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Joe (b. Joe Thomas, c.1972, Cuthbert, Georgia, USA) has graduated to become one of the leading artists on the American urban R&B market. As a youth he decided to move away from vocal, guitar and piano chores at his father's church in Opelika, Alabama, and relocated to New Jersey, picking up a whole slew of new jazz, soul, R&B and hip-hop influences in the process. He was eventually discovered singing in a Newark church by R&B producer Vincent Herbert. He was employed regularly in local studios to add his various musical abilities to records cut in New York studios for swingbeat acts like SWV and Hi-Five. Others who used his services included Toni Braxton, TLC and Vanessa Bell Armstrong. The success of his debut album Everything, and the hit single "I'm In Luv", encouraged his label PolyGram Records to employ him in a dual role as staff producer for their urban acts. He relocated to Jive Records for his sophomore set, All That I Am, which went platinum thanks to the inclusion of the transatlantic hit singles "Don't Wanna Be A Player" and "The Love Scene". In 1999, Joe appeared on Mariah Carey's "Thank God I Found You" single (from her album Rainbow), and caught yet another break from a soundtrack appearance, this time with "I Wanna Know" from The Wood. Released as a single in the fall, "I Wanna Know" languished in the lower reaches of the charts until suddenly catching fire in early 2000; the single reached the R&B Top Five in March, setting the stage for Joe's next album, the multi-platinum My Name Is Joe. Despite never achieving that level of sales again, 2001's Better Days, 2003's And Then..., and 2007's Ain't Nothin' Like Me were solid full-lengths.
Sound Files (MP3)
If I Was Your Man - from the album Ain't Nothin' Like Me
Where You At (f/Papoose) - from the album Ain't Nothin' Like Me
*Ride Wit U (w/G-Unit) - from the album And Then
*More & More - from the album And Then
*I Want A Girl Like You (w/Jadakiss) - from the Drumline soundtrack
Stutter (Double Take Remix) - from the Double Take soundtrack
Stutter - from the album My Name Is Joe
I Wanna Know - from the album My Name Is Joe
The Love Scene - from the album All That I Am
Don't Wanna Be A Player - from the album All That I Am
No One Else Comes Close - from the album All That I Am
Bet She Don't Love You (w/A+)
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