His conscience plays a large role in every aspect of work he does. That’s what’s kept me in the game for so long,” says the son of two preachers. “You have to be a good person, and you have to have a business mind. Joe declares this to be “the best work” that he has ever done. Bringing in something new for this new era with hit singles such as “Magic” and “Sex Girl,” this is an album attracting new fans while still being relative for the fans who have been with him since day one. In what he describes as a throwback album, he seeks to pay homage to the artists who inspired him. Not only that, but Joe has even gone as far as to attach sheet music for each song, a step that most artists would never think of. With a 70’s kind of feel and 75% of the music in live performance, he accomplishes a complicated melody of passion, urgency, and excitement without losing the feeling of a traditional record. While developing Signature, Joe admits to taking great risks to expect an even greater return. We need someone to step outside the box,” Joe explains while also complimenting younger artists Ne-yo and Trey Songs for “doing their thing for their generation.”įor this 15-year veteran and 7-time Grammy-nominated singer/producer, stepping outside of the box is definitely a talent and skill set which Joe has mastered. When asked about the state of R & B right now, he grimly suggests, “It’s surviving.” To get us out of this tense state, Joe urges that we need more inspiration, including more male R&B groups- supposedly more than just Diddy’s Makings of the Band can single-handedly provide. will take it too far and have a harder time than women moving on.” He warns about the tendencies of a man, which can often leave a woman open to a vulnerable, even dangerous, situation. Tell how you’re really feeling.”Ĭall it a double standard, but he directs this advice most specifically to the women. “It hurts when things don’t end up the way you want it to,” Joe confesses. “We hold onto that joint as tight as we can,” says Joe who through time has learned to respect love more. Therefore, when they finally do reach that point of monogamy, men love just as strongly, and if not stronger, than women, according to Joe. Men have a much harder time than women in falling in love, settling down, and committing to just one person. This is the most significant way in which men and women love differently. The lesson here is not for women to stop loving just one man, or that men are incapable of loving just one woman, the lesson is for the ladies to be more selective with whom you choose to give your love to.
While Joe knew that this woman had committed herself to loving him and only him what she did not know was that to Joe she was still just his “main girl.” For the ladies who need a definition, this is the one of several who they choose to “spend the holidays with.”ĭespite all the implications of “Stutter,” which Joe admits he “made all that shit up,” Joe has never been cheated on, (that he knows of, because statistics show that 8 out of 10 people have been or will be cheated on). “That’s usually the problem for most women.” However, cheating is just a relative term. which also achieved gold status and had the popular single 'More and More.“She liked me more than I liked her,” Joe explains in his own way what led him, and often leads many men, to stray. In 2001, Joe released The Better Days which went Gold and had the single 'Lets Stay Home Tonight.' In 2003 he released And Then.
He has yet to repeat the high sales of My Name Is Joe but that's not to say his latest albums haven't been successfull. It had the pop hit 'I wanna Know' and 'Stutter.' His third album, My Name Is Joe came out in 2000 and reached #2 on the Billboard charts, selling over three million copies. Things started becoming golden after that, with Joe appearing on the smash hit 'Thank God I Found You' with Mariah Carey. The album had two Top 5 R&B tracks, 'All the Things' and 'Don't Wanna Be a Player.' The album went platinum, showing Joe's blossoming career. The album that truly put him on the spot was All That I Am, released in 1997 under Jive Records. The cd had several hit singles including 'I'm in Luv', and 'All or Nothing.' In 1993, he released the album Everything under Polygram Records. Joe got his chance while working in a gospel music store in New Jersey, where he met with producer Vincent Herbert. As he became enveloped in music, he grew to love legends Stevie Wonder and Marvin Gaye and contemporary stars Bobby Brown and Keith Sweat. He grew up singing in the choir, playing guitar and eeven directing the choir at his church.īecause of his roots in the church, Joe was influenced early on by gospel stars like the Winans, Commissioned and Vanessa Bell Armstrong. Joe Thomas grew up in Opelika, Alabama and was the son of two preachers.