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Civil Scope: Tank God

Posted on November 27th, 2017
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Staff Editor


It’s not everyday that a biology student tops the billboard charts and receives a certified platinum plaque with one of our generations most successful artists. ‘Rockstar’ by Post Malone and 21 Savage has been killing the charts for the past 7 weeks, peaking at #1. The man behind the infectious beat is 20-year-old producer, Tank God.

Tank God was your everyday college student and creative with big dreams of being a producer. After taking his last final one school year, Tank opted out of getting lit with the homies and instead decided to get in the studio and work on his passion, producing. Little did he know, the beat that was birthed after a long week of grueling finals would land him a #1 record and a deal with Sony/ATV.

Along with peaking at #1 on Billboard, ‘Rockstar’ was also #1 on the Spotify Global Chart (55 million streams) and #1 (25 million streams) on Apple Music, making it the most streamed song ever in a week’s time. Tank God, Post Malone, and 21 Savage have made history with this record and it’s only the beginning for the young kid from the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan.

We recently had the chance to talk with Tank God about his most recent success, being an up and coming producer, new and old projects, working with Swizz Beatz, education, and more. Check out our new Civil Scope interview below:

“Rockstar” has been a crazy success. Congratulations. How do you feel? Did you expect this reaction?

Tank God: I feel great. God is good. Not when I [initially] made the beat, but after we finished up the studio session. Like you know when you feel something that just feels great. I didn’t know it was going to all happen so fast, that’s God right there.

Now that you have a number one record under your belt has your mentality or your work ethic changed at all?

Tank God: Well, I’m always in the studio, but now I’m in there every day. “Rockstar” went number one so I have to top that and surround myself with great energy. I’ve just been in my zone trying to create as much as I can.

Who have you been working with?

Tank God: I’m always working on Post’s stuff, he comes back from a tour in November. Some other people that I can’t mention at the moment.

What established producers do you look up to and why?

Tank God: Timbaland because he was the first person that I really saw take artists as a producer and really ‘break them’. Like with Aaliyah, he added his own vocals. It was like he was also an artist as well. I admired how he was also in the spotlight as an artist but he was also a producer. So it just showed me that producers that can have the spotlight also.

So the circulating story behind the making of the beat for “Rockstar” is that you created it after a long day of studying for finals, what was your major and why?

Tank God: Yea and it was Biology. My sister’s close friend’s mom passed away. Before she passed, I went to visit her at the hospital I told her that I was going to be a doctor when I was probably like 15. So when she passed away I told myself that I was going to be a doctor and that’s what really pushed me towards majoring in Biology.

Recently, her daughter hit me and was like, “Yo, I’m so proud of what you’re doing with music and I know my mom would be so proud of you”. So hearing that made me feel okay with not doing Biology and leaving school. I didn’t like it that much to be honest.

Are you done with school for right now?

Tank God: Yea, I was supposed to be in school this semester but I took a semester off to pretty much follow my dreams. This is what happens. I’m trying to let God guide me and figure it out.

Tell us more about “CYN”?

Tank God: It’s a group of us and everyone has their role. We have rappers, Dj’s, producers, creatives, ETC. We have so much music it’s crazy and we’re just working on getting those things out to the world. We have a song coming called “Berry” (link: https://soundcloud.com/cynmob/berry-king-combs-x-cyn-kai-cah-shaqnlivin-k-wales-prod-cyn-tank) out that we just produced which is crazy, it has this old school Bad Boy feel. We dropped it on SoundCloud but we’re going to do a bigger push on it real soon.

We want to show that groups are dope still. Is it dope to make music and just have fun ya know? We’re just trying to show that young kids can have an impact on the world too through our music. People sleep on groups, but we’re like brothers and family. We want to show people that making music and being in the industry can be fun. I want to do a Vlog because you can see how organic our sessions are, it’s just fun. We just chill and bounce ideas off of each other and make fire songs.

How is it working with Post Malone?

He has a lot of energy and he’s really funny but he’s very focused. Sometimes we have to lock in, sometimes he’s focused on just getting the song done so he won’t leave the studio for hours. Everything is very organic with us. A lot of the people that I work with I like it to be organic, I hate it when it’s forced. That’s why I like Post a lot because you never feel like you’re working with him it’s just fun, vibin’.

If you could work with any artist dead or alive who it be and why?

I feel like it would be really lit to work with Biggie. That’s so cliche but I feel like Biggie was probably a dope vibe. I would also want to work with Travis Scott.

What do you want the world to know about Tank God?

I want them to know that I’m here to motivate and encourage people to follow their dreams. That’s my goal for making music. I want them to know that I’m a living example of someone that is following their dreams, you should never give up on your dreams no matter what.

Anything else you want to add?

I want people to check out my Tank God project that dropped on July 7th, it’s on SoundCloud

IG: ProdByTank
Twitter: ProdByTank

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