TANK- ONE MAN

With the death of Aaliyah Blackground Records biggest draw to consumers is TANK. His first CD "Forces of Nature" was definitely a pleasant surprise. Dude his a talent for slow jams and I was definitely lookin forward to this CD.... The first half of the CD is classic R&B. Great mid tempo and slow jam, Kenny Lattimore smooth love tunes. The second half of this CD is full of Cash Money, Cole Brown silliness. The CD starts good with the lead single "One Man". Track 4 "Supa Sexy" is a nice uptempo happy hour groove. Has some remnants of "Sexual healing" mixed into the cut. Track 5 "My place" might be the best song on the CD. He sings in this cool falsetto voice and the sax solos at the end are tighttttt! Track 7 "Cake and Ice Cream" is a cool cut also. Probably should be his next single. He's singin in like a quick rapid Twista kinda pace and essentially it's about a dude who is successfully maintaining 2 relationships at once. track 8 "Close" is another Tank specialty slow jam. Very sensual jam. track 9 "I'm the reason" goes back to his "Maybe I Deserve" formula of taking the blame for his failed relationships. Track 10 "Make me wanna sing " is a loose remake of Minnie Ripperton's "Lovin U". It features Sparkle and she actually does a good job. It showed some versatility to change that song up a bit without screwin it up royalty. NOW. If the CD stopped here, maybe added another CD filler song I'd say this was a must have CD! BUT NO!... The tracks by themselves are ok. Definitely destroyed by the Baby influence on these tracks. Where was the connection here?? the only track I feel in this mix is a Track 14, "No Why". It's about a dude tryin to get back with his woman after he goes Ike Turner on her. Overall I liked the CD. But he had to mess it up a little bit, had to show his thug side.

Men & women the Tank is full and we're ready for take off. Tank didn't it, what we were hoping He was going to do with "Forces of Nature" He did it with "One Man". This is one of the best displays of song writing & vocal talent I've ever heard. Tank is talented and not just a one hit wonder with "Maybe I Deserve". This CD has everthing you need to set the mood or just chill and have a good time. Honestly, men have a CD that they can give/play to their special someone to let them know how they feel with songs like "One Man" (which help us men explain that our love means more then anything we can buy) or "Close" (which helps guys give women a detailed look at what men thinks about the first time they have sex). One Man from top to bottom is a musical treasure and should be taken seriously.

Its really hard to pin point exactly what Tank did wrong on this album. what he did right was make the songs "One Man" and "I'm The Reason", which are two very good songs that he showcases his singing talents on. "One Man" is the tale of Tank showing his woman that he is only what man, and he does not have the answers to everything, but if she will let him, he will love her the best he can. "I'm The Reason" is the heartbreaking tale of a woman cheating and lying to Tank and he finds out. But other than those two standouts, there is not a whole lot of otheer really truly good songs. I mean the party starter "Let Me Live" you could argue as being a standout, because even though i wouldnt consider it a standout, it is still a good track. But thats about it for truly good songs. I mean he should really avoid the thug tracks, where they turn into rap tracks instead of r&b. The amazingly annoying "Makes Me Wanna Sing" is just down right horrible. I mean the high pitched howling woman in the background just drives me crazy. Then there is the "Party Like A Thug" which is just a bad song for an R&B singer like Tank to do. I could maybe see R.Kelly doing this track but definetly not Tank. But this album is not really that bad, there is just not a whole lot of standout tracks, and there is a fair amount of bad tracks, but there is still some decent tracks that are tolerable. If you really like Tank like i do, you will probably enjoy some of these tracks. But otherwise this album is just decent. He can do much better!

Grade:

C

This cd has to be one of the best cds of this year. Tank and the new Gerald Levert are the cds ya have to get for Christmas.

First of all i must say i am so, so inlove with this man i think he is very talented and i'm not just saying this just because i love him, i have both cds and i liked force of nature alot, but when one man came out i just fell inlove with TANK even more. i listen to TANK's cd everyday. I know all his songs word for word. he has songs that you can relate to, if you feel like listening to some real meaningful music just pop TANK'S cd in and trust me you'll feel a whole lot better. whenever i'm in the car i listen to my TANK cd, whenever i'm on the train i listen to my TANK cd. i don't think i need to say anymore, just go get TANK'S cd it's worth it. OH AND ALSO HE IS THE FINEST THING IN PERSON.