caption current_members associated_acts years_active label article_title background genre origin name
iv xample on their 1995 debut album cover dre allen bc chevis raymond chevis lucious woodert andre kyle west fischer , steve dubin , chris stokes , 1992 -- 1998 mca/universal -lrb- 1992 -- 1998 -rrb- universal iv xample
 group_or_band r & b , soul , new jack swing los angeles , california , u.s. iv xample
iv xample

iv xample was an american vocal quartet who recorded successfully in the 1990s and are best remembered for the single `` i 'd rather be alone '' .
the original members were andre `` dre '' allen , robert `` bobby c '' chevis -lrb- aka athemus chevis -rrb- , his brother raymond `` runni rae '' chevis , and bryant `` lucious '' woodert .
the group formed in los angeles , and first recorded for mca records in 1995 .
their first single , `` the swang '' , achieved popular local radio play in los angeles .
they achieved greater commercial success with their next single , `` i 'd rather be alone '' , which reached # 38 on the billboard hot 100 and # 44 on the r&b charts .
the follow-up , `` from the fool '' , made # 95 on the r&b charts .
they released an album , `` for example '' , and toured japan , australia , canada and elsewhere .
soon afterwards however , bobby chevis left the group for a solo career .
his recording `` why-oh-why '' , under the name ` b.c. ' , was a billboard hot 100 pop hit in 1999 .
the group then split up , with andre `` dre '' allen later having success as a performer , songwriter , producer and director writing for such luminaries as outkast , master p , lil romeo , babyface , montell jordan , en vogue , will downing and jesse powell .
