K-Ci & JoJo, All My Life | Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶

In the 9^th edition of Throwback Vibez (2024), we recollect and reflect on “All My Life” by Grammy-nominated, R&B duo, K-Ci & JoJo. 

The vibes, the vibes, those Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶! Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶 is a column that celebrates awesome songs from the past.  The records that grace this column are older, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that they’re ancient – no fossils 🦴! All genres of music are welcome. In the 9^th edition of Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶 (2024), we recollect and reflect on “All My Life”, performed by R&B brother duo, K-Ci & JoJo. 

Picture it, rather, hear it: a gorgeous, lush string-filled intro that’s incredibly sophisticated.  Ask yourself this question: What better way to be fueled and gassed up then by celestial strings? This, my friends, is how R&B duo K-Ci & JoJo (Cedrick “K-Ci” Hailey and Joel “JoJo” Hailey) commence their once in a lifetime song, “All My Life”. Following the superb instrumental feature, things settle in with the iconic lyrics, “Baby, baby, baby, baby.” The duo doesn’t get in a rush in the least with “All My Life”, which runs an ambitious five-and-a-half minutes. Why should be in a rush and do anything but milk it – this song is the stuff.  It was penned by JoJo and Rory Bennett and produced by the duo. Notably, it spent three weeks at no. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. It’s parent album, Love Always was certified triple platinum.

The dedication is lit from the first verse, where the proclamation is made, “I will never find another lover / Sweeter than you / Sweeter than you / And I will never find another love / More precious than you / More precious than you.” Oh, the feels, the feels, the feels! In the second verse, the duo adds, “You’re all I’m thinking of / I praise the Lord above / For sending me your love.” The centerpiece, of this tuneful, ultra-memorable, Grammy-nominated classic is the chorus:   

“And all my life 

I prayed for someone like you 

And I thank God 

That I 

That I finally found you 

Cause all my life, I prayed for someone like you 

And I hope that you do love me too 

And I hope that you feel the same way too.” 

Even beyond the stunning, dedicated verses and the iconic chorus, the bridge shines too.  All told, songs the caliber of “All My Life” with super elite vocal performances are hard to come by in R&B anymore. These two, talented brothers had something extra, extra special with this gem from Love Always. 

🎙 K-Ci & JoJo • 💿 Love Always • 🏷 Geffen • 📅 1997

 K-Ci & JoJo, All My Life: Throwback Vibez 🕶️🎶 No. 9 (2024) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Geffen; OpenClipart-Vectors, Speedy McVroom via  Pixabay]