The Rundown: Jodeci, The Past, the Present, the Future

The '90s bad boys of R&B are back.

The Rundown: Jodeci, The Past, the Present, the Future - Twenty years after releasing their last LP, The Show, the After Party, the Hotel, the '90s bad boy kings of R&B return from their reported implosion. With The Past, the Present, the Future, K-Ci, JoJo, Dalvin and DeVante musically pick up where they left fans those many moons ago: singing guttural, edgy, powerfully harmonious tracks about love and relationships. You miss those voices? Well click on and get a glimpse of Jodeci's ultimate resurrection.    (Photo: Sphinx Music Entertainment/ Distributed by Epic Records/Sony Music Entertainment)

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The Rundown: Jodeci, The Past, the Present, the Future - Twenty years after releasing their last LP, The Show, the After Party, the Hotel, the '90s bad boy kings of R&B return from their reported implosion. With The Past, the Present, the Future, K-Ci, JoJo, Dalvin and DeVante musically pick up where they left fans those many moons ago: singing guttural, edgy, powerfully harmonious tracks about love and relationships. You miss those voices? Well click on and get a glimpse of Jodeci's ultimate resurrection.   (Photo: Sphinx Music Entertainment/ Distributed by Epic Records/Sony Music Entertainment)

'Too Hot,' Featuring AV - For an opener, the veteran bad boy quartet adds some bombast to a sample of Dawn Penn's dancehall classic "You Don't Love Me (No, No, No)." Teaming with rapper AV, Jodeci collectively croon and swoon on this club banger about a lady that is too hot for words.    (Photo: Earl Gibson/BET/Getty Images for BET)

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'Too Hot,' Featuring AV - For an opener, the veteran bad boy quartet adds some bombast to a sample of Dawn Penn's dancehall classic "You Don't Love Me (No, No, No)." Teaming with rapper AV, Jodeci collectively croon and swoon on this club banger about a lady that is too hot for words.   (Photo: Earl Gibson/BET/Getty Images for BET)

'Sho Out' - K-Ci resumes his prime position as lead on this swaying love track that offers as much knock as it does emotion. "Girl, I'm everything you want," he promises. "Girl, you're everything I need / Girl, with everything you want / Girl, I'm guaranteed to please."  (Photo: Tim McCleary/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images)

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'Sho Out' - K-Ci resumes his prime position as lead on this swaying love track that offers as much knock as it does emotion. "Girl, I'm everything you want," he promises. "Girl, you're everything I need / Girl, with everything you want / Girl, I'm guaranteed to please." (Photo: Tim McCleary/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images)

'Checkin' 4 U' - This track was built for Jodeci fans fiending for their '90s heyday. All the hallmarks are there: a booming track accented by finger snaps, K-Ci belting about opulence matched by an equally fulfilling love life and the fellas showering the cut with powerful backing vocals.   (Photo: Deborah Law / Splash News)

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'Checkin' 4 U' - This track was built for Jodeci fans fiending for their '90s heyday. All the hallmarks are there: a booming track accented by finger snaps, K-Ci belting about opulence matched by an equally fulfilling love life and the fellas showering the cut with powerful backing vocals.  (Photo: Deborah Law / Splash News)

'Those Thangz' - Offering a nod to their 1992 classic "Come and Talk to Me," K-Ci (and later Jo Jo) kick off this cut with the line: "I've been watching you for so very long," before sliding into a jaunt about asking a woman out on a date over a booming stuttered rhythm.   (Photo: Frank Trapper/Sygma/Corbis)

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'Those Thangz' - Offering a nod to their 1992 classic "Come and Talk to Me," K-Ci (and later Jo Jo) kick off this cut with the line: "I've been watching you for so very long," before sliding into a jaunt about asking a woman out on a date over a booming stuttered rhythm.  (Photo: Frank Trapper/Sygma/Corbis)

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'Every Moment' - A staccato 808 and shimmering keyboard flourishes fuels this track which hints at the foursome's 1991 mega-hit "Forever My Lady." Jodeci harmonize about treasuring the time spent with their special lady.   (Photo: Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images)

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'Every Moment' - A staccato 808 and shimmering keyboard flourishes fuels this track which hints at the foursome's 1991 mega-hit "Forever My Lady." Jodeci harmonize about treasuring the time spent with their special lady.  (Photo: Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images)

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'Nobody Wins,' Featuring B.o.B - Musician/rapper B.o.B is recruited for added hip hop swag on this love-gone-bad track, where JoJo, K-Ci, Devante and Dalvin croon a message to their significant other letting them know that fighting solves nothing.   (Photos from left: Bryan Steffy/BET/Getty Images for BET, Daniel Boczarski/Getty Images for MLB.com)

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'Nobody Wins,' Featuring B.o.B - Musician/rapper B.o.B is recruited for added hip hop swag on this love-gone-bad track, where JoJo, K-Ci, Devante and Dalvin croon a message to their significant other letting them know that fighting solves nothing.  (Photos from left: Bryan Steffy/BET/Getty Images for BET, Daniel Boczarski/Getty Images for MLB.com)

'Incredible' - This cut lifts the melody from SOS Band's 1983 hit "Tell Me If You Still Care" to convey Jodeci's message that that special someone in their life is appreciated. Or, better yet, incredible.    (Photo: REUTERS/Fred Prouser /Landov)

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'Incredible' - This cut lifts the melody from SOS Band's 1983 hit "Tell Me If You Still Care" to convey Jodeci's message that that special someone in their life is appreciated. Or, better yet, incredible.   (Photo: REUTERS/Fred Prouser /Landov)

'Jennifer' - The tear-jerking ballad is rolled out via this track. Backed by a piano and string classical combo, Jodeci's harmonizing dips and soars about a lost love and the regret of having not made the relationship work. (Photo by Michael Bezjian/WireImage)

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'Jennifer' - The tear-jerking ballad is rolled out via this track. Backed by a piano and string classical combo, Jodeci's harmonizing dips and soars about a lost love and the regret of having not made the relationship work. (Photo by Michael Bezjian/WireImage)

'Body Parts,' Featuring Mila J - Jodeci collaborates with rising singer Mila J on this bumping celebration of the female anatomy.  (Photos from left: Earl Gibson/BET/Getty Images for BET, Tommaso Boddi/Getty Images)

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'Body Parts,' Featuring Mila J - Jodeci collaborates with rising singer Mila J on this bumping celebration of the female anatomy. (Photos from left: Earl Gibson/BET/Getty Images for BET, Tommaso Boddi/Getty Images)

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'Stress Reliever' - If you know Jodeci, then you know what the title of this track is talking about. Over their signature rhythm, the boys pay homage to what their women do for them. "You are my stress reliever," they sing for the chorus, "My sex receiver." Hey, they aren't called the bad boys of R&B for nothing.   (Photo: Raymond Boyd/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

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'Stress Reliever' - If you know Jodeci, then you know what the title of this track is talking about. Over their signature rhythm, the boys pay homage to what their women do for them. "You are my stress reliever," they sing for the chorus, "My sex receiver." Hey, they aren't called the bad boys of R&B for nothing.  (Photo: Raymond Boyd/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

'Sho Out,' Featuring Liana Banks - Same as track two, only this one features singer Liana Banks, who answers back, "You know I'ma sho out for you / You ain't even got to ask."  (Photo: Gabe Ginsberg/FilmMagic)

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'Sho Out,' Featuring Liana Banks - Same as track two, only this one features singer Liana Banks, who answers back, "You know I'ma sho out for you / You ain't even got to ask." (Photo: Gabe Ginsberg/FilmMagic)

"Nobody Wins" - Jodeci conclude their return with this version of "Nobody Wins," sans B.o.B and with more K-Ci.   (Photo: Gregg DeGuire/WireImage)

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"Nobody Wins" - Jodeci conclude their return with this version of "Nobody Wins," sans B.o.B and with more K-Ci.  (Photo: Gregg DeGuire/WireImage)