Jodeci

Released: March 31, 2015

Songwriter: Dalvin DeGrate DeVante Swing Steve Beckham

Producer: DeVante Swing Timbaland

[Verse 1]
Doin' your thing like you be doin' it, girl
Walkin' around like you've been walkin' all around, girl
Wearin' it like you've been wearin' it, girl
Keep smilin' and smilin', keep smilin' for me, baby
That's all I keep thinkin' of
Every time you be lookin' over my way

[Bridge]
I be thinkin' you be lookin' at me
I be thinkin' you be starin' at me
I be thinkin' you be watchin' me
I be thinkin' you be clockin' me

[Pre-Chorus]
Maybe not, maybe it's just
Just my imagination
Incredible
I'm taking you with me
Babe can't you see

[Chorus]
I think you're so incredible
Incredible, I gots to know
I think you're so incredible

[Verse 2]
Dreamin' for you like I've been dreamin' for you
Wantin' you like I've been wantin', wantin' you
Schemin' for you like I've been schemin' for you
Huntin' for you like I'm on a hunt for you, baby
I hope I really catch up with you
I hope you come around the way
I can't wait to tell all my friends
About this incredible lady

[Chorus (repeated)]

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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