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Terrance Quaites is an American R&B singer, known professionally as TQ.
TQ was raised in the church (he sang in the choir) but his real education came from the streets, where the first wave of hip-hop music became the soundtrack to his life. “From Monday to Saturday I was hangin’, partyin’, chasing girls, getting in trouble, and straight-up acting the fool,” he admits. “But on Sunday my mother dragged me out of bed to go to church. That’s where I developed my singing voice and learned how to make people feel me.”
TQ was never a thug in the true sense of the word: His hard-working parents instilled positive values in him, and didn’t hesitate to set him straight when he was wrong. At 16, when his mom found a gun in his room, she sent the teenager to live with an aunt in Atlanta. In retrospect, says TQ, “sending me down South saved my life. It made me straighten up—for awhile, anyway.”
These conflicting circumstances honed TQ’s survival instincts and his passion for music. “The little money I had to buy records was spent on rap,” he notes. “See, I really wasn’t much into my generation’s r&b. I listened more to the old-school soul that my parents had in the house. So my music now is more a combination of that and hard-core hip-hop.”
TQ was raised in the church (he sang in the choir) but his real education came from the streets, where the first wave of hip-hop music became the soundtrack to his life. “From Monday to Saturday I was hangin’, partyin’, chasing girls, getting in trouble, and straight-up acting the fool,” he admits. “But on Sunday my mother dragged me out of bed to go to church. That’s where I developed my singing voice and learned how to make people feel me.”
TQ was never a thug in the true sense of the word: His hard-working parents instilled positive values in him, and didn’t hesitate to set him straight when he was wrong. At 16, when his mom found a gun in his room, she sent the teenager to live with an aunt in Atlanta. In retrospect, says TQ, “sending me down South saved my life. It made me straighten up—for awhile, anyway.”
These conflicting circumstances honed TQ’s survival instincts and his passion for music. “The little money I had to buy records was spent on rap,” he notes. “See, I really wasn’t much into my generation’s r&b. I listened more to the old-school soul that my parents had in the house. So my music now is more a combination of that and hard-core hip-hop.”
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They Never Saw Me Coming
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They Never Saw Me Comin'
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The Second Coming
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Paradise (Explicit)
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Westside
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Bye Bye Baby
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Sexy
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If the World Was Mine
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Better Days
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Right On
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Darlin' Mary
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Don Breezio (interlude)
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RememberMelinda
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I Get Around
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Change (Intro)
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Ain't The Same
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Proud Mary
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CHOOK85 wrote:
Coming Soon... :-(
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CHOOK85 wrote:
I'm waitin' his new album "Kind Of Blue", but when it finally comes out :-(
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poexone wrote:
His new album needs to be correctly added. The tracks are scrobbled all over the place.
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Lavigne88 wrote:
I love his first album, also have his second album and gonna buy 3th and 4th album soon! Although I'm not a fan of R&B and HipHop, I really enjoy listening to TQ's music! I'm more a fan of rock music but I loved his first singles immediatly when I saw the videoclips on MTV back in 1997 or 1998 ^^
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Snoopaveli wrote:
Man, I Luv Dope Man from S.E.X.Y. new album !!! that track iz the shit !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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CHOOK85 wrote:
New album "S.E.X.Y." in stores out now! :-) http://www.amazon.com/S-E-X-Y-TQ/dp/B0029MAXEK/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1246616288&sr=1-6
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Sgt_Cruz wrote:
New album 'Kind Of Blue' comin soon ! Check TQ's Dirty Diana Cover on his Facebook !
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Snoopaveli wrote:
Westside, Daily, Bye Bye Baby, I get Aroud, Darlin' Mary, Ghetto, Internationnaly hours & The COME BACK ft THA DOGG POUND !!, Your Sister ft Too $hort !!!!!
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Myvictorio wrote:
Ready to roll it in Poland. His concert comes up 26th June 2009 at the speedway stadium in Gorzow Wielkopolski. Can hardly wait.
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pcassio23 wrote:
Proud Mary 's the best song, but Bye Bye Baby, Westside, Sexy are sick like a hell too
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Ke-Boo wrote:
Dam I remember TQ !! Cant remember what group he used to sing with, it was a boy group that sang R&B songs etc anywayz Im glad I found him again thanks to my girl Amycrd !!! Luv his voice <3 <3
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brocklesnarwwe wrote:
WESTside !! yeaah go hard TQ
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Annuka_Twice wrote:
I love it
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SimonaMC wrote:
TQ is the best R&B singer! together with Nate Dogg
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SimonaMC wrote:
The Best R&B singer! together with Nate Dogg!
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furiousrat wrote:
West-side 'till I die!! What happened TQ?
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Suffer_debel wrote:
bye bye!
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RNBGuru wrote:
TQ's debut album was so good, but he fell off afterwards. Cash Money killed him.
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dadoubleny wrote:
I love "They Never saw me comin" but he's never managed to make anything as good since - Paradise is the closest he's come.
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mhunke wrote:
they never saw me coming's some tight shit
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ramel44, KALEL72X, SWITCH36 and 1 other person added TQ to their libraries. yesterday evening
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Schranz77 tagged TQ with ‘rnb’. Wednesday afternoon
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Schranz77, Nilzy86, SiLVERBULLETEP3 and 30 other people added TQ to their libraries. Wednesday afternoon
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Furyian tagged TQ with rap, male vocalist, r&b and one other tag. 13 days ago
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bartonleesteven tagged TQ with east coast rap, gangsta rap, 50 cent and 4 other tags. last month
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bartonleesteven, VrenelesFace, r08rwn and 8 other people added TQ to their libraries. last month
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wu1fbee, KimbaforKing, Leannashley09 and 21 other people added TQ to their libraries. last month
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Desperado92 unlinked TQ from +RAP+. September 2009
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