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| | Diary of a Mad Band | | | Music Artist : | | Jodeci | | Music Style : | | General | | Record Label : | | Mca | | Release Date : | | 1993-12-21 | | Store Price : | | $9.98 | | Artistopia's Price: $9.98 | | Usually ships in 24 hours | | |
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CD Tracks/Songs
Disc 11. My Heart Belongs to U
2. Cry for You
3. Feenin'
4. What About Us
5. Ride & Slide
6. Alone
7. You Got It
8. Won't Waste You
9. In the Meanwhile
10. Gimme All You Got
11. Sweaty
12. Jodecidal Hotline
13. Success [*]
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Customer Reviews of This Album/CD |
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 MIA - Missing In Action
Submitted on: 2008-05-15 |
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It's been a whole month, and still no Jodeci CD. At first the sender said that my CD was returned due to the mailing, but that can't be true. Why? Because the rest of my order had arrived, with the same information, at least two weeks before I was notified of the return.
NOT THIS SENDER!!! DON'T TRUST IT!!! |
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 Kimberly...
Submitted on: 2008-05-09 |
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| This cd came out in like 1993 and I met this female in Atlanta named Kim who was fine as all outdoors! Anyway, she told me I reminded her of Jodeci and let's just say...it was on & poppin! All that to say, this cd was the best one Jodeci came out with and it will live and receive airplay in my cd player for many days to come. It is a must for anyone's slow jam collection. NEOSOUL06 |
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 Let's Re-Open This Diary
Submitted on: 2008-02-05 |
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| Jodeci was the complete opposite of Boyz ll Men even if they both came out at the same time in the early 90's of New Jack Swing. While both bands from time to time did some uptempo it were their slow jams that captured people's interest. The thing that differed them most was that Jodeci was indeed a mad band with self confident attitude and recorded several sexually graphic songs while Boyz ll Men were the nice guys of R&B that mosly sang about love and relationships without getting too much into detail. The band was formed by two pair of brothers, Kci & Jojo Hailey and Dalvin & Donald "Devante Swing" DeGrate. The band would sign with Uptown where Diddy was working and he helped shape their sound and style. The plan was to create a new "Guy" and it's obvious that they're like most other bands at the time were influenced by Teddy Riley's trio. shortly after it was time for their debut album Forever My Lady and it was surprisingly successful with several big single hits like the title track, "Stay" and especially "Come Talk To Me" that reached #11 position. Another interesting thing about that album was that DeVante Swing both wrote and produced the music, quite fascinating if you look at how little impact musicians have today when top producer/songwriters are doing all of the job. Thier sophmore effort "Diary of a Mad Band" is slightly better then their debut and while it continues a simular path to their debut it's after that DeVante created "Swing Mob" a collective of artists where Timbaland, Ginuwine and Missy Elliott (that also appears here on "Sweaty") would all become successful artists on their own, thanks to Swing that launched their careers. On this album there were also a few big hits, but unfortunately it doeesn't feature their #4 cover version of Stevie Wonder's "Lately" that was released for MTV unplugged and became their all time biggest hit in 1993, just before this album saw daylight. However, it got songs like "Cry For You" which is one of the most romantic slow jams I ever heard where all the toghness is suddenly substituted for tenderness. "Feenin" continue with great romanticism and so does their other hit "What About Us" or "What About Us", all wonderful songs where Jodeci are at their best. The rest of the songs are mostly either uptempos or sexual songs which is a good mix of sensual emotions and rough street credability (something that Boyz ll Men never had). "Ride & Slide" and "Alone" are examples of when it works just fine while "You Got It" and the Missy collaboration "Sweaty" are just corny and un-neccesary (just like the editorial reviewer said). However, most songs are good and the few that are really good like "Cry For You" make uo for the few missteps on here. "Diary of a Mad Band" is their all time best album, but "Forever My Lady" is worth picking up aswell. Thier last album would be The Show, The After Party, The Hotel which was decent, after that a long hiatus followed and so far there haven't been any new albums since 1995 but as you'll know Kci and Jojo released albums together and had a big hit with "All My Life" in 1997, DeVante went on becoming a record producer but his former Protegé Timothy "Timbaland" Mosley (that even helped him produce some songs here) would later outshine him. However, if you want to relife some memories from the early 90's, check out this one which is one of the brightest R&B albums from that time. |
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Feein' for Jodeci
Submitted on: 2006-12-10 |
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| "Forever My Lady" introduced the world to those "sangin" boys from North Carolina, but "Diary of a Mad Band" defined who they were. This album is a must have for the true R&B lovers out there! |
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 This diary needs more depth
Submitted on: 2006-08-02 |
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Jodeci was one of the most popular R&B groups of the '90s. They drove women wild with their leather outfits, backwards caps, and crooning voices. "Diary of A Mad Band" was released when they were still very popular. Although I am a Jodeci fan, this is not a good albun. I have heard better coming from them. The album is dry and bland. I didn't feel any real excitement while listening to this LP. The greatest thing about this album is their voices. These men can harmonize very well, and not many sound as good as they do together. I was very impressed with their vocals. This album is also sexually distasteful. There are many sexual overtones, and they are just too raunchy for me. Artists can speak of sex and still have tact. These guys just get nasty and provocative.
"Ride and Slide" is not a good track. Its very sexually explicit, the lyrics are bad, and the production is bland. I found nothing appealing about this song. It was obviously a filler. "Sweaty" is also too sexually distasteful. In this song, they speak about intesnse sex. The production is lackluster just like the song. "Feenin" is not a bad song, but its definitely not this groups best work. This song talks about feenin' to sleep with a woman. Now who would have guessed that? The harmonies on this song are worth mentioning because they did very, very well. Overall, a pretty bland and not memorable song. "Cry For You" and "Jodecial Hotline" (which is actually an interlude) are the best songs on this piece of work. These songs are lyrically strong, contain decent production and good lyrics. They are both simply marvelous! A very young Missy Elliot is heard on "Won't Waste You". She delivers a supbar rap to go with the whack song. This song is about two people not wasting each other's time.
I did not enjoy this album overall. The production and instruments are used repeatedly and the lyrics show that this group obviously had a one track mind while they were in the studio creating this. Next please.
Mikeisha's Top 5
1. Jodecial Hotline
2. Feenin'
3. Cry for You
4. My Heart Belongs to You
5. What About Us
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