AccuRadio Song Of The Day-Tinashe

Artist:Tinashe f/ScHoolboy Q

Song:2 On

Album:Aquarius

The 2014 single 2 On was a top 5 R&B and a top 30 pop hit. It was the debut single for Tinashe and to date her only big hit. She still records on her own label and she has a new album coming out. She is also an actress mostly on TV. She was born Tinashe Jorgenson Kachingwe Feb. 6, 1993 in Lexington, KY but she grew up in Pasadena, CA where her parents are college professors. Her father is from Zimbabwe and Tinashe means "God is with us" in his native language. Tinashe started out as a model and actress as a child but decided to pursue music after graduating high school. She did a lot of voice work in animated films. Her most notable film appearance was in the 2003 film Masked and Anonymous performing the Bob Dylan song The Times They Are A-Changin'. Dylan appeared in the film. Tinashe apparently was the best thing in this bomb. In 2007, Tinashe joined the girl group The Stunners created and managed by Colleen "Vitamin C" Fitzpatrick. Memba her? She scored a couple of hits in the late 90s. By this time, she was starting girl groups like The Stunners. They signed with Columbia and Lionsgate produced a reality show pilot for MTV. This went nowhere and The Stunners split up in 2011. Tinashe went home and taught herself to make music by watching YouTube videos. After releasing music herself, Tinashe signed with RCA Records in 2012. She released her debut album Aquarius in 2014. The first single 2 On reached #3 on the R&B Singles chart and #24 on the Billboard Hot 100. 2 On featured rapper ScHoolboy Q. Tinashe worked with a laundry list of producers. 2 On was produced by DJ Mustard, Jon Redwine and DJ Marley Waters. Mustard has worked with Ty Dolla Sign among others. Tinashe wrote the song with Bobby Brackins. They sampled the 2005 Sean Paul single We Be Burnin' which has a lot of songwriting credits. The album did OK. It's available as a budget CD. The most notable thing about this record is Tinashe is gorgeous. I didn't think the music was anything special. Tinashe recorded three albums for RCA and she only had one hit. She wrote all the songs on the last two albums. Then she left RCA in 2019 to start her own label with Roc Nation distribution. She has released three albums and has a fourth one coming out. Look, I understand Tinashe wants to write and produce her own music. But no one is buying it. So maybe she should try a different approach and give control to a big name producer. What she is doing now is not working. She also appeared in FOX's 2019 TV production of Rent Live. Other than that, she seems to do a lot of reality TV. Maybe Tinashe just isn't distinctive enough to be a star despite her looks. Here's the video for 2 On by Tinashe featuring ScHoolboy Q.