Been saying dude was a genius for years...reason why Jodeci blew up.

@theblackbetty1560

7 жыл бұрын

Rodney Davis , "SAME HERE!!" MAN, I 'STILL' LOVE me SOME DeVANTE! 😉😘😘😂

Devante hearing this should make you feel so good about yourself

They all say what a musical genius he was but yet they can't honor him with an award befitting his greatness. SMH sad

@4Bang9Gang

3 жыл бұрын

An award just shows that the white folks approve of your talents. None of us need their validation. The documented proof of millions of albums sold is the award.

@Byayerayera

3 жыл бұрын

@D Antonio I guess you are right

@Byayerayera

3 жыл бұрын

@@4Bang9Gang Right on

@tlig

3 жыл бұрын

He wasn’t around for long that’s why.

@cyyrious

Жыл бұрын

@@tlig he’s still around writing and producing

Devante Swing is a musical genius!

His impact on music is still penetrating music right now

We DON'T PUT ENOUGH RESPECT ON THIS MAN'S NAME...

Devante discovered ginuwine , Missy and timbaland, but once timbaland and Missy wrote and produced Aliyah s second album he blew up on his own.one in a million is still one of the greatest songs ever created now an forever.

@TupacShakurr

4 жыл бұрын

Static major as well wrote Aaliyah songs too

@chemmywalatawalata2412

4 жыл бұрын

oh really waoh so he is the brain behind those trio

@TupacShakurr

4 жыл бұрын

chemmywalata walata just to name a few, more than a woman, are you that somebody, try again, we need a resolution, we’re songs he had wrote. He’s truly a forgotten genius and the pen behind her hits. Rip

@saymyname823

3 жыл бұрын

Yup. Static major. Cheers to you.

DeVante has all my respect. The industry forgot people like him like why isn’t he being honored for his talent. He was beyond a musical genius. I never knew he made songs for pac and big. They don’t give him credit on anything. I love DeVante man God bless him. I’m ready for the Jodeci biopic 😴

@Bepeze

10 ай бұрын

Mane I been ready for that biopic. It would be on straight outta Compton level

I had NO IDEA he was so talented

@mrelove72

4 жыл бұрын

He was the group! He wrote and produced basically everything they did.

Kind of sad to watch knowing how he and the band fell apart as individuals. They should still be gracing us with their talent.

@StunningShay

7 жыл бұрын

RIchard Murphy right

@corsicanlulu

6 жыл бұрын

they never fell apart, they just stopped making albums. i think they will ocme out w/ a new album soon

@Veronica-ij1zj

11 ай бұрын

Now you see they’re touring ❤

@idontknow7738

10 ай бұрын

​@@Veronica-ij1zj 👍🏽💯👍🏽

Devante is very talented I wish he would get his umph back

@A4ANT

4 жыл бұрын

Millie mill - I think he’s putting that effort into this son now 😘 instagram.com/p/-73LRtKp1J/?igshid=1pewhoq28lvfn

Devante you're a real legend

DeVante is a bad dude. I agree that he’s a genius. Just read that he was never the same after being tied up, pistil whipped and robbed.

2:15 when dude asked that question, "Every time I close my eyes" were the first words out my mouth. 😂

Devante is a musical genius.

Yeeees...devonte was the younger version of berry Gordy ...smart as hell

I never knew Devante discovered and produced Genuwine but I could see the influence Devante had on Genuwine’s early style. He had that Devante swagger in the Pony video.

Devante Swing needs a Bio

Dope video! Devante Swing str8 up Legend.

Devante is Enigmatic… they call Kanye a genius NAH THIS BOY IS A GENIUS in music … Devante saying nothing what do you really know about him. He stays silent and lets his talent speak for itself.

5:21 That's Deathrow Records Mix Engineer Dave Aron who was speaking about watching DeVante create "I came to bring the pain" for Tupac from All Eyes on Me, on the spot in the studio. It was also the first known instance of the "Timbaland Drum Sound", which DeVante created. RIP to Dave Aron

@imthebest7290

3 жыл бұрын

Whoa when did he die! I remember this interview

@JNo-sk5mz

3 жыл бұрын

@@imthebest7290 Yea, unfortunately he passed away

The interviewer is LAME! How do you not do your research and find ALL that you can OUT about Jodeci and Devante! SMH

@sodeservingofhisgrace3791

7 жыл бұрын

I know right! This is what happens when a family member or friend gets you a job without having to worry about real skill. SMH

@jayvontayswing57

6 жыл бұрын

That's because he still wet behind the ear breathe smelling like similac!!!

He was way ahead of his time musically

@luggerphilippe8409

Жыл бұрын

Fun fact: Dru hill wanted to be them so bad that they named themselves "legacy" after jodeci then change it to Dru hill and if you look at the group you could see certain similarities both groups had a guy who sung lead that everyone thought was the leader but it was the quiet one in the background who was the mastermind...

Not man kno this guys genius i grew up in Australia and even i grew up in the 90s knowing this guys genius.

If DeVante Swing produced it I blasted that $HIT for my grandma!

Why does everybody in this video talking about him in the last tense like as if he is was deceased and/or had just passed away. He's still very much & well to this very day no matter if he's still working in the music industry or not. Listening to them talk about someone who was & still is alive is a little too disturbing & creepy af for me to watch....js

@solomonhorton82

4 жыл бұрын

KRIS2323 You will not find many interviews with Devante’ or sightings nowadays. He’s just very private and evasive to a fault.

@A4ANT

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed, I saw a sneaky video of him in the studio a few years ago dropping amazing piano back to back with his son... I need to follow his sons music !! 1:00 min in : kzread.info/dash/bejne/moeXk7uNn8bOZJc.html

@stacyr4768

3 жыл бұрын

@@solomonhorton82 why do you think he became such a hermit ?

@Jase9

2 жыл бұрын

@@stacyr4768 PTSD and Mentall illness, there was a home invasion and robbery where he was tied up. He almost died, but fought back, he bit one of the robbers fingers off!

@hsmathis

2 жыл бұрын

@@Jase9 yup. That assault changed him. I wonder if that’s why he’s afraid to fly. DeVantae is a genius.

You're doing a good job with this. Keep it up. Would love to see the finish product.

@jodecifilmz1396

7 жыл бұрын

Courtney Ward thanks😜..it'll be done soon. I believe by the end of the month

@eastsidevizzy5040

7 жыл бұрын

Jodeci Filmz Is it ready yet? 😢

@thomashester2

7 жыл бұрын

Jodeci Filmz did it finished?

I love you devante swing

Every instrument on every album he made. Genuis.

What happened to him? Why does everyone use a past tense when they mention Devante?

@sBaby-zs5ee

5 жыл бұрын

Nothing happened to him he's just not in the spotlight like that anymore

@christianachristiana4886

4 жыл бұрын

@ chris Caro- I was wondering the same thing

@A4ANT

3 жыл бұрын

Not sure but I saw a clip of him blessing a piano in the studio, few years ago back to back with his son 😳 wow !

Can we get some new music or some new leaks of some of his old songs/production?

awesome share

I believe he was working with MJ at one time. Would be dope to hear those tracks

Didn't jodeci discovered genuine

@sweeetzz

3 жыл бұрын

yes

@METRI.A

3 жыл бұрын

Why wasn’t he wit Jodeci tho imagine him on them tracks with KC. All types of playa feels😂

@sweeetzz

3 жыл бұрын

Tyler Austin hes from da basement crew

Wow, I had know idea kid was poppin like that.

He had to manage too much at one time.

Wish Da basement made more music Love you down was 🔥🔥🔥

BREAK IT DOWN DEVANTAAAAAAAYYY!!! ❤

Genius Devante Swing

Fine

If he's such a genius how did Devante fall off? I haven't heard from him in decades!

I got my name from this man his name is Devante 👨🏽 Devontia (Devon-tay-ya) 👧🏽

@southerng7378

7 жыл бұрын

Kashaa Kanee What's your mother's name?

@FrenchJae

6 жыл бұрын

Your name is stupid

@deonnadyson

3 жыл бұрын

Your name is beautiful...

I think he had a demo tape that became their first album

He was an evil genius tho

@DaMidnitezorro

7 жыл бұрын

lol

@TJ-od5fg

5 жыл бұрын

@@ec1358 He was running with Suge back in the day, lol, maybe he rubbed off on him a lil bit

@ThickDaMonsta

5 жыл бұрын

@@ec1358 He actually did. Missy said it in her unsung which is why she left and then Ginuwine followed her. But of course he had a group of men with him when he did.

@Byayerayera

3 жыл бұрын

Evil how?

@idontknow7738

10 ай бұрын

​@@TJ-od5fg 😂😂

i just wanna know... did he shmack the shit out of all yall to be soooo good? # what the hell?

@MsSharr-uu5dc

3 жыл бұрын

Right!!!

The kyle west interview (al b sure producer) also has some praise for devante too

@jodecifilmz1396

7 жыл бұрын

Ivan Zrno thanks for the heads up ill definitely check it out!!

What is the name of the last song he was playing on the piano, at the concert? I cant remember the name, but reconise the melody.

@liljojo3101

10 ай бұрын

Can You Stand the Rain by New Edition

Up there with Prince? Wow

@chaideelove1819

2 жыл бұрын

That's a pure Lie.....

@cyyrious

Жыл бұрын

He tried out for prince but got denied then created Jodeci

must have been some serious smack downs. smh

@theblackbetty1560

7 жыл бұрын

Earl Times "I 'HEARD' that IT WAS!! 👉BTW, I MET 'GIN' 👉'TWICE', ...(BACK in HIS 'PONY' days, DURING '1' of HIS CONCERTS), 👉 FACE-to-FACE, 😋😁😂😄...(& ONCE 'AFTER')...& 'ALSO' shook 'TIM'S' HAND...They came TO 'BOTH' shows TOGETHER (BOTH times), ONE of which was DURING a GINUWINE, DRU HILL, BONE THUGS N HARMONY, AALIYAH SHOW! IDK CARS, (NEVER really 'LEARNED' , OR CARED about MAKES, & MODELS of VEHICLES), 😂😂 BUT, 'TIM', 👉(TIMBALAND) was DRIVIN' this BLACK JEEP, OR BLAZER THINGY,... 👉(WHILE 'GIN' STOOD UP thru THE SUNROOF PART), 'BLUSHIN'', & LOOKIN' ALL PRETTY, & THINGS, 👉while MY GIRL, & I, ...(MY ROAD dawg, friend GIRL, 👉LaLONNIE), & I 'HOLLERED', 👉& I SHOOK TIM'S HAND! GIN wasn't 'WITHIN' REACH, OR WE 'would' HAVE 'MOBBED', &/OR 'TACKLED' HIM! ;-)😂😂😂😂😂😂😄 *SMILE* 🤔 BUT, TIMBALAND, 'TIM', (&/OR 'TIMBO')👉 had THE 'HOTTEST' HAND 👉that I 'EVER' shook 👉IN MY LIFE!!" 😱 🤔👉 "IT was (REALLY) 'SOFT', TOO!! 'HMMM'...🤔IDK WHAT ALLLLL kind OF BLOOD HE HAS 👉 IN HIM, (&/👉OR WHAT he DID 👉'BEFORE' we SHOOK HANDS), 🤔 👉BUT, HIS HAND was 'REALLYYYY', REALLY 'HOTTTT', 👉& 'SUPER' SOFT, AS WELL!!" 😯 I MEAN, I'M talkin' 👉 (ACTUALLY) "HOT.... 👉LIKE.... FIRE!!" 👉🔥🔥🔥🔥 👉I was like, "DAAANNNG, his HAND is 'HOTTTT'!!!" 👉😱😯 IJS... *TOOTHACHE* GOTTA TEND TO it! *TIRED (FROM BEING UP WITH it FOR A GOOD WHILE)!!* 😞 IJS... *SLEEPY NOW!* *DOZIN' OFF & ON!* 👉😴😴😴😴😂😂😂 *"I DIGRESS!!"* 😂😂 BUT, 🤔"MAAANNN, 👉 I WISH that WE 'COULD' BRING BACK the DAYS of: JODECI, GINUWINE, AALIYAH, MISSY, WHITNEY, 🤔 (PRINCE), RICK JAMES, TEENA MARIE, LUTHER, M.J, ....'OOOH', 👉SILK, 'YESSS' HONEY'!! 😄 👉BTW, 👉I WENT TO 'MIDDLE SCHOOL'👉 (with 'LIL' G', 👉GARY JENKINS, THE VOICE of SILK), 👉who WAS 'SKINNY', 👉WITH A FRO, & GLASSES, BACK THEN, 🤓👉(WHEN WE WENT to W.A BASS JR. HIGH School TOGETHER), 👉50 MILLION YEARZZZ ago! 😂😄 #"DON'T RUSH!" ..."THERE'S a MEETING....IN MY ....🙊😂😉😂🙊 🤔... H-TOWN, SHAI, XCAPE, MJB, GUY, ...'OOOH', YESSSSS, HONEYYY! TEVIN CAMPBELL, CARL THOMAS, MARIO, (ETC., ETC.)! IJS, "THOSE were THE DAYS!!!" Ok, *DONE now* ....MY TOOTH is 'THROBBIN'' AGAIN! 😭😭😉 DAAANNNG, "MAN, EVERYTHING has 'CHANGED'!!" 🤔 'PAC', ....OHHH, MY TALENTED, (GORGEOUS), SEXY PAC!! 😭😭 EVEN YOUR EYELASHES, EYED, SMILE, (& EYEBROWS were SEXY)!!! ''WHYYYYY' MY PAC?!?!" 😭😭😭IJS... DOGGONE DENTIST put me ON some STUPID ol' TYLENOL 3 FOR this TOOTH!! 'AW, MAAANNN'! 😬😬😞😷🤕😴😴😴

@theblackbetty1560

7 жыл бұрын

Earl Times "I 'HEARD' that IT WAS!! 👉BTW, I MET 'GIN' 👉'TWICE', ...(BACK in HIS 'PONY' days, DURING '1' of HIS CONCERTS), 👉 FACE-to-FACE, 😋😁😂😄...(& ONCE 'AFTER')...& 'ALSO' shook 'TIM'S' HAND...They came TO 'BOTH' shows TOGETHER (BOTH times), ONE of which was DURING a GINUWINE, DRU HILL, BONE THUGS N HARMONY, AALIYAH SHOW! IDK CARS, (NEVER really 'LEARNED' , OR CARED about MAKES, & MODELS of VEHICLES), 😂😂 BUT, 'TIM', 👉(TIMBALAND) was DRIVIN' this BLACK JEEP, OR BLAZER THINGY,... 👉(WHILE 'GIN' STOOD UP thru THE SUNROOF PART), 'BLUSHIN'', & LOOKIN' ALL PRETTY, & THINGS, 👉while MY GIRL, & I, ...(MY ROAD dawg, friend GIRL, 👉LaLONNIE), & I 'HOLLERED', 👉& I SHOOK TIM'S HAND! GIN wasn't 'WITHIN' REACH, OR WE 'would' HAVE 'MOBBED', &/OR 'TACKLED' HIM! ;-)😂😂😂😂😂😂😄 *SMILE* 🤔 BUT, TIMBALAND, 'TIM', (&/OR 'TIMBO')👉 had THE 'HOTTEST' HAND 👉that I 'EVER' shook 👉IN MY LIFE!!" 😱 🤔👉 "IT was (REALLY) 'SOFT', TOO!! 'HMMM'...🤔IDK WHAT ALLLLL kind OF BLOOD HE HAS 👉 IN HIM, (&/👉OR WHAT he DID 👉'BEFORE' we SHOOK HANDS), 🤔 👉BUT, HIS HAND was 'REALLYYYY', REALLY 'HOTTTT', 👉& 'SUPER' SOFT, AS WELL!!" 😯 I MEAN, I'M talkin' 👉 (ACTUALLY) "HOT.... 👉LIKE.... FIRE!!" 👉🔥🔥🔥🔥 👉I was like, "DAAANNNG, his HAND is 'HOTTTT'!!!" 👉😱😯 IJS... *TOOTHACHE* GOTTA TEND TO it! *TIRED (FROM BEING UP WITH it FOR A GOOD WHILE)!!* 😞 IJS... *SLEEPY NOW!* *DOZIN' OFF & ON!* 👉😴😴😴😴😂😂😂 *"I DIGRESS!!"* 😂😂 BUT, 🤔"MAAANNN, 👉 I WISH that WE 'COULD' BRING BACK the DAYS of: JODECI, GINUWINE, AALIYAH, MISSY, WHITNEY, 🤔 (PRINCE), RICK JAMES, TEENA MARIE, LUTHER, M.J, ....'OOOH', 👉SILK, 'YESSS' HONEY'!! 😄 👉BTW, 👉I WENT TO 'MIDDLE SCHOOL'👉 (with 'LIL' G', 👉GARY JENKINS, THE VOICE of SILK), 👉who WAS 'SKINNY', 👉WITH A FRO, & GLASSES, BACK THEN, 🤓👉(WHEN WE WENT to W.A BASS JR. HIGH School TOGETHER), 👉50 MILLION YEARZZZ ago! 😂😄 #"DON'T RUSH!" ..."THERE'S a MEETING....IN MY ....🙊😂😉😂🙊 🤔... H-TOWN, SHAI, XCAPE, MJB, GUY, ...'OOOH', YESSSSS, HONEYYY! TEVIN CAMPBELL, CARL THOMAS, MARIO, (ETC., ETC.)! IJS, "THOSE were THE DAYS!!!" Ok, *DONE now* ....MY TOOTH is 'THROBBIN'' AGAIN! 😭😭😉 DAAANNNG, "MAN, EVERYTHING has 'CHANGED'!!" 🤔 'PAC', ....OHHH, MY TALENTED, (GORGEOUS), SEXY PAC!! 😭😭 EVEN YOUR EYELASHES, EYED, SMILE, (& EYEBROWS were SEXY)!!! ''WHYYYYY' MY PAC?!?!" 😭😭😭IJS... DOGGONE DENTIST put me ON some STUPID ol' TYLENOL 3 FOR this TOOTH!! 'AW, MAAANNN'! 😬😬😞😷🤕😴😴😴

Is that Rachel???

You guys should check out @da_bassmentcrew on Instagram . That page has a lot of information on what really happened with Devante and Da bassment Cru. I love that page

People sound Shook

Rachel from BET was bad!

Ginuwine lost his mind.

genuine is scarey

@STOUDEMIRE212

7 жыл бұрын

Mark Oglesby lol how so?

Is this finished yet? Lol

Sometimes geniuses are stupid and do stupid things

Did he die ? Ion see none about him no more

@cyyrious

Жыл бұрын

Hex nah he’s living he just stays out of the line light he always has

@idontknow7738

10 ай бұрын

​@@cyyrious TRUTH! 💯

Ginuwine looks like Denzel Washington

Nokio from Dru Hill is the fake Devante. Lol. Nokio can’t make a song for nothing.

@MONEYAINTATHANG100

9 ай бұрын

😲

He's takented, but genius is a bit of a stretch lol. "Freakin you" and "Feenin" were mediocre at best. Their first album however was brilliantly arranged and produced.

@redpillras3456

3 жыл бұрын

He was genius

@MostHighJem

2 жыл бұрын

You CLEARLY don't know music... The fact that Devante played ALL the instruments & the non-traditional way in which he arranged the 4 part harmonies were insane, period.

@Forevermally

Жыл бұрын

What? Lol

@cyyrious

Жыл бұрын

Dafuq

@strauqq1

Жыл бұрын

@@MostHighJem R. Kelly, Babyface Prince, Kenny Greene from Intro, Stevie Wonder etc those are geniuses

DEVANTE LOCKED HIMSELF IN A ROOM FOR A WEEK WAS TO MAKE A DEAL WITH A DEMON FOR THAT SUCCESS ..THEY ALL DO IT..SELL YOUR SOUL=GOT JESUS?

@astridduurham5637

6 жыл бұрын

That is Bs, c’mon, he is just gifted 🤷🏽‍♀️🙏🏽

@cyyrious

Жыл бұрын

Yet you on the White Man’s internet and probably working a job you hate guess you sold your soul too

@QueenDannie

Ай бұрын

That boy grew up in church. Him and Dalvin. Mr. Degrate was a pastor in Hampton

What kind of "genius" falls off after like 4 years? I don't deny his talent, but I do think he's overrated by his takeruppers. And he certainly wasn't as good as he believed he was. Maybe a little humility would have benefitted his career in the long-run.

@lelapennywell3194

5 ай бұрын

The man skull was cracked open when the robbery happened. Also he went underground because of the Tupac and Biggie murders and dealing with raising and protecting his family and dealing with some personal issues of his own.

@codychavarria6088

4 ай бұрын

Falling off? Maybe stepped out of the spotlight is more like it. Gotta do you research a little better

@QueenDannie

Ай бұрын

Smh 4 years? No baby. He started off with The Basement in Virginia. He beem putting out music for a long time. He writes the songs and plays all the instruments. Oh he is more thaj talented

now hearing that song sounds like trash vocals all off and shit if it took him a week to make that then how was he a musical genius

@youtubecommenter1000

Жыл бұрын

You can’t base that off one song

@cyyrious

Жыл бұрын

Hater check that catalog dude

@idontknow7738

10 ай бұрын

​@@cyyrious👍🏽💯👍🏽

@codychavarria6088

4 ай бұрын

There wasn't no fruit loops back then. But and he was doing many different groups and artists as well. Sometimes something might take a couple of hours. Sometimes it might take a week times it might take months christy , depas on what's coming to you. You gotta understand real music first Not the stuff they have had for the last 24 years