Pronounced (cal-vin-uh-lee-bru)

Do you ever find yourself driving down the street and all of a sudden a song (out of nowhere) just pops into your head? I mean it completely comes out of left field but you can sing that song like you had it implanted into your brain. That happens to me a lot and one of the groups that seem to trot around my brain is JODECI. If you were going to school in the early 90′s you know what that means (and if you went to high school with me, you can probably picture Big Ron and myself right now singing Forever My Lady in the quad). Those were the days back then. If you read this post and you say “who the heck is that, and how do I pronounce it?” you need to seriously go to Pandora and type in JODECI. They were the group that brought a lot of the thug mannerisms to R&B. Now, it’s no big deal to walk around stage singing with no shirt on with an arm full of tattoos, but back then, R&B singers were reserved. They were usually pretty boys with nice suits but JODECI changed all that.

In 1996, right around the time I graduated from high school, the group officially broke up. Jo Jo and K-Ci went off on their own and started making hit albums. DeVante and Mr. Dalvin stayed mostly behind the scenes producing and writing. I never heard too much about them two after the group split up and it’s shame because those boys had talent. They sang and played instruments showcasing talents of real musicians. Word out on the street was that the group was going to make a comeback album but show schedules to the few they had booked were canceled. Rumor also has it that drugs had a big part to do with a lot of the instability the group encountered. I can only imagine what life is like for a group who was that good, and blew up so quick. I’d love to see a reunion though, that was my group. Check out the pictures and performances below.