Jagged Edge

由Brian、Kyle、Brandon、Wingo組成的Jagged Edge來自美國亞特蘭大。他們以其深得人心的動人美聲闖蕩樂壇，可說是集New Edition、Jodeci、Boys II Men等團體特色于一身的新生代R&B男子團體。。深受前Xscape主音歌手Kandi賞識的Jagged Edge，成名前在某一次表演中被鼎鼎大名的制作人Jermaine Dupri發(fā)掘，然而成為JD所成立的廠牌So So Def旗下的成員，受到老板高度重視及看好其前途，這使得Jagged Edge迅速走紅。。97年底發(fā)行的那首張專輯《The Jagged Era》便獲得Billboard Heatseeker專輯榜冠軍寶座，并相繼創(chuàng)造了《The Way That You Talk》及《Gotta Be》兩首排行暢銷單曲。。。2年后發(fā)行第二張專輯《JE Heartbreak》，在ASCAP(美國作曲家、作家與出版商協(xié)會)頒與"年度制作人"頭銜的JD全權打理，其中首支單曲《Keys To The Range》已經(jīng)成為Urban電臺點播排行冠軍名曲，而第二支抒情單曲《He Can't Love You》，則僅以5周的時間便竄升至Billboard單曲榜Top15名并拿下R&B / Hip-Hop單曲榜Top 3排行席次。
by John Bush & William Ruhlmann
Rough-but-smooth male vocal quartet Jagged Edge formed in Atlanta, consisting of identical twin brothers Brandon "Case Dinero" Casey and Brian "Brasco" Casey, who had moved from their native Hartford, CT; 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 superproducer Jermaine Dupri. 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; it reached the Top 40 of the R&B chart and was also a pop chart entry. 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 prefaced the group's second album, J.E. Heartbreak, which topped the R&B chart and hit the Top Ten of the pop chart, selling over 2,000,000 copies and spawning the number one R&B hits "Let's Get Married" (also Top 20 pop) and "Promise" (also Top Ten pop). By the time of the release of Jagged Edge's third album, Jagged Little Thrill, in late June 2001, its leadoff single, "Where the Party At" (featuring Nelly), was nearing the R&B Top Ten and was in the pop Top 40. 2003's Hard and 2006's Jagged Edge followed. For 2007's The Baby Makin' Project, the group switched to Island, but Dupri had since taken up the post of president at the label's urban division, making the transition from Columbia a welcomed and natural one.