Jodeci

Released: August 27, 1991

Songwriter: DeVante Swing

Producer: DeVante Swing

*synthesizer/music*

(K-Ci)
Girl I love you soooo, soooo, soooooo. (riff)
Ah ah ah ah haaaa , Ahh,haa,haaa

*JoJo comes in*
I know you're mine, yeah!
And if you think... MINE!

*K-Ci blends in with JoJo*
I know you're mine
(Ad-lib) Yes you are!
You're mineeee (riff)
Oh yeah, I know you're mine
(soulful riff) Heyyy!
*soft tone* I'm outta here

(The homeboy meet-up)

(K-Ci) Jodeci is in the house!

(Homeboy) What up dal?

(Mr.Dalvin) Yo, what's up man?

(JoJo) All these fly honeys out here..

(Homeboy) On the strip!

(Another homeboy) Dalvin!

(Other Homeboy) Yo, where DeVante man?

(Mr.Dalvin) Yo, I don't know. He's somewhere kickin' it, ya know?

(Anotha brotha) Yo, what's up with the flow?

(JoJo) Later for all that man, ya know what I'm sayin'? I'm gonna call my girl...

*payphone rings/dials number*

(JoJo) Ahh,hope you home baby, c'mon baby.. PLEASE be there!

(K-Ci) Yo hurry up!

*phone rings*
*his lady picks up the phone*

(JoJo's lady)"Hello? Who's calling?"

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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Forever My Lady

From the album

Forever My Lady (1991)

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Forever My Lady