K-Ci and JoJo were singing background vocals for the artists at Uptown/MCA. DeVante and Dalvin DeGrate honed their songwriting and producing abilities through the Uptown/MCA label. He introduced them to Sean Combs and he helped the group. They met A&R rep Jeff Redd and he got them an audition with record producer Andre Harrell.
They formed a group and recorded three demos and were on their way to Uptown Records to get discovered. The two sets of brothers got to know each other through mutual friends in the gospel community. Rhythm and blues music was starting to grow stagnate once the 80s came to a close. Some of their hits include “Forever My Lady,” “Come And Talk to Me,” “Stay,” Cry For You,” “Feenin’,” “Love U 4 Life,” “Lately,” Get On Up,” “What About Us” as well as others.
The Hailey brothers were the singers of the group while the DeGrate brothers focused on the writing and producing. They were known for blending r&b, gospel and New Jack Swing music to create their sound. Their stage name was created through their names. The group is comprised of two sets of brothers K-Ci and JoJo Hailey and DeVante and Dalvin DeGrate. Our Top 10 Jodeci Songs list takes a look at a popular r&b group from the 90s. In March, the group released The Past, The Present, The Future, the first Jodeci album in two decades.Photo: Maranda Polozzi, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons K-Ci and JoJo splintered off as a duo in 1997, producing hit single “All My Life” and, eventually, five albums, but adoring fans never let go of their Jodeci obsession. As a group, Jodeci would go on to release three critically-acclaimed album in the ‘90s, before disappearing from the limelight. Dalvin held down production duties for the group, founded the Swing Mob, a collective responsible for the discovery of musical geniuses like Timbaland, Missy Elliott, and Static Major. The look, along with the streetwise soul found in songs like “Cry 4 U” and “Feenin” (as well as a few run-ins with the law) made them the antithesis to good-guy personas of then-peaking R&B superstars Boyz II Men.
Heavy D introduced Jodeci to Uptown founder Andre Harrell, who signed them after they sang in his office, and handed them off to his then-protégé Puff Daddy, who outfitted the group in dark shades and coordinating leather ensembles. Jodeci were once known as the “bad boys of R&B,” notable particularly because they were actually boys at the time, breaking out as teenagers in 1991 with their debut album and its title ballad, “Forever My Lady.” Natives of North Carolina, they were discovered by Heavy D, who overheard their demo when an A&R at Uptown was in the process of passing on them. Started in 1983, Jodeci is comprised of two sets of brothers-Cedric and Joel Hailey (also known as K-Ci and JoJo) and Donald and Dalvin Degrate (also known as DeVante Swing and Mr.
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