Forever My Lady

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Forever My Lady
Studio album by Jodeci
Released	May 28, 1991
Recorded	1991
Genre	New jack swing/R&B
Length	53:23
Label	Uptown/MCA 10198
Producer	DeVante Swing
Jodeci chronology
- Forever My Lady (1991) Diary of a Mad Band (1993)

Forever My Lady is the debut album by R&B group Jodeci. MCA and Uptown Records issued and released the album on May 28, 1991, at the very end of the New Jack Swing, an R&B fad of the late '80's and early '90's.

Most groups are primarily at their best with slow songs. On this album, Jodeci was no exception with songs like "Gotta Love", "Stay", "Come & Talk To Me" and the title track "Forever My Lady". The entire flow of the album was stopped dead in its tracks with the fast songs that made up the second half of the album. Tracks like "My Phone", and "It's All Right" just were not up to par.

Overall, the album performed relatively well in its eighteen months on the Billboard 200 album chart. The album sold three million copies. Forever My Lady is also known as an urban Latino novel by Jeff Rivera.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Stay" (Swing)
2. "Come & Talk To Me" (Swing)
3. "Forever My Lady" (Al B. Sure!/Swing)
4. "I'm Still Waiting" (Swing)
5. "U&I" (Swing)
6. "Interlude (553-Nasty)" (Swing)
7. "My Phone" (Swing)
8. "Gotta Love" (Swing)
9. "Play Thang" (Swing)
10. "It's Alright" (Swing)
11. "Treat U" (Swing)
12. "Xs We Share" (Swing)

[edit] Personnel

• DeVante Swing - Producer
• Al B. Sure!- Producer
• Andre Harrell- Executive Producer
• Sean "Diddy" Combs - Executive Producer
• Bob Celestin- Executive Producer
• DeVante Swing - Instruments, Programming
• Cedric "K-Ci" Hailey - Performer
• JoJo Hailey - Performer
• Dalvin DeGrate - Vocals

[edit] Chart positions

Billboard Music Charts (North America) - album

1992 Forever My Lady          The Billboard 200          No. 18
1991 Forever My Lady          Heatseekers                No. 1
1991 Forever My Lady          Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Albums     No. 1

Billboard Music Charts (North America) - singles

1991 Forever My Lady          Billboard Hot 100          No. 25
1992 Stay                     Billboard Hot 100          No. 41
1992 Come & Talk To Me        Billboard Hot 100          No. 11
1992 I'm Still Waiting        Billboard Hot 100          No. 85

1991 Gotta Love               Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles    No. 79
1991 Forever My Lady          Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles    No. 1
1992 Stay                     Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles    No. 1
1992 Come & Talk To Me        Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles    No. 1
1992 I'm Still Waiting        Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles    No. 10

1992 Come & Talk To Me        Rhythmic Top 40             No. 7

1992 Stay                     Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles No. 8
1992 Come & Talk To Me        Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles No. 18