Jodeci

Released: July 18, 1995

Songwriter: DeVante Swing

Producer: DeVante Swing

[Intro: Jodeci]
Ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh
It's only a quarter past two
Don't wanna stop freek'n you

[Interlude: DeVante Swing]
It's intermission time
Blaze it up

[Bridge: Jodeci]
Feelin' so good tonight
Get me on top
And girl I'll use it right
Let's float to the sky
Baby, tell me I
Just wanna get high

[Interlude: DeVante Swing]
Yeah, turn over
Yeah, that's it
Yeah
Keep it right there

Five, four, three, two (Enter)

[Bridge: Jodeci]
We can have some fun, baby, you know I am the one
Come gimme that, come gimme that, come gimme that booty
Doin' you all night 'til you see the early morn'
Come gimme that, come gimme that, come gimme that booty
I know my game is tight so you know you're gettin' done
Come gimme that, come gimme that, come gimme that booty
Baby, can't you recognize you wanna give me some?
Come gimme that, come gimme that, come gimme that booty
(Enter, enter)

[Interlude: DeVante Swing]
Yeah, this is Boss Playa DeVante back up in you one more gen
Yeah, you got the time, we can get down for the night
'Cause I be gettin' down for mine
Yeah, you know what I'm sayin'
I be kickin' it like that
Let the music ride

[Outro: Jodeci]
Time, place, thing, ashamed
Time, place, thing, hang

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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