If Boyz II Men are portrayed as a clean-cut, wholesome R&B vocal group, then Jodeci's wild, sexual, bad-boy image represents the other side of the coin. Made up of two sets of brothers, the group's name is a consolidation of three members' aliases: "JoJo" Hailey, Donald "DeVante Swing" DeGrate, and Cedric "K-Ci" Hailey; the group also includes Dalvin DeGrate. Natives of Charlotte, NC, all four members toured the South as young boys singing gospel music, even recording albums; both families belonged to the Pentecostal church, and the DeGrates' father was a minister. The boys were able to hear each other's gospel songs played on the radio, and eventually were introduced through girlfriends as teenagers. However, when they did meet, K-Ci was with a girl Dalvin had been dating, and a fight nearly broke out. The Hailey brothers and DeVante started hanging out together, partying and talking about making R&B records together, coming up with the name Jodeci at this time.
At age 16, DeVante ran away to Minneapolis to get a job in Prince's organization, but was refused. He returned to Charlotte, where he wrote a song and recorded JoJo singing it. The two planned on going to New York to shop the demo around by themselves, but both K-Ci and Dalvin decided to tag along at the last minute. By the time they got to New York, they had demo recordings of 29 songs, which they brought to the offices of Uptown Entertainment. They were almost rejected, but rapper Heavy D overheard the tape and talked Uptown president Andre Harrell into hearing the group. Harrell was impressed, and just like that, Jodeci signed a recording contract. In 1991, they recorded Forever My Lady, which featured the gold single "Come and Talk to Me" and went on to sell over three million copies. A minor feud resulted over the band's follow-up album, Diary of a Mad Band; Jodeci, unhappy with their treatment by Uptown, flirted with the idea of leaving for Dr. Dre's Death Row Records, which resulted in almost zero promotion for their new album. It didn't matter much, as Diary went platinum. The group's troubles got worse in 1993; DeVante and K-Ci were involved in an incident with a woman K-Ci met at a club and brought back to DeVante's apartment. The woman filed charges against the two, saying that K-Ci had threatened her and fondled her breast, while DeVante pointed a gun at her. Both pleaded guilty, but that wasn't all; shortly afterwards, DeVante's house was robbed of over 160,000 dollars in jewelry and clothes as the singer was held with guns in his mouth and at the back of his head.
Jodeci's third album, The Show, the After Party, the Hotel, was released in the summer of 1995. DeVante also was afforded the opportunity to work with Al Green, one of his idols, writing and producing the song "Could This Be the Love." ~ Steve Huey, Rovi
Jodeci Albums:
* 1991: Forever My Lady #18 US (3x platinum)
* 1993: Diary of a Mad Band #3 US (2x platinum)
* 1995: The Show, The After Party, The Hotel #2 US (platinum)
* 2005: Back to The Future: The Very Best of Jodeci (300,000)
Jodeci Singles:
* 1991: "Gotta Love"
* 1991: "Stay" (US #41, R&B #1)
* 1991: "Forever My Lady" (US #25, R&B #1)
* 1991: "Come and Talk to Me" (US #11, R&B #1)
* 1993: "Cry For You" (US #15, R&B #1)
* 1993: "Feenin'" (US #25, R&B #2)
* 1993: "Lately" (US #4, R&B #1)
* 1993: "Let's Go Through the Motions" (US #65)
* 1994: "What About Us" (R&B #14)
* 1995: "Freek'n You" (US #14, R&B #3)
* 1995: "Love U 4 Life"
* 1996: "Get on Up" (US #22, R&B #4)
Jodeci Side-Projects:
(K-Ci & JoJo)
* 1997: Love Always
* 1999: It's Real
* 2000: X
* 2002: Emotional
* 2005: All My Life "Their Greatest Hits"
(Dalvin Degrate)
* 2000: Met.A.Mor.Phic
(K-Ci Solo)
* 2006: My Book
S-More
Jodeci Lyrics
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The way you looked last night
You left me satisfied It takes two to tango
Tell
can you handle Come on along, you know
You know you want s-more You know
you want s-more You know you want s-more If you want s-more Open up my
door You know you want s-more You know you want s-more If you want s-more
Come and get it if you with it I'll touch you How you like it Is it sensitive
Do you wanna give, give s-more Open my door Baby, baby, baby You were bragging
on the phone About the things you could do to me When we're alone, baby,
baby You know what I got to give Do you want it Do you want it Tell me
if You know you want s-more You know you want s-more If you want s-more
Open up my door You know you want s-more You know you want s-more If you
want s-more Open up my door I hear you knocking at my door Let's me know
you want more Come and get it if you with it I'll touch you How you like
it Is it sensitive Do you wanna give, give s-more Open my door I hear you
knocking at my door Baby, knocking baby Knocking baby, knocking baby You
know you knocking And you want s-more And I know you want s-more You want
s-more You want s-more Baby
The lyrics to Jodeci's song "S-More" suggest a romantic encounter between two individuals. The singer mentions thinking about the person they are addressing the lyrics to, saying they left them "satisfied" and that it takes two to tango. The singer invites the other person to come closer and suggests that they both want "s-more", hinting at sexual intimacy. The repeated line, "open up my door", could be interpreted as a physical invitation for the other person to come to their space and engage in sexual activities. Throughout the lyrics, the singer seems to be asking if the other person wants more intimacy and suggesting that they are willing to give more if desired.
Line by Line Meaning
Baby, baby, baby, baby I was thinking about you last night
I couldn't get you off my mind last night
The way you looked last night
You looked amazing the last time I saw you
You left me satisfied It takes two to tango
We had a great time together and we both contributed to that
Tell can you handle Come on along, you know
Can you handle more? Come on, you know you want to
You know you want s-more You know you want s-more You know you want s-more
You know you want more, you know it, you know it!
If you want s-more Open up my door
If you want more, come see me
You know you want s-more You know you want s-more If you want s-more Open up my door
I know you want more, so open my door and let's get started
I hear you knocking at my door Let's me know you want more
I hear you knocking, and I know you want more
Come and get it if you with it I'll touch you How you like it Is it sensitive
If you're up for it, come get it. I'll touch you how you like it. Is it too sensitive?
Do you wanna give, give s-more Open my door
Do you want to give more? Come in and let's find out
Baby, baby, baby You were bragging on the phone About the things you could do to me
You were talking a big game on the phone, telling me what you could do to me
When we're alone, baby, baby You know what I got to give Do you want it Do you want it
When we're alone, you know what I can give you. Do you want it?
Tell me if You know you want s-more You know you want s-more If you want s-more Open up my door
Let me know if you want more. You know you want it, so come see me
I hear you knocking at my door Let's me know you want more
I hear you knocking, and I know you want more
Come and get it if you with it I'll touch you How you like it Is it sensitive
If you're up for it, come get it. I'll touch you how you like it. Is it too sensitive?
Do you wanna give, give s-more Open my door
Do you want to give more? Come in and let's find out
I hear you knocking at my door Baby, knocking baby Knocking baby, knocking baby
I hear you knocking at my door, baby
You know you knocking And you want s-more And I know you want s-more You want s-more You want s-more
You know you want more, and I know it too. You want more, you want more
Baby
End of song
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: DALVIN E. DEGRATE, DONALD EARLE DEGRATE, MELISSA A. ELLIOTT, AL GREEN, CEDRIC R. HAILEY
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