Jodeci

Released: July 18, 1995

Songwriter: DeVante Swing

Producer: DeVante Swing

[Intro: Tim Daniels]
Good evening, I'm Tim Daniels, and this is the nightly news
Our top stories tonight:
The OJ Simpson trial ends in a not guilty verdict
Quayle announces he'll run in '96
And pork belly prices plunge
But first, our top story:
In an unconfirmed report out of New York this evening
The multi-platinum R&B group Jodeci is missing
The group's summer tour, The Show, The After-Party, The Hotel
Was scheduled to begin this evening and it is not known at this time whether or not that will occur
We will bring you more on this breaking story as soon as it becomes availablе to us

[Interlude: C. Dubb]
Yeah, this is C. Dubb from the salty D
For all you niggas out therе in the Jeeps, 6-4s, six-treys, and Cadillacs
With that heat in the trunk
I got a brand new funk for ya
Four niggas from Charlotte, North Cacalacki: Jodeci

[Outro: Jodeci & C. Dubb]
Come gimme that, girl, come gimme that, girl, come gimme that booty
(So pop that ass up)
Come gimme that, come gimme that, come gimme that booty
Come gimme that, come gimme that, come gimme that booty
Come gimme that, girl, come gimme that, come gimme that booty

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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The Show, The After-Party, The Hotel

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The Show, The After-Party, The Hotel (1995)

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