Jodeci

Released: December 21, 1993

Songwriter: Dalvin DeGrate

Producer: Dalvin DeGrate

[Verse: Jodeci, K-Ci]
Let us take our time
To tell you something real
A feeling that is right
A groove that you can feel
We know what you need
A little bit of Jodeci
Baby, groove and feel this beat
With Jodeci
We know what you need
A little bit of Jodeci
Baby, groove and feel this beat
With Jodeci
We'll show you how to love (Ooh yeah)
We'll show you how to love somebody (Oh, oh, oh)
We'll show you how to love (Yeah)
We'll show you how to love somebody (Oh oh ooh oh)
We'll show you how to love (Yeah, yeah, yeah)
We'll show you how to love somebody
(Do you wanna feel the love?)
We'll show you how to love
(Do you need to feel the love?)
We'll show you how to love somebody (Hey, hey, hey, yeah)

[Outro]
*phone rings*

[Operator]
Hello. You've reached the Jodecidal Hotline, ha ha ha. Speak at your own risk. Caller number one

[Caller One]
Yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, this the Baby Got Back Crew, you know what I'm sayin'? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, we wanna sing a little somethin', you know what I'm sayin'? You got your note, I got my note, ah, yeah, ah, come and talk to me. *dial tone*

[Caller Two]
Hello, uh, this is Darryl. I sing and, uh, dance. *dial tone*

[Caller Three]
Yo, man, this is D. Brook, man. Yeah, I got the grimey style for ya. *dial tone*

[Caller Four]
Hi, hi, this is Tasha. Do you remember me from Chicago? *dial tone*

[Operator]
Of course. Ha ha

[Caller Five]
Dawg, y'all niggas listenin' to pornos or, oh... *dial tone*

[Caller Six]
So where the booty at? Uh *dial tone*

[Caller Seven]
Yo, man, I wanna just hook up with y'all niggas, let's go on tour, man,.

[Caller Eight]
Yo, you coming over tonight? *dial tone*

[Operator]
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha

[Caller Nine]
I love Jodeci. Yeah, baby, ah, oh yeah, ha ha, ah, oh, mmm, yeah, ah, oh. *dial tone*

[Operator]
Until next week, next album *dial tone*

Started in 1983, Jodeci is comprised of two sets of brothers—Cedric and Joel Hailey (also known as K-Ci and JoJo) and Donald and Dalvin Degrate (also known as DeVante Swing and Mr. Dalvin). Jodeci were once known as the “bad boys of R&B,” notable particularly because they were actually boys at the time, breaking out as teenagers in 1991 with their debut album and its title ballad, “Forever My Lady.” Natives of North Carolina, they were discovered by Heavy D, who overheard their demo when an A&R at Uptown was in the process of passing on them. Heavy D introduced Jodeci to Uptown founder Andre Harrell, who signed them after they sang in his office, and handed them off to his then-protégé Puff Daddy, who outfitted the group in dark shades and coordinating leather ensembles. The look, along with the streetwise soul found in songs like “Cry 4 U” and “Feenin” (as well as a few run-ins with the law) made them the antithesis to good-guy personas of then-peaking R&B superstars Boyz II Men. Devante, who along with Mr. Dalvin held down production duties for the group, founded the Swing Mob, a collective responsible for the discovery of musical geniuses like Timbaland, Missy Elliott, and Static Major. As a group, Jodeci would go on to release three critically-acclaimed album in the ‘90s, before disappearing from the limelight. K-Ci and JoJo splintered off as a duo in 1997, producing hit single “All My Life” and, eventually, five albums, but adoring fans never let go of their Jodeci obsession. In March, the group released The Past, The Present, The Future, the first Jodeci album in two decades. Jodeci, if y'all reading this, where’d you go?

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