WTMF EVER HAPPENED TO JODECI??

[R-Typ3]

"My car got tint so they won't see your face"

Jodeci was my nikkas
I'm still waiting for that Drake/Devante Swing collabo

Devante had them melodies for your ass lol

 

[R-Typ3]

Besides the self destruction with the blow and liq their sound as special as it was only had 1 more album left in it..If there was gon' be a reunion it shoulda came after KCi & JoJo 1st album allowing them a way to hang on with 112, Dru Hill, J.E. and a chance to go out on top

 

[R-Typ3]

Cant blame Suge on this one, in fact, he got them and Mary J. out of some shytty deals back when they were popping. But all of them Jodeci cats were heavy into drinking/drugs in some way, shape or form and that played a big part into it. Dudes were living that bad boys of R&B shyt and that included being into drugs. KCi and Jojo were (at the time) the only salvageable parts of the group and they had a lil success after Jodeci, but K-Ci doing drugs, also, is not some big secret.

They literally dropped the ball on their careers at the wrong time, considering that DeVante had Missy, Timbo, Playa and Ginuwine (and a couple others) under his umbrella. And while no one knew them back them, Missy, Timbo and Static alone were valuable enough where they couldve supplied Jodeci with songs and beats. But DeVante shytted on them hardbody, used violence in many cases, had Timbo ghostproducing (i.e. 2Pac's "No More Pain") and wasnt breaking bread properly.

Timbo didn't do No.More Pain...listen to real close it don't even sound nothin like him...there's a famous story bout how Devante went into Prince mode goin in the studio alone at 6 in the a.m. workin on the tracks

 

[Yinny]

Cocaine is a helluva drug.

 

[R-Typ3]

Devante Swing is not better than Timbaland

You trippin homes ...It's not about who's better but if you can't read a schematic how u gon' be an architect?? Devante to Timbaland was like Teddy Riley to Pharell...them cats have said over the last 20+ years that they wouldn't be here without their mentors schoolin 'em on the business and how you create records from marketing, concept to sequence

 

[4HOPE]

THAT shyt IS TOOO FUNNY

 

[R-Typ3]

It always tripped me out on the last verse how Tupac tossed one throw away line that related to the rest of the song and then just unleashed a random ass tirade on Dr. Dre.

Every time you hear 'Pac shoot at Dre on Makaveli or a b-side just picture Suge sayin that shyt if he could rhyme lol

 

[lilaznwoo]

They announced new album 3/31. Preorders at midnight. 20 years later they wasted so many years.

 

[JustCKing]

Timbo didn't do No.More Pain...listen to real close it don't even sound nothin like him...there's a famous story bout how Devante went into Prince mode goin in the studio alone at 6 in the a.m. workin on the tracks

It sounds way more like Timbaland's beats than Devante though. Devante wasn't even producing rap records where Timbaland had more of a Hip Hop vibe to his sound than Devante. Jay Z's "nikka What, nikka Who" has similar elements in it as "No More Pain".

 

[RTF]

Timbo didn't do No.More Pain...listen to real close it don't even sound nothin like him...there's a famous story bout how Devante went into Prince mode goin in the studio alone at 6 in the a.m. workin on the tracks

You can't believe that breh. No More Pain percussion, drums, syncopation and bass is all Timbo. Devante on the melody and keys.

Timbo's all over the last Jodeci album too.

Timbo's RnB work with Devante is still GOAT though. Devante has a "sexier" sound. Timbo alone for RnB doesn't hit that same spot. NH.

 

[Barry Sanders]

tim didnt do no more pain. he even said devante did it. he said devante took his style and used it.

In 1995, Da Bassment releases the brilliant "Love You Down" on The Nutty Professor soundtrack, but Swing is credited as sole performer, arranger and producer of the song. Odd, as it sounds like prime Timbaland: distorted kickdrums and skipping hi-hats pitched under a creamy vocal and strangled computer sounds.

"Devante did that," Mosley explains, "but that style came from me. That's my style. He put that style on Tupac's double CD too."

http://duranduran.invisionzone.com/index.php?showtopic=998

 

[Flav]

K-Ci did half of his set riding on top of a grown man like lil kids do when they cant see at the parade. Funniest shyt ive ever seen at a concert.

K-Ci was yelling like a banshee before stripping down to his boxers and had to be ushered off the stage.

 

[RTF]

That Love You Down track is brilliant btw. With the bird chirp? C'mon that's got to be Timbo.

 

[I love Latina women]

looks like timbaland only co-produced 2 of the 12 tracks (which is fine by me because i really want to hear where devante's sound is in 2015) that's on the new jodeci album, so says billboard.com:

Timbaland co-produces two tracks on the March 31 set, the group's first new album since 1995.
UPDATE: The video has arrived! Find it at the bottom of the post.

After a 20-year recording hiatus, the long-rumored return of popular '90s R&B group Jodeci is finally a reality. The quartet will release its fourth studio album,The Past, The Present, The Future, on March 31 (Sphinx Music Entertainment/Epic Records).

Harmony-rich ballad "Every Moment" is the set's lead single, the music video for which will premiere Wednesday (Feb. 25) on Jodeci's Facebook page at 8 p.m. ET. The video -- helmed by director Hype Williams and shot in Aspen, Colo. -- will make its Vevo debut on Thursday.

Listen to Jodeci's First New Song in 18 Years, 'Nobody Wins'

Currently available for digital pre-order with an instant download of "Every Moment" and grat track "Checkin' for You," The Past, The Present, The Futurefeatures co-production by Timbaland on two of its 12 tracks: "Incredible" and "Those Things." B.o.B guests on "Nobody Wins."

Comprised of members Cedric "K-Ci" Hailey, Joel "JoJo" Hailey, Dalvin "Mr. Dalvin" DeGrate and Donald "DeVante Swing" DeGrate, Jodeci broke through in 1991 with the triple-platinum debut Forever My Lady. Over the next five years, the group scored 10 top 10 R&B singles including five No. 1s: "Forever My Lady," "Stay," "Come & Talk to Me," "Lately" and "Cry for You." Jodeci's last album was 1995's The Show, The After Party, The Hotel, which spun off the No. 4 R&B hit "Get on Up."

The Past, The Present, The Future track list:
1. "Too Hot"
2. "Sho Out"
3. "Checkin for You"
4. "Those Things"
5. "Every Moment"
6. "Nobody Wins" feat. B.o.B
7. "Incredible"
8. "Jennifer"
9. "Body Parts"
10. "Stress Reliever"
11. "Sho Out" feat. Liana Banks
12. Nobody Wins


link
http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/the-juice/6480624/jodeci-returns-epic-album-video

 

[lilaznwoo]

The album leaked