Did somebody say HOOKER?!

muse87 said:

ChristopherTracy319 said:

Adisa said:

If K-CI made a gospel album, the CD would melt!

MuthaFunka said:

missfee said:

Classic org shit right here! You should be a mod!

Jodeci easily.

Never much liked Boyz2men outside "motownphilly" and "under pressure".

Only 3 albums but each were great. Iam also one of the few that loved Jodeci's uptempo's aswell. Their last album is a high concept muddle, but theres some fantastic tracks if you look past the bullshit interludes.

And for 1993, "diary of a mad band" was ahead of its time slightly production wise. Little surprise when you see Timbaland and Missy on there.

Jodeci by far..

Jodeci >> BIIM

Mint Condition >> Tony Toni Tone

Silk >> Shai
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junebug18 said:

Pffffttt! MINT CONDITION?

ChristopherTracy319 said:

Yup.

Jodeci >> BIIM

Mint Condition >> Tony Toni Tone

Silk >> Shai

Here's the thing... I never thought that Jodeci was a great group. To me, they were just a bunch of guys that were trying to sing, nothing special. Boyz II Men, as I said in my last post, sounded better, had better material and reminded me of those groups that sang in the 60's.

shorttrini said:

AFAIC, K-Ci & Jo Jo were THE voices of Jodeci.

Jodeci was kool but give me BIIM, i like them for the fact that they were CLASS all the way and had respect for the ladies.

junebug18 said:

Take a ">" from each of the first two, flip all of them around, and we agree completely.

Bishop31 said:

I seem to remember Devante producing some tracks for Tupac? And rumours he hd worked with Michael Jackson on "invincible" (though he worked with everybody on that album apparantly).

Yeah, you could sorta say Devante did for Timbaland what Teddy did for Pharrell, with Devante inparticular overseeing Timbalands progress.

Devante was, and maybe still is, a great producer. Thank God Prince turned him down LOL. Be horrible if he woulda got stuck at Paisley LOL

Boyz2men's vocals annoyed me alot of the time. Harmony showboating is annoying. Jodeci oversing aswell, but as thats more moulded in rnb slowjams, I let them slide some of the time.

Shai were OK, but Silks first album was alot better then theirs. Lost track of both groups after that. "Freak me" still sounds good today though.
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AlexdeParis said:

if i did that, it would be wrong.

(especially the silk/shai comparison)

boyz 2 men please

TonyVanDam said:

Okay, but this post is about Jodeci not K-Ci & Jo Jo. If it were about them against Boys II Men, I think it would be more of an even competition.

shorttrini said:

If it were K-Ci & JoJo vs. Boyz II Men, BIIM would win in a landslide. The Hailey Brothers did some nice things, but they were no Jodeci.

junebug18 said:

The only thing Silk has over Shai is more consistency. For my money, "Lose Control" (the song) is the only thing Silk ever did that matches up with Shai's best ("If I Ever Fall in Love," "Yours," "Together Forever," "Baby I'm Yours"). I do love "Happy Days" as well -- it's funny how my favorite 2 songs on their debut are the only 2 that don't have "me" or "you" in the title. I do like that album, though. As overrated as "Freak Me" was in its heyday, it's still a good song.

Vocally, member for member, Shai had better singers than all of the others. No weak links in that foursome...
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I was a huge fan of Shai.I liked them better than Boys II Men or Jodeci

No,they didn't last very long but I really enjoyed their debut album.The remix version of "If I Ever Fall In Love" plus the catchy,midtempo jam "Baby I'm Yours".These guys were talented and unpretentious.

It's time to pull that CD out!

SoulAlive said:

You need the remix CD, Right Back at 'Cha. It's even better than the first album.

Can't nobody f*ck wid Jodeci man!

DeVante Swing was knocked back by Prince, but P. gave him some advice - learn to play your own instruments... the 4hisdamnself sound was born!

'dre

AlexdeParis said:

Serious? I'll look for that.

This is tough cause I digged them both. It's a tie. One was for romance/love stuff where the other was for romance/sex stuff.

Much more to get the teeth into with Jodeci than the square smoothed out boys from Philly. I say that as a big fan of the first few Boyz II Men albums.

shorttrini said:

The thing with Jodeci is the fact that K-Ci & Jo Jo did most of the real singing anyway. Darwin & DeVante did most of the music & added their backing vocals after the fact.

missfee said:

Seen Boyz twice and K-ci & Jojo once. They actually played on the same billing!
Boyz knocked em out the park for real! Wanye slayed both K-ci & Jojo IMO.
Mos def thought the Boyz sounded great live, even without Michael.

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With the exception of a few songs, I was never really into Jodeci like that. I def. gotta go w/ Boyz II Men.