R&B General Tank took to social media ahead of the weekend to shake the table by kicking off a vocal challenge aimed at REAL singers only!

Tank started the #CanWeTalkChallenge–inspired by one of our long-time faves and living legends, Tevin Campbell–on social media and made it clear that if you can’t sing the classic 90s R&B song without autotune, or assistance with just vocals off the rip–you aren’t a real R&B singer.

I need all my young male r&b singers to tap in!! They say you ain’t here and i say you are!! Tag me!!
#canwetalkchallenge
R&B MONEY!!..

 

 

 

 

 

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By Sunday night, the challenge was officially accepted by several of his R&B peers young and old, as well as others who wanted to get in on the action. Get into just a few of the response videos below including Kevin Ross, RL, Avery Wilson, and more.

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Kudos! There’s plenty more where those came from but there’s nothing like the original though!

You can also get into our exclusive video of Tevin himself performing ‘Can We Talk’ and more at the DMV R&B Fest (alongside Ginuwine, Dru Hill–Playa, Silk, Johnny Gill, and Keith Sweat) last Sunday below (at the 14:30 mark).