Joe
By All Music Guide
By All Music Guide
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 Dont Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood, and moved to Jive/RCA for his second album, 1997s All That I Am. The single Dont 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 debut albums by Ideal and Deja Groove. In 1999, Joe appeared on Mariah Careys 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 Joes next album, My Name Is Joe.
