After nearly two years of "coming soon" promises by the group members, a new Jodeci album is finally taking shape.
The North Carolina quartet have eight songs in the can and another 40 contenders, members K-Ci and JoJo said Wednesday,
February 28 while attending the Soul Train Music Awards. The follow-up to 1995's The Show, the After Party, the Hotel should be finished by August and on shelves just before the ball drops on 2002, the brothers born Cedric (K-Ci) and Joel (JoJo) Hailey said.
Jodeci, who debuted with Forever My Lady in 1991, also include brothers Dalvin and DeVante DeGrate.
JoJo said in August 1999 that Jodeci would regroup to record their next album as soon as he and K-Ci finished their tour late that year. But the project was delayed, as K-Ci and JoJo focused on X, released last year, and Dalvin recorded and released his solo debut, Met.A.Mor.Phic.
DeVante also has kept busy, recording his solo debut and producing music for other artists, even lending Michael Jackson a hand on his forthcoming album. His solo album is still in the works and no release date has been set.
K-Ci & JoJo are expected to stage a spring tour in support of X. The duo have announced one date so far, a May 18 stop at the Taj Mahal in Atlantic City, N.J.
K-Ci spoke out Wednesday for the first time about allegations he exposed himself during a Los Angeles concert in December, saying, "If y'all know K-Ci, y'all know K-Ci didn't do it."
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