Longtime friends and veteran R&B singers
Tyrese,
Ginuwine, and
Tank formed a trio, dubbed
TGT, in 2007. They worked together on a remix of
Tank's "Please Don't Go," and appeared on
Slim Thug's "Let Me Grind," but they didn't make their alliance official until 2012, when they signed with the Atlantic label. Promising to provide pure and mature R&B, their first proper release was the ballad "Sex Never Felt Better," issued in February 2013. They released their first album,
Three Kings, that August, with songwriting duties shared between all three members and additional collaborative input from the likes of Harvey Mason, Jr., Damon Thomas, Brandon Hodge, and
Lonny Bereal, among others. ~ Andy Kellman