Those who have been with us from the beginning know what to expect." "It's about keeping the music real and consistent. But the vocals are the album's saving grace. The production at times - especially on "Girls Gone Wild" and "They Ain't JE" - is lame and hollow, the songs tuneless, the lyrics flat and cliche-ridden.
"Not to be boastful," Wingo interjects, "but it's up to us to go with what's hot, know what I'm saying? We know what's up, and we know what's hot, and we put it on the album." Jermaine Dupri, JE's old producer, was not in the picture this time.īrandon says, "What made us ready to produce this time was that we had been writing from the beginning." All four members had input in the sound and production, though.
Unlike the group's other efforts, Hard was executive produced by the Casey brothers. High in the mix are the quartet's church-raised harmonies. "Walked Outta Heaven," JE's current smash, is Hard's brightest highlight: a slow-burning ballad with a lazy programmed beat and spare keyboard fills. Even our slow songs have that edge to 'em." But they're too old (and perhaps too 'hood) for those who swoon over Justin Timberlake. The guys are too thugged-out for some "grown folks," record buyers over the age of 25. 3 because Nelly dropped his charismatic rhymes on the joint. The quartet's biggest pop hit, last year's "Where the Party At," rocketed to No. Heartbreak - sold more than 2 million copies), Jagged Edge isn't really well-known in pop circles.
Heartbreak - whose title pays homage to New Edition's 1989 classic, N.E. "As long as the people know who we are, that's all that matters."Īlthough the group has three platinum albums (2000's J.E. "It's about the music when you get down to it," Brandon says. The other Jagged dudes - Brian and Kyle Norman - are unavailable. The two are phoning from the group's production office in Atlanta. "We wanted to look like we look everyday, who we are, man." "When we came out, we didn't wanna do the silk shirts and Jheri Curls," says Brandon Casey, who, along with his identical twin brother Brian, sings lead.
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