The Past, The Present, The Future (Jodeci album)
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| Studio album by Jodeci | ||||
| Released | March 31, 2015 | |||
| Studio | Audio Mix House, (Henderson, Nevada) | |||
| Genre | Hip hop,R&B,new jack swing | |||
| Length | 51:44 | |||
| Label | Sphinx Music Entertainment, Epic | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 69/100 |
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| AllMusic |    |
| Clash | 3/10 |
| Exclaim! | 5/10 |
| Pitchfork | 7/10 |
The Past, the Present, the Future is the fourth studio album from American R&B group Jodeci, released on March 31, 2015 on Sphinx Music Entertainment and distributed through Epic Records. It is the group's first studio album in 20 years.
On October 20, 2014, it was announced by Centric and BET that Jodeci would be making their way back onto the music scene after a hiatus of nearly two decades at the 2014 Soul Train Awards by performing a medley of their hits, and also debuting a new song titled "Nobody Wins", their first single in 18 years, which features rapper B.o.B. Group member Mr. Dalvin explained the long-awaited release of their new music to Yahoo Music.
"Sometimes it’s just the wrong timing,” said Mr. Dalvin explaining why the group has not released any new music since 1996’s “Get on Up.”
"You can fall into the trap that a lot of artists fall into by just putting records out there because fans are excited and start tarnishing your legacy and body of work you’ve created. People waited all these years for some quality music – not just throwing music out there."
On November 30, 2014, at the Soul Train Awards, "The Bad Boys of R&B” reunited and performed a medley of their hits ("Freek'n You", "Stay", "Come and Talk to Me", and "Forever My Lady"), along with a snippet of their new single, “Nobody Wins”, with rapper B.o.B.
In an interview with Rolling Stone, Mr. Dalvin stated that despite recording dozens of songs together over the last 18 years, the group did not feel that they had a cohesive body of work for their fourth studio album. "We've recorded hundreds of songs, even if it's bits and pieces and fragments of songs that we could probably live off of for the rest of our lives. But when creating this album, we chose a body of work that really represents us as a group and represents what people are expecting to hear from Jodeci as a group. People will be pleasantly surprised. Fans can expect to hear their artistic growth. Some fans want 'Come and Talk to Me' Part 2, and that's not what it is, and we don't get pigeonholed by the radio and let our fans grow with us. As with their earlier work, most of the music would be self-produced. However, Dalvin confirmed that Timbaland, who was discovered by DeVante, will collaborate. "Timbaland, who started with us, I know he's going to be somehow involved in the project," he revealed.
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