It just so happened that as <a href="https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/tank-explains-why-tyrese-and-ginuwine-didnt-end-up-on-randb-money-news.156874.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Tank&#8217;s R&amp;B Money </a>was released to a warm response from listeners, <a href="https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/what-has-diddy-done-for-randb-news.156893.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Sean &#8220;Diddy&#8221; Combs sparked</a> a conversation about whether or not there is still life in the genre. A question posed by <a href="/profile/Diddy" class="text-word" target="_blank" >Diddy</a> regarding R&amp;B being dead took over the internet as people, fans and professionals, debated the hot topic. There was a time in music history when the industry was existing on the back of R&amp;B and Soul, but these days, the genres don&#8217;t carry as much weight as they once did.
<a href="/profile/Tank" class="text-word" target="_blank" >Tank</a> was stopped by a TMZ cameraperson and asked if the reception of his record proves that R&amp;B is alive and well. &#8220;It proves that R&amp;B is not dead for me,&#8221; answered Tank. &#8220;But it doesn&#8217;t prove that R&amp;B as a whole is not dead.&#8221;
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&#8220;We are still disconnected from the mainstream—shout out to you, TMZ, for giving us this mainstream look and <a href="https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/joe-budden-says-diddy-is-late-to-the-randb-is-dead-conversation-news.156882.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">continuing this conversation</a> in the mainstream, but we need more of that. Not just me, not just [Chris Brown], not just Usher, we need all of us. We need more. When can a song like [Boyz II Men&#8217;s] &#8216;End of the Road&#8217; or [Jodeci&#8217;s] &#8216;Forever My Lady&#8217; be at the top of the 100 charts for a male R&amp;B singer? When? It should be now. So, shoutout to Puff.&#8221;
Tank agreed that R&amp;B as a whole has &#8220;<a href="https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/usher-says-diddy-declaring-randb-is-dead-sounds-nuts-to-me-news.156814.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">been on a decline</a>,&#8221; as the cameraperson suggested, and added, &#8220;Give us our space back.&#8221;
<a href="/profile/JamieFoxx" class="text-word" target="_blank" >Jamie Foxx</a>&#8217;s appearance at Tank&#8217;s R&amp;B Money release party had fans clamoring for more music from the multihyphenate star. Tank said that he, too, has been &#8220;begging&#8221; Foxx to drop new hits for years, but it seems that for now, the actor&#8217;s focus is elsewhere.
Check out the brief chat below.
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