Inspired by this, we challenged her and saxophonist Albert Allenback to a game of Disney Feud, in which they must name the most popular song from a given Disney movie according its number of plays on Spotify. The band treated the Bell House crowd to a performance of their Tiny Desk Contest submission "Quick." Then, Tank shed some light on the band's many and various musical styles, describing their sound as "soulful Disney." "Those were the soundtracks that got my heart pumpin'," Tank explained. Make sure you follow Tank on Twitter/Instagram at Also, buy his new single “You Don’t Know” featuring Wale on iTunes.All Songs Considered Listen To The New Single From Tiny Desk Contest Winners Tank And The Bangas We’re going to take it back to the old school and hit these streets and really grind it out. We’re going to do listening parties, hosting, shows, radio, in-stores, everything. We’re going to get back out there and run for president. TANK: Yes, we’re going to start a promo tour in the middle of next month. RATED R&B: Is there anything else you have coming up? I’m able to continue to create the content and live on. They’ve got some good music that’s just sitting there collecting dust, which could be making a lot of money for them as well as myself. They own the first three albums so it’s not really a lot I can do about that. TANK: You would have to call Blackground Records and ask them why they don’t want to release any of my first three albums and why they don’t want to make any money and why they won’t let me make any money. RATED R&B: So, we noticed SLP isn’t on iTunes or any other digital retailer. My album will be the first offering off of that label. RATED R&B: We hear you launched a label called RnB Money. This is the energy I’m trying to get out there and let people know there’s Tank. This is the music that I want to put out there.
But for me, I’m just having a good time doing music. Hopefully, the people will respond to it. I’m just having fun making this album too. Like I said when I made that album, I was just having fun. RATED R&B: With all the success you had with SLP, do you feel pressured to outdo it this time around? So we got him, I did about three or four songs and two more producers on there and that’s it. Once he gave me those tracks, I knew where I wanted to go from there. He just brought me music that I felt like was the 2016 version of R&B music. I worked with Brandon Hines out of Atlanta. RATED R&B: Did you work with the same producers on this album? I wanted to get back to that energy, get back to that edge of R&B and getting back to pushing that line. We pushed the limits of R&B at that moment. We made music on the edge of that line – that R&B line. I think I needed to get back to that space of Sex Love & Pain because of the process of how we made that album. It was the first album that got me nominated for a Grammy. Of course, the fans they were screaming for it - “Aye! You need to do another Sex Love & Pain.” A lot of people feel like that was my best album. TANK: I feel like it was two people that did it. RATED R&B: Sex, Love & Pain 2 is the sequel to your 2007. It’s going to be out at the top of next month. It’s going to be our single to the DJ’s and to all the mix shows and all that stuff. There hasn’t been a birthday song in a while – an R&B one and a cool one - let’s just roll with it.” We wrote the verse and I said “You know what, CB will kill the hook.” So I go over to the studio, play it for him and he was like “I love it! I need to sing the second verse too”. It was just one of those things where it was like we started singing this birthday hook and it was kinda like, “This would be kind of cool – a birthday song. It’s called “Birthday” and I have Siyah on the record, as well as Problem. I think this collaboration is probably our best one yet. TANK: Me and CB always do something cool. RATED R&B: We hear you have a new record with Chris Brown on the album. It’s an opportunity for two hometown heroes – us being from the DMV – to finally connect and bring together something real cool. For me, the only person that made sense in terms of just how much nostalgic value the record has and how its speaking to the ladies. I said “Ooh, wee! That is something right there.” So, I recorded it and as I’m recording it I’m thinking somehow we’ve got to collab with somebody and make this a cool event.
TANK: Well, Eric Bellinger brought me a few records – I always call him when I’m making a new album. RATED R&B: Your new single “You Don’t Know” is out now and we love it! Tell us more about the record and what made you choose to enlist Wale?