Jodeci is an American musical group, active from 1990 to 1996, whose repert… Read Full Bio ↴Jodeci is an American musical group, active from 1990 to 1996, whose repertoire included R&B, soul music, and new jack swing. The group consisted of two pairs of African-American brothers from Charlotte, North Carolina: the DeGrates (Donald "DeVante Swing" DeGrate, the group founder/leader, and Dalvin DeGrate) and the Haileys (main lead singer Cedric "K-Ci" Hailey and second lead singer Joel "Jo-Jo" Hailey). The group's name is a combination of the names of its members: Jo-Jo, DeVante and Dalvin, and K-Ci.
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
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
Too Hot feat. AV
Jodeci Lyrics
What's up
What's up
What's up
Too hot, she's hot, melt, sex
Too hot, she's hot, gets all of that
Too hot, she's hot, that's a fact
Too hot, she's hot, that's that
You can see it in her eyes, baby got that fire
Pretty face like Lauren, body like mine
I hit her with the stud pass and I'ma ride it
Hit her good, have her screamin' high notes like Mariah
Hold up, and watch her shut it down, say watch her shut it down
These other hoes know they gotta go when she come around
Say my name, say my name so I know it's me
You got a nigga feenin' like Jodeci, turn up
All my niggas know, when she hits the floor
That she steals the show
All my niggas know, when she hits the door
That girl gots to go
Too hot, she's hot, melt, sex
Too hot, she's hot, gets all of that
Too hot, she's hot, that's a fact
Too hot, she's hot, that's that
I'll tell you what, she burns it up
Every day and night, yeah when we cut
Gon' need a hose, a fire truck
You know she's ready and she's just ready enough
We blaze it up, we burns it down
Her body hot, I cool it down
She drives her car and cruise the town
And all you hood rats gonna hate on her now
All my niggas know, when she hits the floor
That she steals the show
All my niggas know, when she hits the door
That girl gots to go
Too hot, she's hot, melt, sex
Too hot, she's hot, gets all of that
Too hot, she's hot, that's a fact
Too hot, she's hot, that's that
I say baby you a bad bitch, excuse my language
And girl that dress so tight, lookin' like it's painted
The way your body move, it make a nigga pass out
Now baby drop to the floor and poke that ass out
I say them heels got them legs lookin' fire, baby
And if I say you weren't the truth, I'd be a liar, baby
Got me thinkin' to myself, I love the way you walk
I love that little attitude and the way you talk
Now picture me and you headed back to my house on the hill
Lookin' at the moon while you tell me how you feel
'Cause you know we gotta keep it on the low with everything we do
But everything is good when it's me and you
We blaze it up, we burns it down
Her body hot, I cool it down
She drives her car and cruise the town
And all you hood rats gonna hate on her now
Too hot, she's hot, melt, sex
Too hot, she's hot, gets all of that
Too hot, she's hot, that's a fact
Too hot, she's hot, that's that
Too hot
What's up
What's up
Too hot, she's hot, melt, sex
Too hot, she's hot, gets all of that
Too hot, she's hot, that's a fact
Too hot, she's hot, that's that
You can see it in her eyes, baby got that fire
I hit her with the stud pass and I'ma ride it
Hit her good, have her screamin' high notes like Mariah
Hold up, and watch her shut it down, say watch her shut it down
These other hoes know they gotta go when she come around
Say my name, say my name so I know it's me
You got a nigga feenin' like Jodeci, turn up
All my niggas know, when she hits the floor
That she steals the show
All my niggas know, when she hits the door
That girl gots to go
Too hot, she's hot, melt, sex
Too hot, she's hot, gets all of that
Too hot, she's hot, that's a fact
Too hot, she's hot, that's that
I'll tell you what, she burns it up
Every day and night, yeah when we cut
Gon' need a hose, a fire truck
You know she's ready and she's just ready enough
We blaze it up, we burns it down
Her body hot, I cool it down
She drives her car and cruise the town
And all you hood rats gonna hate on her now
All my niggas know, when she hits the floor
That she steals the show
All my niggas know, when she hits the door
That girl gots to go
Too hot, she's hot, melt, sex
Too hot, she's hot, gets all of that
Too hot, she's hot, that's a fact
Too hot, she's hot, that's that
I say baby you a bad bitch, excuse my language
And girl that dress so tight, lookin' like it's painted
The way your body move, it make a nigga pass out
Now baby drop to the floor and poke that ass out
I say them heels got them legs lookin' fire, baby
And if I say you weren't the truth, I'd be a liar, baby
Got me thinkin' to myself, I love the way you walk
I love that little attitude and the way you talk
Now picture me and you headed back to my house on the hill
Lookin' at the moon while you tell me how you feel
'Cause you know we gotta keep it on the low with everything we do
But everything is good when it's me and you
We blaze it up, we burns it down
Her body hot, I cool it down
She drives her car and cruise the town
And all you hood rats gonna hate on her now
Too hot, she's hot, melt, sex
Too hot, she's hot, gets all of that
Too hot, she's hot, that's a fact
Too hot, she's hot, that's that
Too hot
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: DONALD DEGRATE
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