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I Like Them Girls "I Like Them Girls" is a song by American singer Tyrese Gibson. It was written by Harvey Mason, Jr., Damon Thomas, Phillip "Silky" White, and J. Valentine for Gibson's second album '' 2000 Watts'' (2001), while production was helmed by Mason and Th ...

”), and the title track to N’Sync’s 9× platinum ''Celebrity'' album which sold 1.8 million in the first week.

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’s “ How Could You,” and

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’s " I'm Tryna" can also be credited to his resume, along with displaying vocals on two posthumous

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albums, '' Still I Rise'' and '' Until the End of Time''.

Early life

Valentine was born in The Fillmore District of San Francisco, California. As a kid, J. and his brothers would go down to Fisherman's Wharf where they were street performers. J. attended Balboa High School, where he played varsity basketball all four years of high school and AAU along with the likes of NBA players

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and

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. J. was also seen in

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's debut video " I Changed my Mind" as her love interest and worked on her last album as a producer and songwriter. He is of African American and Chinese ancestry.

Musical career

When Valentine was 9 years old, he and his brother formed the band The Newtrons. Early on he founded the CityBoyZ Muzik label and signed hip-hop artist Bailey, and subsequently released the song “Go Dumb” which was originally a record from his ''Hide Ya Breezy'' mixtape. Valentine's 2011 album ''The Testimony'' featured artists

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and

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. The album accumulated over 17 thousand records sold and reached the iTunes top 10 for

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. Valentine recorded “My Girl” with

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for In My Zone 2. Valentine's production company, Song Dynasty, includes his brother Bobby Newt, his friend Texx and the singer

. The team has written and produced songs for artists such as

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. They recently produced '' Now or Never'', Tank's first

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project. The album's second single, “Emergency,” held the number 5 spot on the Billboard music charts. They wrote the song “Regret” for R&B singer

featuring

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, which also peaked at #78 on the U.S. Billboard

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chart and #8 on the Billboard

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chart. Valentine scored his first #1 single on the R&B charts with Tank in 2022, with the successful single "Slow". Valentine and Tank are the hosts of a weekly podcast called ''R&B Money'', where the two discuss R&B music and other topics with some of the genre's current stars and its greatest legends.Tank Launches R&B Money Podcast With His Manager J. Valentine
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Discography

Albums

Mixtape

References

External links

Official Website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Valentine, J. Living people Singers from San Francisco American contemporary R&B singers 1979 births Songwriters from San Francisco American male singer-songwriters 21st-century American singers 21st-century American male singers Singer-songwriters from California