jodeci appreciation thread

Rozay Oro

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"There are only two powers, us and Boyz II Men."-DeVante

"Jodeci changed the culture, everybody wanted to do it. Everybody wanted to sound like Jodeci."-Jamie Foxx

"No group can compare to them. Boyz II Men have more of a mass appeal, but Jodeci is straight black."-Sean Combs

"We're making music that we like. We dont make music to be on every white awards show."-Dalvin

"We did our own writing, our own producing, own arrangements...we took the picture but Andre and Puff just put it in a frame."-KCi

"My daddy already told me...if you dont get a record deal, dont come back."-K Ci

"We did like a 30 song demo and than DeVante out of the blue said 'I'm going to Minneapolis, I cant take Charlotte no mo'. He slept on Paisley Park in front, outside they didn't even let him in. He came back mad...now he dont even listen to Prince."-K Ci

"K-Ci's a real gospel singer. The kind who might get some hot grits thrown on him by Mary and end up singing gospel again."-Andre Harrell

"I wrote her (Mary J. Blige) and K-Ci's verses in like five minutes."-DeVante

"(Fights). I done hit all three of them m-fers, I'm the lead sanger. I'm the Eddie Kane. I'm the David Ruffin."-K Ci

"Dont nobody mack like Jodeci."-Dalvin

"I had to be careful because if she(Mary) saw me with a woman she would try to start fights and put on a big show. It was crazy."-KCi

"There were women just lined up all the way to the rooms...like they were in line waiting for like 'Twilight' to open."-Jamie Foxx

"Dr. Martens...they started calling them Jodeci boots then."-K Ci

"They started calling us the black Guns & Roses so we took that and ran with it."-K Ci

"We(Jodeci) really lost our way."-Jo Jo

"My writing shows that I'm a lonely person. I dont know why."-DeVante

"I got my ass whipped by Jo Jo one day when I said 'I'm Kci and this is Jodeci'. I was just playing though."-K Ci

"I looked at him and I said I'mma kick your ass when we get off stage."-Jo Jo

"Tommy Davidson and Jamie Foxx did 'Lately' (on Living Color)."-K Ci

"(Al) Green is singing a new song, 'Could This Be the Love,' written and produced by DeVante Swing(1995)."-Danyel Smith

"On these slow jams, Dru Hill still squatters in the house that Jodeci built, mimicking K-Ci's moans and groans over updated DeVante grooves."-Craig Seymour(Spin)

"I know they (Dalvin & DeVante) alive. I just talked to Davlin but I dont really know what they're doing. I'm just keeping it real."-Jo Jo

"We was young, from the country and all that(success) hit us in the head."-K Ci

"Nobody's perfect."-Jo Jo
 

Rozay Oro

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They have undeniable jams. Their music has also aged very well.







These songs could come out today and be hit records, that's how incredible their music is. 90's R&B is my favorite era of R&B.

Devante was ahead of his time
 
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