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WhereasJodeci(the four-man ensemble that spawned this spin-off project) were known for their grinding-the-stage gyrations and afterparty aspirations, K-Ci & JoJo, often besuited  in tuxes and tails, are a duo known more for their semidignified balladry. Each  of their two previous albums (Love AlwaysandIt's Real) spawned  an anodyne megahit: "All My Life" and "Tell Me It's Real," respectively.Xpromises nothing less. "Crazy" has that formula feel to it; "Baby, I  apologize for all the things that I've done," JoJo croons at the outset, before  giving way to a vocoded chorus so tinny it almost collapses. Nevertheless, its  moody blue tenor is just what urban radio ordered. The pair keep up the  serenades throughoutX, hitting high points on "One Last Time" and theMarvin Gaye-ish "I Can't Find the Words." K-Ci and JoJo only go uptempo on the banal "Game Face" and the bubbly, aggressively sexy "Thug in Me, Thug in You." The latter features yet another lost2Pacverse, and it's the only track where the two don't appear to stand on ceremony--hinting that  freaks still lurk under those tuxedos.--Jon Caramanica