Joe

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Joe is an accomplished vocalist of smooth and sultry R&B productions with occasional hip-hop beats, and his extensive background in gospel music has allowed him to produce his albums as well as sing on them. A native of Georgia, Joe later moved to Opelika, Alabama; since he was the son of two preachers, he spent much time in church singing, playing guitar, and even directing the choir. Influenced early on by gospel stars like the Winans, Commissioned, and Vanessa Bell Armstrong, Joe grew to love soul legends Stevie Wonder and Marvin Gaye plus contemporary stars Bobby Brown and Keith Sweat. Joe graduated from high school and continued to sing and write music while working at occasional temporary jobs. Finally, he traveled to New Jersey, hoping to make connections in the music industry. While working at a gospel record store and continuing his music education through a local church, he met producer Vincent Herbert and recorded a three-song demo tape. He signed to Polygram and in 1993 released his album debut, Everything. Joe also appeared on the soundtrack to Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood, and moved to Jive/RCA for his second album, 1997's All That I Am. The single "Don't Wanna Be a Player" hit the Top 40, thanks to its exposure on the soundtrack of Booty Call. While All That I Am went platinum, Joe remixed a duet by Tina Turner and Barry White, "Never in Your Dreams"; he also produced and wrote for the debut albums of Ideal and Deja Groove. In 1999, Joe appeared on Mariah Carey's "Thank God I Found You" single (from 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, his releases throughout the remainder of the decade -- Better Days (2001), And Then... (2003), Ain't Nothin' Like Me (2007), Joe Thomas, New Man (2008), and Signature (2009) -- were solid full-lengths. Each one reached the Top Ten of the R&B chart. His first release of the 2010s was The Good, the Bad, the Sexy (2011), featuring four productions from Brandon “B.A.M.” Alexander. Allmusic by John Bush

Album: Everything (1993)

01. The One For Me
02. I'm In Luv
03. All Or Nothing
04. It's Alright
05. If Loving You Is Wrong
06. What's On Your Mind
07. Finally Back
08. Get A Little Closer
09. I Can Do It Right
10. Everything
11. Baby Don't Stop

Album: All That I Am (1997)

01. All the Things (Your Man Won't Do)
02. The Love Scene
03. Don't Wanna Be a Player
04. Good Girls
05. How Soon
06. Sanctified Girl (Can't Fight This Feeling)
07. All That I Am
08. No One Else Comes Close
09. Come Around
10. U Shoulda Told Me (U Had a Man)
11. Love Don't Make No Sense
12. No One Else Comes Close [Unplugged Version]

Album: My Name Is Joe (2000)

01. Intro (My Name Is Joe)
02. Somebody Gotta Be On Top
03. Stutter
04. Table For Two
05. I Wanna Know
06. Treat Her Like A Lady
07. Get Crunk Tonight
08. 5 6 3 (Joe)
09. Peep Show
10. One Life Stand
11. Black Hawk
12. I Believe In You
13. So Beautiful
14. Thank God I Found You (Make It Last Remix Edit)
15. Soon As I Get Paid
16. No One Else Comes Close
17. Stutter (Double Take Remix)

Album: Better Days (2001)

01. Let's Stay Home Tonight
02. Better Days
03. What If A Woman
04. Alone
05. Isn't This The World
06. Ghetto Child
07. I Like Sexy Girls
08. Here She Comes
09. Lover's Prayer
10. Changed Man
11. I Understand
12. She Used 2 Luv Me
13. World Of Girls
14. Let's Stay Home Tonight (Remix)

Album: And Then... (2003)

01. Sweeter Than Sugar
02. And Then...
03. More & More
04. Ride Wit U
05. Priceless
06. Jeep
07. You Dropped Your Dime
08. Make You My Baby
09. Street Dreams
10. It Ain't Like That
11. Another Used to Be
12. Bedroom
13. Testify
14. Hey Mami
15. I Remember (Ft Freeway)

Album: Aint Nothin Like Me (2007)

01. Get To Know Me
02. If I Was Your Man
03. I Want Her
04. Where You At
05. My Love
06. Go Hard
07. Ain't Nothin' Like Me
08. It's Me
09. Let's Just Do It
10. Feel For You
11. Just Relax
12. Love Is Just A Game
13. You Should Know Me
14. Life Of The Party
15. That's What I Like

Album: Joe Thomas, New Man (2008)

01. E.R.
02. By Any Means
03. Why Just be Friends
04. We Need To Roll
05. Man In Your Life
06. I Won t Let Him Hurt You
07. New Man
08. Start Over Again
09. Sorry
10. Heart Behind My Eyes
11. Chameleon

Album: Greatest Hits (2008)

01. Beautiful
02. Don't Wanna Be A Player
03. All The Things (Your Man Won't Do)
04. I Wanna Know
05. Good Girls
06. Ride Wit U
07. Still Not A Player
08. Stutter (Double Take Remix)
09. The Love Scene
10. All That I Am
11. More & More
12. Priceless
13. If I Was Your Man
14. Let's Stay Home Tonight

Album: Signature (2009)

01.Majic
02. Sex Girl
03. Very Special Friend
04. Friends Don't Let Friends
05. Worst Case Scenario
06. Wanna Be Your Lover
07. Miss My Baby
08. Come Get to This
09. Metaphor
10. Love's Greatest Episode
11. Sensitive Lover
12. Change

Album: The Good The Bad The Sexy (2011)

01. Losing
02. Time Of Your Life
03. Almost There
04. Circles
05. Pull My Hair
06. Dear Joe
07. Slow Kisses
08. Lose Control
09. Tonight
10. Impossible
11. Drink Up