WELCOME TO TASHAN7.COM
THE OFFICIAL WEBSITE FOR THE SINGER, MUSICIAN,WRITER,PRODUCER, ENTERTAINER AND RECORDING ARTIST:
TASHAN7
BORN: THOMAS J.PEARSE APRIL 30, 1962

TOMMY PEARSE IS A MUSICAL PRODUCT OF THE BEULAH BAPTIST CHURCH AND THE ESTELLE AND ALPHONSO DANCE STUDIO OF POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y.

HE DECIDED TO START CHASING' HIS DREAM TO BE A RECORDING ARTIST WHEN HE WAS A STUDENT AT HOWARD UNIVERSITY IN WASHINGTON,D.C.

MUSIC JOURNALISTS AND FANS WORLDWIDE HAVE COMPARED HIM TO THE LIKES OF OUR LEGENDARY SOUL MEN. HE HAS BEEN INFLUENCED BY THE BEST OF THEM AND HAS COMPILED QUITE A MUSICAL REPETOIRE OF HIS OWN.

HE FIRST CAME ON THE MUSIC SCENE AS TASHAN SINGING BACKGROUND ON THE FAT BOYS DEBUT ALBUM (CAN YOU FEEL IT?)

HE THEN HOOKED UP WITH RAP GROUP WHODINI TO CREATE ONE OF THE FIRST RECORDS EVER TO BLEND RAP AND R&B TOGETHER "YOURS FOR A NIGHT" ON JIVE/ARISTA ('83) 

ONE YEAR LATER AFTER WRITING NEW SONGS AS A SOLO ARTIST HE WAS THE FIRST R&B SINGER SIGNED BY RUSSELL SIMMONS TO DEF JAM RECORDINGS.WE FIRST FELT TASHAN'S PASSION FOR SOUL AND HIP HOP ON HIS DEBUT RELEASE, "CHASIN' A DREAM"  DEF JAM/COLUMBIA ('85).

HIS SOPHOMORE RELEASE ON (OBR)ORIGINAL BLACK RECORDS/DEF JAM WAS "ON THE HORIZON" ('89).
THE ALBUM FEATURED THE SOCIALLY CONSCIOUS SONGS AND VIDEOS "BLACK MAN" AND "SAVE THE FAMILY". TASHAN WAS NOMINATED FOR AN NAACP IMAGE AWARD IN ('91).

KEEPING THE GROOVE AND REFUELING THE PASSION THIS RECORD EXEMPLIFIED HIS CLASSIC RHYTHMN AND BLUES STYLE. "FOR THE SAKE OF LOVE" ('94), RECORDED AT RED BUS STUDIOS IN LONDON, ENGLAND HIS THIRD RELEASE ON CHAOS/COLUMBIA/SONY MUSIC, EXPANDED TASHAN'S INTERNATIONAL APPEAL. THE BEAUTIFULLY ARRANGED SONGS FEATURED THE LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA.

HE PERFORMED THE FIRST SINGLE "LOVE IS FOREVER" ON DON CORNELIUS'S SOUL TRAIN IN 1994. CLEAN, CONTEMPORARY AND REAL HIS DREAM CONTINUED WITH HIS FIRST INDEPENDENT RELEASE "LIFE GOEZ ON" ON POWERKINGDOM MUSIC ('02) TASHAN'S SOULFUL SOPHISTICATION EXUDES IN HIS MELODIES AND LYRICS. HE HAS TOURED AND PERFORMED FOR SOUL AND R&B MUSIC LOVERS IN BRAZIL,ITALY,JAPAN,GERMAN,FRANCE SWEDEN,HOLLAND AND COUNTLESS TIMES IN ENGLAND, THE HOME OF HIS LARGEST FAN BASE.

THIS BRINGS US TO THE LAUNCHING OF TASHAN'S BRAND NEW ALBUMS...
ALL OR NOTHIN'- GIRL BE QUIET- POURIN' LIKE RAIN

ALL OR NOTHIN' CATERS STRICTLY TO THE LADIES. THESE SONGS ARE ABOUT LOVE, PASSION AND DESIRE.

GIRL BE QUIET DELIVERS HOT BEATS FOR BOUNCING IN THE CLUB, JAMMING TO THE RADIO OR PARTYING AT HOME. THIS COLLECTION OF HIP HOP SOUL DANCE MUSIC WILL SURELY TASTE GOOD TO YOUR EARS.

POURIN' LIKE RAIN IS TASHAN7'S DEFINITIVE WORK DESIGNED TO UPLIFT AND INSPIRE THE HUMAN SPIRIT. THIS LYRICAL SET IS POWERFUL AND WILL PROVOKE YOUR SUBCONSCIOUS MIND AND TOUCH YOUR SOUL.

TASHAN7 HOUSE IS A COLLECTION OF SOULFUL HOUSE SONGS.

T$MMYR$CK IS AN EXPLOSIVE FORAY INTO FUNKY ROCK AND ROLL.

AS OF APRIL 25, 2009 WITH THE LAUNCHING OF THIS WEBSITE I NOW PROFESSIONALLY USE THE NAME TASHAN7
 

Cold Chasin' a Dream.. if you know what I mean.. still strivin' and climbin'.. all because I believe.. in the things I say.. the things I do.. ..for how else am I to ever.. make my dreams come true..true..true...

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