots 'Sister' album coming mere months after their 'Dear Santa' Christmas E.P. under our tree. FOUR?! And now like his own 'A Classic Christmas Night' extended play, or Valentines special 'If You Were Mine' E.P., the 'Be My Holiday', TGT with Tyrese and Ginuwine singer releases another 6 track for your quarantine playlist, 'While You Wait'. Hot off the fresh streams from fellow R&B leading man The Weeknd ('After Hours') and two urban legend classics finally from Jay Electronica ('A Written Testimony') and Childish Gambino ('3.15.20'). Listen to this. What a time to be fighting for our lives from the comfort of our own homes. Lounge singer looking like he's available for party bookings from the look of his album artwork, 'While You Wait' is the perfect elixir for all this corona, with all this music in mind, written by the prolific producer of such. Especially for this situation from the epic singer. At 44 like my president, Tank is about to become the logo of R&B like the NBA's of Los Angeles Laker Jerry West. He's the King like James and his songbook is his version of the Bible.
Despite the 'Stronger' sound of Motown, lately this 'Savage' has been getting straight nasty and the culmination created his latest classic. But in taking it back to the keys like Alicia, or his class rendition rework of Bonnie Raitt's 'I Can't Make You Love Me' (this man really knows music) for one of his biggest hits, the 'Please Don't Go' singer/songwriter is getting in tune with his February 14th extended play that was for lovers that actually loved each other only. F### it! Even cooped up in the house without someone to love like Jefferson Airplane, you can still get it done. All you need is the inspiration and ivory and a couple of good notes for a song in your back pocket. 'You Never Knew' he could do it like this (where have you been?) with this absolute classic, there's one. Whilst Zena Foster's husband gets real personal for the one with 'You', harmonising, "you're the reason for the sun/cloudy days will never come/you're the joy and all the fun". This is first dance music here from the dum, dum, da dum, 'Wedding Song' singer. If only we could have the ceremony. We'll it's about to be in matrimony with your 'Self Esteem' on a song that Tank helps raise as he says, "beautiful/sexy and you know it/cuticle/didn't think I would notice/job, baby, crib, check/you gon' be my rib, yeah, yeah/you gon'have my kids, yeah yeah/that's just how it is", for this "poetry in motion". 'Perfect' beautiful ballads fill this half album like your heart in a time were the world is striving for more soul and strength from the strain as he tells us "hard times build character/pressure makes diamonds" for lyrical symbolism for a sing of or times. All before providing us with some iPhone Spotify streaming 'Facetime' for our "six feet apart or six feet under" social distancing. This extended play and gift from the R&B God is grace 'For Lovers' that want "that old thing back". "Where did all the love songs go" Tank lyrically laments like the good times gone, missing radio, parties in the basement, drive in movies and, "I just wanna feel the kind of things the 90's make me feel/I just wanna hear the kind of things, let me know it's real" one time. Longing for the past with what we're left with now. How fitting is this today? Who else is making quarantine music right now in the hardest time to get creative even with nothing but? In its purest form Tank is back with the purest sound and soul. Others roll over, but Tank keeps rolling. Now after last falls 'Elevation' at our lowest point, Tank takes us higher. Every little bit helps as each day gets better. So how's that for a soundtrack to while away your hours? Do you need more? Just wait! TIM DAVID HARVEY.
Playlist Picks: 'You', 'Self Esteem', 'Facetime'.
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