![]() ![]() Hard and Jagged Edge followed, respectively, in 20. Heart Break"), which topped the R&B chart and hit the Top Ten of the pop chart, selling over two million copies and spawning the number one R&B hits "Let's Get Married" (also Top 20 pop) and "Promise" (also Top Ten pop).īy the time of the release of Jagged Edge's third album, Jagged Little Thrill, in 2001, its leadoff single, "Where the Party At" (featuring Nelly), was nearing the R&B Top Ten and was in the pop Top 40. Heartbreak (its title a nod to New Edition's "N.E. It prefaced the group's second album, J.E. Early in 1998, Jagged Edge released their first album, A Jagged Era, which went gold and spawned the Top 20 R&B, Top 40 pop hit "Gotta Be." Their next single, "He Can't Love U," appeared in the fall of 1998 and reached the Top Five of the R&B chart and the Top 20 of the pop chart, going gold in the process. It reached the Top 40 of the R&B chart and was also a pop chart entry. Jagged Edge signed to Dupri's Columbia-distributed So So Def label and in the summer of 1997 released their debut single, "The Way That You Talk," featuring appearances by Dupri and Da Brat. The album didn’t chart.Rough but smooth male vocal quartet Jagged Edge formed in Atlanta, Georgia, consisting of identical twin brothers Brandon "Case Dinero" Casey and Brian "Brasco" Casey, who had moved from their native Hartford, Connecticut Kyle Norman (aka "Quick"), whom they'd met through church activities, and Richard Wingo (aka "Wingo Dollar"), a late addition to the group suggested by Xscape's Kandi Burruss, who took their demo to super-producer Jermaine Dupri. The negative publicity caused them to lose sponsorships and support from their fans. Six months after the album was released in October 2014, Kyle Norman was arrested for a domestic violence dispute. They went back to Dupri at So So Def and Hard Case Records to make JE Heartbreak 2. ![]() ![]() Then the hits stopped coming and Columbia let them out of their contract in 2006. The twins started their own production group and wrote for artists like Toni Braxton, Usher and Lil’ Bow Wow. But when he cut ties with Columbia, the label made JE an offer they couldn’t refuse and the group stayed. If we had fit into their mold, they felt like we could have been a whole lot bigger, and a whole lot easier.”ĭupri understood their style and sound and fought for them. Our label was more known for making artists like Boyz II Men than Jodeci. “We came along at the end of an era where you had to be either Jodeci or Boyz II Men to be seen. The funny thing about these things is we always knew we had our finger on the pulse. “We would literally fight down to the outfit. “We fought everybody to be Jagged Edge,” says Brandon. By the time the albums got to Dupri, says Brandon, they were already finished. The group wrote every song on all of their albums, as well as did all of the production. And they did it their way, fighting for their image and their sound. Despite their recklessness, they still managed to make music. The label enrolled the group in anger management, but on the last day they got into a fight. Some of the more prestigious people in the game were like, ‘you can’t be like this.’” But he was like once you put the record out you gotta do a little better than that. ![]() “Cause that’s what he would always say-these dudes are like rock stars. “Rock stars get away with that kind of stuff. They went into full rock star mode, without the forgiveness rock stars receive. The group rolled joints at press conferences. A tight-knit friendship began to be filled with fights and reckless behavior. She took it straight to Jermaine and history was written,” said Wingo.īut success started going to their head. “She kept that demo and I’ll tell you she fell in love with it. After graduation, the group produced a demo and Wingo wanted Burruss-Tucker’s advice on how they could improve it. They sang in the choir together and took acting classes together. Jagged Edge was discovered by R&B group Xscape member Kandi Burruss-Tucker who went to Tri-Cities High School in East Point, Ga., with Richard Wingo. Tensions mounted, and not long after, there were new members of Destiny’s Child replacing the Luckett and Roberson. “We would have split posters-them on one side and us on the other.”īut when the twins got involved romantically with LaTavia Roberson and LeToya Luckett, Knowles wasn’t happy. “Columbia was smart in putting both of our marketing plans together,” said Brian. At Columbia they were paired with Destiny’s Child, touring together and being managed by Matthew Knowles for a short period. ![]()
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