Jodeci are persevering with their thirtieth anniversary celebrations for 1995’s The Present, The Afterparty, The Resort with a group of remastered movies, out there now on YouTube. The movies embrace the album hit “Love U 4 Life,” alongside “Come & Talk To Me,” “Feenin’,” “Stay,” and “Let’s Go Through The Motions.”
The video for “Love U 4 Life,” the beloved marriage ceremony anthem, in fact incorporates a journey down the aisle. Pictures intersperse scenes of a marriage with the group performing in entrance of the night time skyline in matching white fits. The video for “Stay” additionally options some matching all-white ensembles. It’s extra of a simple efficiency video, but it surely’s filled with 90s model and appeal.
“Come & Talk To Me” will get two movies: one for the unique combine, and one for the hip-hop remix. The unique combine resembles the easy really feel of “Stay,” however the hip-hop remix options an elaborate poolside setup, lovely love pursuits, and comically giant 90s landlines. The video for “Feenin’” is probably the most elaborate of the bunch, opening with a brief skit earlier than transitioning right into a sequence of dream sequences skilled by the members as they’re trapped lovesick in a psychological establishment.
Rising as one of many definitive R&B acts of their period, Jodeci introduced a tough edge to the style, pushing the bounds of R&B with the usually uncooked and deeply sexual content material of their music and favoring a hip-hop-informed presentation involving baseball caps, sports activities jerseys, and army boots. The then-unconventional styling fueled Jodeci’s status because the “bad boys of R&B”—an antithesis to easy, clean-cut acts like Boyz II Males.
In celebration of The Present, The Afterparty, The Resort’s thirtieth anniversary, the album is being pressed to vinyl once more for the primary time since its unique launch. The 2LP black vinyl launch is housed in a normal capability jacket mirroring the unique tracklist.
Order Jodeci’s The Present, The Afterparty, The Resort on vinyl now.
