Jodeci, the early ‘90s naughty boys who were such fiends they had to be straightjacketed, and R. Kelly, whose raunchiest songs paled next to his real-life freakery, look almost angelic in comparison to Overdoz.

Borrowing Ty&Kory’s updated definition of the R&B genre (“Raw & Bangin’”), Inglewood, California, hip-hop/funk group Overdoz’s latest album, Live For, Die For, is sledgehammer subtle (“ifyouthrowitimmacatchit”? they mean that), but thanks to production geared to getting girls dancing, not examining lyrics, it’s pretty sexy, too.

The four members seem to like the same kind of ladies Wiz Khalifa and Curren$y rap about. “She’s addicted to kush and Ecstasy Magnums,” begins “Don’t Wanna Be Your Girlfriend,” before a girl comes in with the hook, “I don’t wanna be your girlfriend, I just wanna keep your blunts rolled.”  Sounds like a match made in heaven (“Before We Go On”). But short-term memory loss is real, and they’ve already forgotten the arrangement by “You Got Me Fcuked Up”: “You don’t even really want to be with me, you just wanna drink and smoke my weed.” Well, yeah.

Things get a little fuzzy here and there on the album; a sharper eye could’ve cut a few tracks, making the tape tighter. But they have plenty of experimental producers in tow, tongue-in-cheekiness (in “You’re Blowin’ It,” one of L.A.’s underrated production and vocal otherworldlies, Iman, sings, “The only time you please me is when you’re on your knees”) and charm for days, and even prove that they can clean up for the right girl in the brightly poppy “It Girl.”  On a site of “ones to watch,” these guys are Ones to Watch.

Download Live For, Die For and keep up with Overdoz here.