Heartbreak II captures the Jagged Edge sound, which is to say the sound of pure R&B. As Dupri discusses in our interview, J.E. “Now you have to go seek out R&B artists on the right radio stations.”įourteen years have gone by since the massive success of J.E. “R&B used to be the most popular of all music,” he says. Heartbreak II may also serve a larger purpose: to rekindle music fans’ love of R&B, which Dupri believes has been kicked to the gutter. Throughout the 2000s, Jagged Edge remained an R&B mainstay, recording six albums (its last album was recorded in 2011) even as R&B began to lose its mainstream appeal.ĭupri also believes J.E. Heartbreak, released in 2000, topped the R&B charts, made the pop Top 10, and sold more than 2 million copies. When Jagged Edge emerged in the late 1990s and early 2000s, Jagged Edge songs such as “He Can’t Love U” and “Let’s Get Married” captured the groove-heavy romance of R&B and also ranked high on both the R&B and pop charts. What Jagged Edge has always done is create music that defines the sound of R&B and also succeeds commercially. “It’s what Jagged Edge does and what it has always done.” “The new album is straight Jagged Edge,” he says in the following exclusive interview. Heartbreak II will deliver the kind of lush, harmony-rich ballads that helped Jagged Edge become an R&B and pop success 14 years ago. Heartbreak II reunites Dupri with the group he signed to his So So Def record label in 1997.
If you want to get a rise out of music legend Jermaine Dupri, ask him about the new Jagged Edge album, J.E.
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