Old heads, why did Boyz 2 Men have more commercial success than Jodeci

[Dem313wayz]

For those who says only 2 members of Jodeci can sing is laughable. All 4 can sing. Kci and Jojo obviously led with Devante and Dalvin in the background.

Devante and Dalvin were more responsible for the sound.


At 3:00 Devante on the piano playing My Heart Belongs to You. Devante is harmonizing below JoJo


You can hear all 4. Dalvin is in between Kci and Jojo on the harmony. Devante is holding the lower notes.



I'm still waiting the first chorus. The vocal arrangement and harmony is amazing and so tight.

Kci starts. Followed by Dalvin. Then comes Jojo followed by Devante.

Sounds like a southern baptist choir

 

[ThrobbingHood]

let me clarify. Thats a graphic adult song. If you had sisters around that age your father was probably ripping posters off the wall and snatching up her cassettes/CDs and slut shaming them


its a no brainer y one was more "commercially" successful than the other. Boyz 2 men had songs choir's could cover.

Yeah, I couldn’t play that album with my family around. Those skits inbetween their songs on their last album was mad unnecessary. We get it, you fukk mad bytches. I had to skip tracks quickly.

 

[Ty Daniels]

Thread turned out to be a Jodeci and Boyz II Men, appreciation thread.



If you are an R&B head, it's a win regardless!

 

[DrexlersFade]

For those who says only 2 members of Jodeci can sing is laughable. All 4 can sing. Kci and Jojo obviously led with Devante and Dalvin in the background.

Devante and Dalvin were more responsible for the sound.


At 3:00 Devante on the piano playing My Heart Belongs to You. Devante is harmonizing below JoJo


You can hear all 4. Dalvin is in between Kci and Jojo on the harmony. Devante is holding the lower notes.



I'm still waiting the first chorus. The vocal arrangement and harmony is amazing and so tight.

Kci starts. Followed by Dalvin. Then comes Jojo followed by Devante.

Sounds like a southern baptist choir

Show me a solo verse from them then we can talk stop it.

 

[etrofllenrod504]

Easy. More love ballads. Boyz music could be played over a broader audience plus it was GREAT ballads. Plus the “look” of Boyz was more universally accepted.

 

[Dynamite James]

Wonderful harmony, love the key changes, tempo, and lyrics but doesn't move me...maybe I'm jaded...



Both started with New Jack Swing but once that genre quickly died, B2M switched over to mostly quiet storm/contemporary R&B/easy listening radio-friendly pieces playing with puppies in Mariah Carey's music video...

Jodeci stayed with the Black-oriented R&B sound and fell apart due to Jodeci's personal problems.

As a musician, I appreciate and admire their skills but as a listener, they get skipped on my playlist because I don't want to fall asleep while driving or on the train..They are what Kenny G is to Jazz music...sounds wonderful but lacks any emotional resonance...

This ain’t Black oriented?

 

[Dynamite James]

Jodeci dressed with more soul than b2m

The dressed like they were from New York. That was puffy idea. They’re country… boyz the men was actually from that environment

 

[Ahmen]

Clean, goodie two shoes image had more commercial appeal

Bingo.

 

[Dynamite James]

So is Anita baker boring and white music?

 

[Ty Daniels]

This ain’t Black oriented?

Breh,

For Real, SMH!

Boyz I Men, got TONS of Songs that the average White Person, ain't fukkin with.

They have WAY more songs, that DON'T HAVE a "Cross Over" appeal.

This is LITERALLY the reason why White Folks, needed "Backstreet Boys", N'sync etc...

Because Boyz II Men's Sound is TOO BLACK, for White folks.

You can hear the Gospel roots in their Rifts, Runs, Harmonies etc...

 

[Ty Daniels]

So is Anita baker boring and white music?

Breh,

I went to an Earth Wind and Fire concert.

MOST of the audience was WHITE.

Based upon that, I could then say some SILLY SHYT, and claim...

"Earth Wind And Fire, Make Music For White People"

Shyt is insane!

 

[NinoBrown]

Breh, that track is a masterpiece. One of the most legendary opening lines in R&B… the moment you hear “Everytime I close my eyes…” you already know.

The production on that was just The opening synths to the guitar arpeggios being played on top in the intro. K-Ci and JoJos harmonies were legendary.

On the surface it’s a simple slow jam but the arrangement is on another level. Sorry, their music moves me. B2M whilst technically far superior vocally, just don’t have that edge in their music.

Play B2M with your wifey or girlfriend, you gotta sign a consent form...

Play Jodeci and she already pregnant..

 

[Dynamite James]

Breh,

I went to an Earth Wind and Fire concert.

MOST of the audience was WHITE.

Based upon that, I could then say some SILLY SHYT, and claim...

"Earth Wind And Fire, Make Music For White People"

Shyt is insane!

Stevie wonder, smokey Robinson be having concerts full of none black folks.

 

[Ty Daniels]

Play B2M with your wifey or girlfriend, you gotta sign a consent form...

Play Jodeci and she already pregnant..

Breh,

"Back In My Day"

I smashed MULTIPLE Broads to this VERY SONG:



They got other "Smash Songs"

 

[Dynamite James]

Play B2M with your wifey or girlfriend, you gotta sign a consent form...

Play Jodeci and she already pregnant..

See y’all try too hard Be one dimensional Brehs