Static Major Is Music

Here is an early version of "Get Back" by Jodeci. K-Ci shows impeccable vocals at the beginning of this song. Classic Jodeci. On a side note: We're looking to interview any of the members of Jodeci. So if anybody has any info on where to find them, please let us know!

Here's a short interview with K-Ci & JoJo. They talk about Da Bassment for a short bit here.

Once again, let's just start from the begining! Jodeci days, & you know DeVante likes to put his protege in the spolight, in videos cameo or in Jodeci songs. This time let's talk about that 95 album "The Show, The After-Party, The Hotel" In this album, you got the best out of the Bassment crew: Timbaland, Missy, Stevie J. & Playa. Just remember on a smokey interview, he said that sometimes DeVante woke up one of them to come & record vocals instead of K-Ci or JoJo, & no matter what time of the night (or early in the morning) they had to do it, no second chance for the lazy boys. So here's Playa doin some background in the song Can We Flo? . We can hear some Playa harmonies in the hook behind JoJo's lead vocals, & on the bridge at the end, the "ooooh" is done by Playa, & again DeVante shout out Static "Yo Static get my fur out of the closet G", thats' what i'm talkin about, DeVante was about to do it big with ...

As a Jodeci follower 1st, i had to hook you up with this one! Most of y'all probably think that the 1st Static apparence is on the Mr Dalvin remix of "Brand New" for Sista, but this same year was released the single "What About Us" from Jodeci with Swing Mob remix (wich include Timbaland & Magoo) & Mr Dalvin remix. Static was DeVante protege, but also Dalvin, cause he included Static in 2 remixes & they both appears in the "True O.G" track. The song came out in 94, but you can only find that Dalvin remix on the tape single & the 12" single, & i gotta thank my man Stingy for ripping a good quality of the song, so i could notice that Static is singing the bridge at the end of the song. This is strictly for the Bassment lovers here, young Static on a Jodeci track means to me again that he was definely one of the best out of the Bassment crew, & like they all said at that period, you had to get DeVante's atention by doin y...

We can't talk about Playa without mention Jodeci, i'm speaking for myself as a Jodeci follower first, but i think everybody should feel the same about if you love Playa, you also love Jodeci. We can still hear some of Jodeci in Playa, they learnt a lot from them, especially from DeVante for Static. Ok we all know about that song, but there is something that i never really noticed on that track, there's a part in "Never Too Late" that comes from a Jodeci song, so i wanna put y'all to work, & find out wich Jodeci song i'm talkin about, we'll see who the real Da Bassment lovers are!

A throwback track for everyone. The video threw me off the first time I saw it. Boogeyman's caught me off guard, lol. Interesting to see Black rapping as well. And here is live footage of Smokey and Black performing at the K-Ci concert a couple of days ago. All My Life Love U 4 Life Cheers 2 U

Songs like these really showcase Playa's true vocal talent. They were just...SINGING on this track, and don't get me started on those harmonies. And of course, when there is a Playa song, the influence of Jodeci is not far behind. This is the second edition of the Playa-Jodeci connection, and this one comes from Jodeci's "Jodecidal Hotline".

Can't really say much about this joint besides the fact that it's hot. An interesting fact about this song is that they used certain elements from the K-Ci and JoJo song "HBI". Now we all know Jodeci was a huge influence on Playa, so was this just a coincidence? We'll consider this part 1 of the Playa/Jodeci connection (with many more to come!)