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Fishgrease
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"Dear DeVante and Co....."


  

          

I need to stop living in the past and realize this ain't gonna happen. I'm holding Dalvin, Devante, K-Ci and JoJo to this level and i need to stop....their new song is good but I'm foolin' myself because this is what I really want.

http://youtu.be/I969KkF1RXw?t=1m

Do you hear how angelic Joel sounds on this...and how demonic he sounds on that new joint to the point where I had to convince myself that it wasn't him ---until i went back and listened to that My Brothers Keeper (jojo and kci) album and realized that drugs and alcohol ruined yet another voice?

anyway this post aint about nothing but how i just wanted a reason to have yall listen to them sing U&I live.

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I haven't listened to the new song
Jan 29th 2015
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it's not bad...but it's not greatness either. Devante actually pulled of...
Jan 29th 2015
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      ^^^^ and I could hear the damage
Jan 29th 2015
9
           if that song alone doesn't put DeVante in the holy trinity of producers ...
Jan 29th 2015
13
                he was SO ahead of his time
Jan 29th 2015
16
Those guys are responsable for so many lays under my belt...
Jan 29th 2015
3
i wrote many a love letter to jodeci albums.....
Jan 29th 2015
4
      The Show/The Afterparty was the first CD i purchased multiples of....
Jan 29th 2015
5
           IMO, that was the greatest concept album ever (created) .
Jan 29th 2015
7
I sang "My Heart Belongs 2 U" to a woman one night
Jan 29th 2015
6
Buh, Buh,buh,buh (c) JoJo that was one of the greatest runs of 90's
Jan 29th 2015
11
RE: I sang "Come & Talk 2 Me" to a woman one night
Jan 29th 2015
32
*checking in*
Jan 29th 2015
8
I know you'd show up...When and if they ever come to town...we
Jan 29th 2015
12
      to catch them falling off stage?
Jan 29th 2015
17
           NO DISREPSECT NOR SLANDER ALLOWED! VAMOOSE!
Jan 29th 2015
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                I just don't want you guys to suffer like I did
Jan 29th 2015
19
                     I'd pay good money to see them fall and flap around the stage in 2015. I...
Jan 29th 2015
26
ugh, i just hate what they've done to themselves.
Jan 29th 2015
10
i'm not gonna let them go in it alone...Faith Evans is a mere shell of
Jan 29th 2015
14
you foolin yourself thinkin they gonna sound like it was 20yrs back
Jan 29th 2015
15
Folks, I slandered DeVante? When and where? Anyone on OKP knows
Jan 29th 2015
25
Nah, you're going to hard. The new song is a miracle
Jan 29th 2015
20
i thought i was the only one who ignored them like that
Jan 29th 2015
23
      naw, i think any true Jodeci fan hardly recognizes the duo that is
Jan 29th 2015
27
song kinda goes to me *shrug*
Jan 29th 2015
21
RIP to those BEAUTIFUL voices!
Jan 29th 2015
22
Oh, They're responsible for many Mix Tapes labeled "SLOW JAMS III"
Jan 29th 2015
24
the first 5 songs on Forever My lady is a 25 minute run of great music.....
Jan 29th 2015
28
but but, "X's we share" is how you close an album. ..
Jan 29th 2015
29
I put those first five up against almost ANY full album
Jan 29th 2015
30
      you know it's about Kim Porter right?
Jan 29th 2015
31
son - Madaline muufuccn Woods!
Jan 29th 2015
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blackrussian
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Thu Jan-29-15 01:05 PM

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1. "I haven't listened to the new song"
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I'm not sure if I'm going to.

  

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Fishgrease
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Thu Jan-29-15 01:07 PM

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2. "it's not bad...but it's not greatness either. Devante actually pulled of..."
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Thu Jan-29-15 01:23 PM by Fishgrease

  

          

a miracle considering the downward decline of JoJo and K-ci's voices.

I'd still buy the album unheard if it dropped today....

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Dr Claw
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Thu Jan-29-15 01:19 PM

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9. "^^^^ and I could hear the damage"
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but the fact he got JoJo to harmonize like that?!

dude needs to be enshrined

  

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Fishgrease
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Thu Jan-29-15 01:21 PM

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13. "if that song alone doesn't put DeVante in the holy trinity of producers ..."
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i don't know what will...

he's gotta be mentioned with Dre and Teddy Riley before anyone else.

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blackrussian
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Thu Jan-29-15 01:33 PM

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16. "he was SO ahead of his time"
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alright i might go check this song out. if i hate it, the blame is entirely on you!

  

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GHNO
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Thu Jan-29-15 01:12 PM

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3. "Those guys are responsable for so many lays under my belt..."
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Thu Jan-29-15 01:12 PM by GHNO

  

          

they'll ALWAYS get my money and propers.....

  

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Fishgrease
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4. "i wrote many a love letter to jodeci albums....."
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GHNO
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5. "The Show/The Afterparty was the first CD i purchased multiples of...."
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R&B CD that is.....

  

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Fishgrease
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7. "IMO, that was the greatest concept album ever (created) ."
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Geah
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6. "I sang "My Heart Belongs 2 U" to a woman one night"
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drunk as hell

@geahuwine

  

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Fishgrease
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11. "Buh, Buh,buh,buh (c) JoJo that was one of the greatest runs of 90's"
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music.

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32. "RE: I sang "Come & Talk 2 Me" to a woman one night"
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IG: amadu_me

"...Whateva, man..." (c) Redman

  

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8. "*checking in*"
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Fishgrease
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12. "I know you'd show up...When and if they ever come to town...we "
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gotta be front and center.

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blackrussian
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17. "to catch them falling off stage?"
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CherNic
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18. "NO DISREPSECT NOR SLANDER ALLOWED! VAMOOSE!"
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blackrussian
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19. "I just don't want you guys to suffer like I did"
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When I saw them live a couple years back.

Still, bad as it was, I was still singing along & swaying with one hand in the air.

  

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Fishgrease
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26. "I'd pay good money to see them fall and flap around the stage in 2015. I..."
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be the first to say that Jodeci (to me) is the equivalent to D'angelo (to most of y'all).


If Devante can create 9 listenable songs where JoJo and KCi stay in tune with 3 of those good enough to have Dalvin remix them---I'll be good

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earthseed
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10. "ugh, i just hate what they've done to themselves."
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i like the new song, but like you said - the voices are merely a shell of what they used to be.

for shame.

now go runtelldat, ho.

  

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Fishgrease
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14. "i'm not gonna let them go in it alone...Faith Evans is a mere shell of"
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her former self as well.

there's a big difference between her debut album and the one she just dropped last year...vocally it's two different artist. But I love Faith all the same.

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zaire
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15. "you foolin yourself thinkin they gonna sound like it was 20yrs back"
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and dont EVER blaspheme DeVante again


- them nigs are 70 yrs old with coke/crack/other habits under their belt

- run-ins with Suge and other r&b thug shit

- had to deal with singin 'All My Life' (shudders)


These scumbags are responsible for the last respectable wave of r&b through their sons dru, jagged, and any other 4 man jodeci cover band/group


Just let DeVante have his drugs and other miscellaneous weird shit and let him & timbaland take yall to the future once again


I'm serious bout that DeVante blashpemy

  

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Fishgrease
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25. "Folks, I slandered DeVante? When and where? Anyone on OKP knows"
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that I am the biggest DeVante (male) stan around. you might wanna trace upwards a few posts and reread what i typed in the posts above with a clear mind and less animosity.

and for the record, I get decline especially when it comes to physical attributes and talent...but the rate by which (granted fueled by drugs and alcohol) was tremendous for KCi and Jo-Jo. With that said, The OJay's sound better in 2015 than they did in 1975 (granted their songs haven't but their overall sound is unmatched by a male group (that still has it's original members).

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20. "Nah, you're going to hard. The new song is a miracle"
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Thu Jan-29-15 02:23 PM by BigReg

  

          

Even the shitty 'Domestic abuse is wrong!' hamfisted one they released with BOB late last year had some surprisingly solid old Jodeci touches.

It's not their 90's peak, but even if they weren't all drugged up, to expect em to hit the ground running 20+ years later is a fools dream.

The new songs went from me planning on actively ignoring them like I have KiCi and Jojo's career to optimistic. The new song could easily be on one of their old albums (probably on the filler side, but still)


>I need to stop living in the past and realize this ain't
>gonna happen. I'm holding Dalvin, Devante, K-Ci and JoJo to
>this level and i need to stop....their new song is good but
>I'm foolin' myself because this is what I really want.
>
>http://youtu.be/I969KkF1RXw?t=1m
>
>Do you hear how angelic Joel sounds on this...and how demonic
>he sounds on that new joint to the point where I had to
>convince myself that it wasn't him ---until i went back and
>listened to that My Brothers Keeper (jojo and kci) album and
>realized that drugs and alcohol ruined yet another voice?
>
>anyway this post aint about nothing but how i just wanted a
>reason to have yall listen to them sing U&I live.
>
>

  

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23. "i thought i was the only one who ignored them like that"
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> actively ignoring them
>like I have KiCi and Jojo's career

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we aint the two and i aint the one- lyte

  

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Fishgrease
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27. "naw, i think any true Jodeci fan hardly recognizes the duo that is "
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Kci and Jo Jo.


Hell I don't recognize the Gin & juice DeVante or the solo Dalvin either if that matters.


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21. "song kinda goes to me *shrug*"
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But then again my expectations given their troubles in recent years aren't super high

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22. "RIP to those BEAUTIFUL voices!"
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U&I cannot be touched.

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24. "Oh, They're responsible for many Mix Tapes labeled "SLOW JAMS III" "
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"Today is your day to have a better life -- it's your right."

  

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28. "the first 5 songs on Forever My lady is a 25 minute run of great music....."
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bring back good memories...

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I'm tryna be better off, not better than...

  

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Fishgrease
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29. "but but, "X's we share" is how you close an album. .."
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30. "I put those first five up against almost ANY full album"
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You know most of those songs were on their demo?

And isn't the song Forever My Lady about some woman Al B & Devante were both messing with?

  

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31. "you know it's about Kim Porter right? "
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Thu Jan-29-15 04:37 PM by Fishgrease

  

          

did you know that before puffy came in the picture that Kim Porter and Misa Hilton were best friends?


but anyway Kim dated/slept/phucked with DeVante and had a child (Quincy) by Al. B.

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33. "son - Madaline muufuccn Woods!"
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