The Genius of Devante Swing (revised trailer)

After looking over my last video about devante I realized there were some things I need to take out and rearrange..

[@RTDavis0503]

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

[@theblackbetty1560]

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

[@Byayerayera]

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]

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]

@D Antonio I guess you are right

[@Byayerayera]

@@4Bang9Gang Right on

[@tlig]

He wasn’t around for long that’s why.

[@cyyrious]

@@tlig he’s still around writing and producing

[@marlonfreeman4047]

Devante hearing this should make you feel so good about yourself

[@chistied5411]

Devante Swing is a musical genius!

[@SPtheGREAT]

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

[@ReyHugoTelevision614]

His impact on music is still penetrating music right now

[@stanleywilliams2010]

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]

Static major as well wrote Aaliyah songs too

[@chemmywalatawalata2412]

oh really waoh so he is the brain behind those trio

[@TupacShakurr]

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]

Yup. Static major. Cheers to you.

[@slimgxd_2236]

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]

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

[@chemmywalatawalata2412]

Devante you're a real legend

[@millieschattime9924]

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

[@A4ANT]

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

[@emancipatedtalent]

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]

RIchard Murphy right

[@corsicanlulu]

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

[@Veronica-ij1zj]

Now you see they’re touring ❤

[@idontknow7738]

​@@Veronica-ij1zj 👍🏽💯👍🏽

[@latonyawilliams5460]

I had NO IDEA he was so talented

[@mrelove72]

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

[@irubjaejoong]

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.

[@Mr.Memphis10]

Dope video! Devante Swing str8 up Legend.

[@hsmathis]

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.

[@redpillras3456]

Devante is a musical genius.

[@markjohnson1502]

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

[@JNo-sk5mz]

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]

Whoa when did he die! I remember this interview

[@JNo-sk5mz]

@@imthebest7290 Yea, unfortunately he passed away

[@codycanibus8380]

Devante Swing needs a Bio

[@minyonnestraughter2601]

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

[@cyyrious]

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.

[@ReyHugoTelevision614]

He was way ahead of his time musically

[@luggerphilippe8409]

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...

[@jinxpalm27seventy18]

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

[@1silverchad]

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

[@KRIS-sh8wp]

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]

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

[@A4ANT]

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 : kzbin.info/www/bejne/noTGYoyKpMibapY

[@stacyr4768]

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

[@Jase9]

@@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]

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

[@chriscaro546]

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

[@sBaby-zs5ee]

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

[@christianachristiana4886]

@ chris Caro- I was wondering the same thing

[@A4ANT]

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 !

[@stanleywilliams2010]

Every instrument on every album he made. Genuis.

[@sodeservingofhisgrace3791]

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

[@sodeservingofhisgrace3791]

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]

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

[@IXIKAYAKOxSAEKIIXI]

Didn't jodeci discovered genuine

[@sweeetzz]

yes

[@METRI.A]

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

[@sweeetzz]

Tyler Austin hes from da basement crew

[@kourtizzy123]

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

[@jodecifilmz1396]

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

[@eastsidevizzy5040]

Jodeci Filmz Is it ready yet? 😢

[@thomashester2]

Jodeci Filmz did it finished?

[@godnlenora]

I love you devante swing

[@codychavarria6088]

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

[@YOUNGitheGOD]

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

[@jeffreyd700]

Up there with Prince? Wow

[@chaideelove1819]

That's a pure Lie.....

[@cyyrious]

He tried out for prince but got denied then created Jodeci

[@WeInTheFlesh]

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

[@jodecifilmz1396]

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

[@robertsessoms]

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

[@ReyHugoTelevision614]

He had to manage too much at one time.

[@TruthB7Told]

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

[@youtubethesearenotmysongso3878]

Genius Devante Swing

[@redpillras3456]

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

[@OrangeArdmore]

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

[@daisyk642]

BREAK IT DOWN DEVANTAAAAAAAYYY!!! ❤

[@notalentbeatz983]

Is that Rachel???

[@spencerspaceghost]

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]

Can You Stand the Rain by New Edition

[@sexytaya92]

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

[@southerng7378]

Kashaa Kanee What's your mother's name?

[@FrenchJae]

Your name is stupid

[@deonnadyson]

Your name is beautiful...

[@kannybright1244]

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

[@MsSharr-uu5dc]

Right!!!

[@cammiosis]

He was an evil genius tho

[@DaMidnitezorro]

lol

[@TJ-od5fg]

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

[@ThickDaMonsta]

@@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]

Evil how?

[@idontknow7738]

​@@TJ-od5fg 😂😂

[@TaiParsons]

If it wasn't for him they wouldn't be there

[@AlonzoSingleton03]

Is this finished yet? Lol

[@Earltimes]

must have been some serious smack downs. smh

[@theblackbetty1560]

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]

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'! 😬😬😞😷🤕😴😴😴

[@indio81031]

People sound Shook

[@decoder3449]

Fine

[@merrychristmas5367]

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

[@MrNusouth]

Rachel from BET was bad!

[@Ember_Janer]

Ginuwine lost his mind.

[@prezshaka]

awesome share

[@Shhmoke]

Did he die ? Ion see none about him no more

[@cyyrious]

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

[@idontknow7738]

​@@cyyrious TRUTH! 💯

[@trugrinder04]

genuine is scarey

[@STOUDEMIRE212]

Mark Oglesby lol how so?

[@chasep1310]

Sometimes geniuses are stupid and do stupid things

[@pensiveczar2239]

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]

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]

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

[@QueenDannie]

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

[@codejjm]

Ginuwine looks like Denzel Washington

[@genegleeson979]

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]

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

[@cyyrious]

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

[@QueenDannie]

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

[@andysterling-ngo2436]

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

[@MONEYAINTATHANG100]

😲

[@strauqq1]

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]

He was genius

[@MostHighJem]

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]

What? Lol

[@cyyrious]

Dafuq

[@strauqq1]

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

[@jujubug6themoon695]

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]

You can’t base that off one song

[@cyyrious]

Hater check that catalog dude

[@idontknow7738]

​@@cyyrious👍🏽💯👍🏽

[@codychavarria6088]

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