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IK-CI
& JOJO
http://www.mcarecords.com/artistMain.asp?artistid=26
K-Ci & JoJo Hailey have been described as having the ability to sing
to the power of ten. Their awesome vocal prowess, a uniquely
inimitable combination of raw power (K-Ci) tempered by sweet charm (JoJo),
has sustained this dynamic duo over an award-winning ten-year
career. There’s an even bigger reason for their unparalleled
international success. No doubt, you’re familiar with the expression
“game face,” best characterized as a determination to play by the
rules as hard as one can. No backing down, ‘cause the game is
definitely ON! Musically, K-Ci & JoJo are the very embodiment of the
phrase, two blood brothers who refuse to approach their craft
without their game faces firmly in place. We mention “ten” and “game
face” because they mesh seamlessly with K-Ci & JoJo’s current status
in life. Their new, and third, MCA Records album is aptly titled X,
the Roman numeral for the number 10.
Pardon us if we seem just a bit overly enthusiastic as we tout the
many virtues of X, an album so full of surprises and exciting twists
and turns that you’ll find yourself caught up in the moment time
after time after time. X is a celebration of a just-completed golden
decade that began with the legendary multi-platinum Jodeci,
hip-hop’s first internationally successful group. Jodeci generated
such ten Top Ten hits as “Forever My Lady,” “Stay,” “Come And Talk
To Me,” “Lately” and “Cry For You” off 1991's triple Platinum
Forever My Lady, 1994's double Platinum Diary Of A Mad Band and
1995's double Platinum The Show, The After-Party, The Hotel.
In 1996, K-Ci & JoJo took the world by surprise by going solo with
the triple Platinum “Love Always” and scoring the super-sized # 1
Pop hit, “All My Life,” a song that has since gone on to become an
anthem for all lovers who have found that perfect partner. In 1999,
K-Ci & JoJo released their second album, the double Platinum It’s
Real, which spawned the hits “Tell Me It’s Real” and “Fee Fi Fo
Fum.” They closed the millennium by being the only act in music
history to have a # 1 Pop song (“All My Life”), # 1 Rap song (2Pac’s
“How Do You Want It”) and # 1 Gospel song (The Hailey Family’s “”
which was co-written by their mom Anita Hailey “Mama Song”.
The year 2000 marks the beginning of a new millennium and K-Ci &
JoJo look to conquer even more horizons with X, the first album on
which they decided to let others handle the production efforts. If
names such as Babyface, Teddy Riley, Timbaland and--are you
ready?—Jodeci co-member Devante Swing don’t get you excited, then
check your pulse! And to quicken your pulse just a bit more, K-Ci &
JoJo invited special guest the late, great 2Pac on “Thug In Me/Thug
In You.”
For the present, though, K-Ci & JoJo bring serious attitude to X. A
full decade under K-Ci & JoJo’s belt impacted their lives? K-Ci
concludes, “Everywhere we’ve been in the past ten years, we‘ve had
fun, we’ve had a lot of love shown to us. This album is special to
us. That’s why we call it X, because we want everybody to know what
we went through the past ten years.” “The opportunity to travel
around the world made us realize that love is not limited,” JoJo
reveals. “We put a lot into X. We try to touch every situation
dealing with life and love. Like Mama says, ‘We all need love.’”
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