SEX, LOVE & PAIN - TANK
Since hitting us with his tender 2001 single “Maybe I Deserve,” Tank (a former backup vocalist for Ginuwine and Aaliyah) has largely played the background, writing steamy tunes for Marques Houston (”Naked”), Jamie Foxx (”Unpredictable”) and Omarion (”O”), to name a few. The foreground has never been his forte. Though solid in some parts, his third album, “Sex, Love & Pain,” is standard R&B fare. But while production is on the elementary side, the disc is boosted by Tank’s grainy vocals on occasional jewels like “I Hate You” and lead single “Please Don’t Go,” where the singer offers doses of vulnerability. On the other hand, concept tracks like “Wedding Song” feebly tread on R. Kelly-esque territory. The R&B scene is way too saturated with pleading vocalists, and Tank simply doesn’t have enough in his, um, tank to distinguish himself.(Blackground/Universal Motown) Billboard
