Emotional

X Whereas Jodeci (the four-man ensemble that spawned this spin-off project) were known for their grinding-the-stage gyrations and afterparty aspirations, K-Ci & JoJo, often besuited in tuxes and tails, are a duo known more for their semidignified balladry. Each of their two prev...	It's Real The music of these two former Jodeci stars has grown to the point that It's Real might be the best new R&B album of 1999. Making the themes of classic soul come alive one more time, the duo also impress with their sheer sound. Their voices compel you to listen; they're as serious...	Love Always	All My Life: Their Greatest Hits	Forever My Lady
My Book	Diary of a Mad Band Much of the thrill of soul balladry is hearing a singer, especially a male singer, overcome the cultural emphasis on toughness and self-sufficiency and confess the most vulnerable of desires. In this hip-hop era of exaggerated toughness, there are greater obstacles to overcome an...	The Show, The After Party, The Hotel	FanMail Rumors of TLC's impending breakup were especially worrying in light of this excellent disc, which was even more consistent in its way than 1994's CrazySexyCool. Great singing and the usual huge hooks--not to mention the smarts of songs such as "Unpretty" and "I'm Good at Being Ba...	CrazySexyCool On their second album, the multiplatinum trio TLC have given up most of their debut's tomfoolery and have matured into a very modern deep Southern soul, watered and nurtured in hip-hop culture. The album's centerpiece is the magnificent "Waterfalls," a revival meeting of new jack...

Its aight
This CD ain't LOVE ALWAYS, but its a whole lot better than I thought it would be. I only purchased it for one song, "This Very Moment" which was sang @ my wedding. I think thats the strongest song on the CD. I came across some songs and thought to myself, what drugs are they on?

Exaclty Who IS This????
These songs are all very cute and romantic, but where is my RAUNCH? C'mon now, y'all know that even the sweetest, purest, truest love has to have SOME stank in it to work. The voices are still there, but most of this material would be better off with the Backstreet Boyz or O-Town or even The Carpenters. These are real men with real voices-find material that allows them to show that in ALL of it's forms. Please, at least put SOME of that good ole stank a dank dank back in it! I guess they call this maturing, but I call it getting stale-REAL FAST! And that last one "How Long" sounds borderline country-WHAT?? Where is DEVANTE SWING????

2-1/2 stars -- Well, I guess that's what hoping gets you
I've always been a fan of K-Ci and JoJo, and although I don't own all their albums, I have at least listened to them all. But the only one I was really impressed with was, of course, Love Always. It's Real was "ehhh...okay", and X was slightly better, but THIS album? Well, let's just say it may make you Emotional in a negative way.The album starts off with a pointless intro, and by the way, it feels like they use the same intro on all their albums. Then comes the badly written "This Very Moment", which I'm sure most people have heard: "I can't believe it's true/I'm standing here in front of you/And you are here with me." And the song doesn't get any better later on. In fact, that's the main problem with this album. The songwriting is really lazy. This is also proven in tracks like "Special" and "I Don't Want", but it's most evident in "Say Yes", where the chorus goes: "If it's feeling good to you, say yes/ If it's feeling good to you, say yes/ If it's feeling good to you, say yes/If it's not feeling good, then say no." That kind of ruined the mood.There are some songs where the lyrics are a LITTLE better. "Love Me Carefully" is okay, but it seems like K-Ci and JoJo are too old to be singing lyrics like that (listen to the song to see what I mean). And "How Long" is aiight but it almost sounds like a country song. But it still sounds better that some of the other songs that are terrible all the way through - specifically, the Rodney Jerkins-produced "It's Me".The only songs really worth listening to on this album are "So Emotional" and maybe even "How Can I Trust You". And saying that is really disappointing, especially from people as talented as the brothers Hailey. Bottom line: if you can actually make it through this album, then it'll be easy to "Say Yes" to throwing it out your window "This Very Moment".Anthony Rupert

Emotional Is A Masterpiece
I have always wondered wheather any album is going to follow up on Love Always. I thought X did it but I was wrong; this is it. I will always recomend Love Always; with the arrival of Emotional it added a second cd to recomend. Everyone is going to complain of the lack of Jodeci touch(Devante) but the producers on this album outdid themselves. First off, the new singe Its Me is a different style put out by Rodney Jerkins, I usually pick him out easily with his elegant style of his drum beats; 'Its Me' shows his Variety. Babyfaces came out with a bang on 'Down For Life', proteges The Underdogs top it with 'Love Me Carefully' puts them where they belong with the best in the game. Delite follows up 'Crazy' with 'How Can I trust You' similar in style but if it works why change it. Other great songs include their new single 'This Very Moment', if you ask me its a bold move to try and beat 'All My Life'. 'How Long' features their great vocal abilities that we all know about(need to say more?) but they try and do more with the background. All in all this is a great Album I give it 4 because 'Im Still Waiting' it had to have a Devante song before I oust "Love Always", Otherwise awesome cd, lets face it they are way past their crazy Jodeci days, they are on a new level. A definate and great buy. eric .g.

Bring Back JODECI!!
K-Ci and JoJo- EmotionalWhat's funny about these dudes is that as ghetto as they are their music continues to mature. Unfortunately tooooooo matureee. It's like Jodeci meets Perry Como or something. The love songs are just too...too..too sappy! That's the best word I can come up with. The CD starts off lackluster at best. Track 2 "This very moment" has a nice guitar arrangement but really isn't much to write home about. The CD has it's highlights on tracks 5 and 6. Track 5 "I Don't Want" is one of the better midtempo cuts they have ever did as a duet. It has a track similar to Case's "Missing You". Track 6 "Say Yes" continues that same pace. Once again their vocals are all good and the beat works well, especially with the chimes in the background. The best track on the CD is track 9, the title cut, "So Emotional". It's a D'Angelo organ grindin type jam. Nice song but in no way should highlight a CD. The rest are sappy love songs that have wideeeeeeeeee appeal, in the same mode as "It's real" and "Crazy". I hated those songs! These dudes are a classic case of doing something from the heart and tryin to recapture the same sentiment. It just don't work that way with Soul Music. On the classic CD "Love Always" they hit a home run with "All My Life". Even though that song had great crossover appeal(due to them sounding like Peter Cetera) it wasn't meant to be that. It just happened. Now they are tryin to force that magic. Hopefully the much anticipated JODECI reunion CD will pull these boys back....