Jodeci

Released: July 18, 1995

Songwriter: DeVante Swing

Producer: DeVante Swing

[Intro: DeVante Swing & Woman]
Ah, hold on, baby, let me change the station
Don't stop
This shit is tight
Sorry, sorry
Wait a minute, wait a minute, baby
That's my song, turn that shit up

[Chorus: DeVante Swing]
I be goin' so low, won't you come and see me
I be gettin' freaky, baby, won't you come on, pump me
I be goin' so low, won't you come and see me
I be gettin' freaky, baby, won't you come on, pump me

[Interlude: DeVante Swing & Jodeci]
This is boss playa, comin' to you live and direct, you know what I'm sayin'?
Jodeci's up in this mutha (Can you pump it back?)
You know what I'm sayin', for the nine-fidive, kickin' it all the way lidive
But right now, DeVante's on the solo tip and it goes like this

[Chorus: DeVante Swing]
I be goin' so low (I be goin' so low), won't you come and see me
(Won't you come and see me)
I be gettin' freaky (I be gettin' freaky), baby, won't you come on, pump me
(Baby, won't you come on)
I be goin' so low (I be goin' so low), won't you come and see me
(Won't you come on, see me)
I be gettin' freaky (I be gettin' freaky), baby, won't you come on, pump me
(Baby, won't you come on, pump me)

[Outro: DeVante Swing]
Pump it up, pump it up, pump it up, y'all
We be pumpin' hard
We be burnin' holes in our drawers
Pump it up, pump it up, pump it up, y'all
One, two, girl, what you wanna do?
Baby, pump me while I pump you

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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