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R&B vocal group Jagged Edge enjoyed their heyday at the latter finish of the New Jack Swing era.
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A Jagged Era Rough only smoothen male person vocal quartet Jagged Edge formed in Atlanta, Georgia, consisting of identical twin brothers Brandon "Example Dinero" Casey and Brian "Brasco" Casey, who had moved from their native Hartford, Connecticut; Kyle Norman (aka "Quick"), whom they'd met through church building activities, and Richard Wingo (aka "Wingo Dollar"), a late addition to the group suggested by Xscape'southward Kandi Burruss, who took their demo to super-producer Jermaine Dupri. Jagged Border signed to Dupri'due south Columbia-distributed And then Then 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 too a pop chart entry. Early in 1998, Jagged Border released their first album, A Jagged Era, which went gold and spawned the Top twenty R&B, Top 40 popular hitting "Gotta Be." Their next single, "He Tin't Beloved U," appeared in the fall of 1998 and reached the Top Five of the R&B chart and the Top twenty of the popular nautical chart, going gold in the procedure. Information technology prefaced the grouping's 2d anthology, J.Due east. Heartbreak (its title a nod to New Edition's "North.E. Eye Break"), which topped the R&B chart and hit the Top Ten of the pop nautical chart, selling over ii million copies and spawning the number i R&B hits "Allow'south Go Married" (also Top twenty pop) and "Promise" (also Height 10 pop).

Jagged Little Thrill By the time of the release of Jagged Edge's third album, Jagged Little Thrill, in 2001, its leadoff unmarried, "Where the Party At" (featuring Nelly), was nearing the R&B Pinnacle X and was in the pop Summit xl. Difficult and Jagged Edge followed, respectively, in 2003 and 2006. For 2007's The Baby Makin' Project, the group switched to Isle, just Dupri had since taken up the post of president at the label'south urban division, making the transition from Columbia a welcome and natural one. The anthology debuted at number eight on the Billboard 200. Jagged Edge and then moved to Sideslip Due north Slide, where they released The Remedy in 2011. Iii years subsequently, they reunited with Dupri and So So Def for J.E. Heartbreak 2. A Greatest Hits collection arrived in 2016 before the group returned to the studio to tape their ninth total-length, 2017'southward Layover. Released that summertime, Layover featured their typically rich vocal harmonies with contemporary production that included some trap inspiration.