Read Ebook {PDF EPUB} Jagged Edge by LiveForeverAnon Jagged Edge. Directors like to talk about playing the audience like a piano, about making movies that are efficient machines for assaulting our emotions. "Jagged Edge" is a movie like that, a murder thriller that dangles one clue after another before our eyes, daring us to decide who committed the murder. The machinery in this movie is so efficient that we don't know the answer until the very last shot - and I'll be getting back to that last shot in a moment. The film stars Jeff Bridges as a powerful San Francisco publisher whose wife is brutally murdered in their isolated oceanside home. After an investigation reveals that he stood to inherit his wife's entire fortune, he is arrested and charged with the murder. Glenn Close plays his defense attorney. At first, she insists she has retired from courtroom cases, but then Bridges convinces her that he is innocent. And before long, she is also convinced that they are in love. The Close character stands at the center of the film. Is she defending the man she loves against the unjust charges against him? Or is she defending a cold-blooded killer, who might murder her just as he murdered his wife? There are moments in "Jagged Edge" when either of these possibilities seems convincing, but most of the time we just don't know. There's a lot of evidence on both sides. Close's courtroom opponent is the assistant DA (Peter Coyote). They worked together a few years ago on a case where, she believes, he concealed evidence in order to win a conviction. Is he concealing evidence this time? There comes a time when we think he may be. And by then the film's tension is so tightly wound that we, and Close, don't know what to believe. "Jagged Edge" is supremely effective at what it sets out to do - toy with the audience. It's another effective thriller from Richard Marquand, who made "Eye of the Needle." The performances are good and the plot is watertight, as a whodunit must be. I have only one quarrel with the film, but it's a fairly substantial one. The movie only wants to keep us guessing. The characters are developed only in ways intended to string us along. Any behavior is possible if it will further the plot. There's no sense of reality beneath the gleaming surface. Even that would be all right, if the movie didn't reveal the identity of the real killer in the final shot. Here's my theory: In a movie that exists only to tantalize us with clues and deceptive evidence, we shouldn't find out who the killer was - because that should be what we're arguing about as we leave the theater. Once the killer is unmasked, his crime reflects on everything else we know about his character, and that's more realism than you really need in a well-oiled machine. Roger Ebert. Roger Ebert was the film critic of the Chicago Sun-Times from 1967 until his death in 2013. In 1975, he won the Pulitzer Prize for distinguished criticism. Is A New Jagged Edge Album on The Way? Yall….It looks like the VERZUZ battle between Jagged Edge and 112 has spawned new music. Jagged Edge hopped on social media to announced that they are releasing a new album. The post debuted the artwork for their new album titled “ A Jagged Love Story “. An official release date was not given but according to the post, the album will drop sometime next month. What do you think Nosey Neighbors? Are you looking forward to new music from Jagged Edge? Head on over to my IG story @heymsjessica and vote in my People’s Poll. It's coming. Welcome back to Instagram. Sign in to check out what your friends, family & interests have been capturing & sharing around the world. Jagged Edge Announces New Album Following Verzuz TV Battle. If you were in this week’s Verzuz battle between Jagged Edge and 112, then you may have heard by now that the Jagged Edge boyband will be releasing an album in the future. Jagged Edge is an Atlanta based boy band signed to Jermaine Dupri’s So So Def Recordings. The boyband is mostly known for their hit singles, “Let’s Get Married,” “Where the Party At,” “Promise,” and “Walked Out of Heaven.” What a good time for R&B. If you found yourself fan-girling over the sound of this boyband during the Verzuz TV battle, you’re in for good news. The boyband has announced that they have an album, “Coming” soon. The group officially announced the forthcoming album on Instagram after posting the cover art to the album which is titled, A Jagged Love Story . The post was captioned, “It’s coming.” The album is expected to run over 22 tracks and should be released by next month. Are you ready for this boyband’s return? Jagged Edge May Be Unsung , but They Haven’t Stopped Singing Yet. Twins Brian and Brandon Casey, along with their friends Richard Wingo and Kyle Norman, made up the 1990s R&B group Jagged Edge. Unlike boy groups like New Edition or Jodeci, the individual members didn’t become household names or branch out into solo careers, but their sound was so unusual that even traditional R&B balladeers like Luther Vandross referred to Jagged Edge as one of their favorite groups. “He came on 106th & Park and surprised us once,” Brandon told The Root about the relationship they had with Vandross. The group will premiere their story on TV One’s Unsung this Sunday at 10 p.m. EDT after the season opener profiling Wyclef Jean at 9 p.m. The group’s mix of influences—from traditional R&B to singing in the church choir to the twins’ mother, who was a jazz singer, and Wingo’s father, who owned adult clubs in Atlanta—helped to create a sexy R&B sound that would fill a niche and help the group reel in a new kind of swag for bad-boy groups. They could sing romantic ballads like “Promise” and “Gotta Be,” pragmatic wedding songs like “Let’s Get Married” and up- tempo party thumpers like “Where the Party At”—all while wearing floor-length fur coats, Timberlands and do-rags. With eight albums as a group, four of which went double platinum or gold, they helped to define the Atlanta R&B sound for Jermaine Dupri’s So So Def Records, which was distributed by Columbia. At Columbia they were paired with Destiny’s Child, touring together and being managed by Mathew Knowles for a short period. “Columbia was smart in putting both of our marketing plans together,” said Brian. “We would have split posters—them on one side and us on the other.” But when the twins got involved romantically with LaTavia Roberson and LeToya Luckett, Knowles wasn’t happy. Tensions mounted, and not long after, there were new Destiny’s Child members replacing Luckett and Roberson. Jagged Edge was discovered by Xscape member Kandi Burruss-Tucker, who went to Tri-Cities High School in East Point, Ga., with Richard Wingo. They sang in the choir together and took acting classes together. After graduation, the group produced a demo, and Wingo wanted Burruss-Tucker’s advice on how they could improve it. But Burruss-Tucker kept the demo. “She kept that demo, and I’ll tell you, she fell in love with it. She took it straight to Jermaine, and history was written,” said Wingo. Jermaine Dupri thought that with their hood sensibilities, he could make them into the male version of Xscape. The partnership of Dupri and the group resulted in a string of hits, including “Let’s Get Married” and “Where the Party At.” When Dupri remixed “Let’s Get Married,” it had the distinction of being a No. 1 hit song twice. But success started going to their head. A tight-knit friendship began to be filled with fights and reckless behavior. Wingo was drinking five nights a week. The group rolled joints at press conferences. There were fly cars, fly girls and DUIs. They went into full rock-star mode, without the forgiveness rock stars receive. “Rock stars get away with that kind of stuff. Our behavior at first was something J.D. [Dupri] loved,” Brian remembers. “’Cause that’s what he would always say: These dudes are like rock stars. But he was like, once you put the record out, you gotta do a little better than that. Some of the more prestigious people in the game were like, ‘You can’t be like this.’” The label enrolled the group in anger management, but on the last day they got into a fight. Despite their recklessness, they still managed to make music. And they did it their way, fighting for their image and their sound. The group wrote every song on all their albums and did all of the production. By the time the albums got to Dupri, Brandon says, they were already finished. “We fought everybody to be Jagged Edge,” Brandon says. “We would literally fight down to the outfit. The funny thing about these things is, we always knew we had our finger on the pulse. “We came along at the end of an era where you had to be either Jodeci or Boyz II Men to be seen,” he adds. “Our label was more known for making artists like Boyz II Men than Jodeci. It was a pop label. If we had fit into their mold, they felt like we could have been a whole lot bigger, and a whole lot easier.” Dupri understood their style and sound and fought for them. But when he cut ties with Columbia, the label made Jagged Edge an offer they couldn’t refuse, and the group stayed. The twins started their own production group and wrote for artists like Toni Braxton, Usher and Lil’ Bow Wow. Then the hits stopped coming and Columbia let them out of their contract in 2006. They went back to Dupri at So So Def and Hard Case Records to make JE Heartbreak 2 . Six months after the album was released in October 2014, Kyle Norman was arrested for a domestic violence dispute. The negative publicity caused the group to lose sponsorships and support from their fans. The album didn’t chart. But Jagged Edge never broke up or lost their commitment to their music. They recently finished a new album entitled Layover. “The new album? It’s like crack. We started off with six records and we just kept adding records. It’s all Jagged Edge,” said Wingo. “It was a lot of big companies that made Jagged Edge a household name, but at this point in time it’s all Jagged Edge. It’s all black-owned.” The new season of Unsung premieres with back-to-back episodes beginning at 9 p.m. Sunday with Wyclef Jean and at 10 p.m. with Jagged Edge. I am an author, journalist and professor. My first book, Love, Peace and Soul, the behind-the-scenes story of the television show, Soul Train, was published in 2013. What Happened to Jagged Edge – What They’re Doing Now. Jagged Edge is an R&B group that first broke into the music scene with their debut album, A Jagged Era in 1997. Based in Atlanta, Georgia, they’ve earned a solid reputation for their hit songs: No Respect, Gotta Be, and Where the Party At . Known for their strong songwriting and vocal skills, they established themselves as one of the most popular hip hop bands of the late 90’s and early 2000’s. The group consisted of four membersーtwin brothers Brandon and Brian Casey, Kyle Norman, and Richard Wingo, all of which have their own moniker inside the group. Prior to Jagged Edge, Norman and the two siblings were members of an initial band called Twin AK; Norman had convinced the Caseys to join after witnessing their talents at a local Atlanta choir contest. Eventually recruiting Wingo, they adopted their current name, recorded a demo tape, landed a recording dealーand the rest was history. In 1997, they released their first studio album entitled, A Jagged Era under Columbia Records. A moderate hit, the album later went gold, making it their first RIAA-certified record. Three years afterward, Jagged Edge dropped their next full- length album, J.E. Heartbreak . Eventually certified Double Platinum, it quickly became a number one album in the United States. Since then, the R&B group have released six other albums including Jagged Little Thrill (2001), Hard (2003), Jagged Edge (2006), Baby Makin’ Project (2007), The Remedy (2011), J.E. Heartbreak 2 (2014) , however none would end up matching the same level of success as their second album. Having said that, the quartet went on to release a total of twenty three singlesーa handful of which charted in their native US (some even internationally). A few of their most popular tunes include He Can’t Love U, Let’s Get Married, Promise, Where the Party At (Feat. Nelly), and Good Luck Charm . In terms of collaborations, Jagged Edge have worked with Lil’ Bow Wow, Fabolous, The Notorious B.I.G., DJ Clue, and P. Diddy. Nominated for a prestigious Grammy in 2002, the R&B group have garnered several other awards and recognitions over the years. The winner of two Soul Train Music Awards for “Best R&B/Soul Album, Group Band or Duo” (amongst seven nominations), they’ve also been nominated for three BET Awards for “Best Group” and three American Music Award for “Favourite Soul/R&B Band/Duo/Group”. At they peak of their popularity during the 2000’s, they also appeared in various TV talk shows and specials including The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (2001), Soul Train (2003), Primetime New Year’s Rockin’ Eve (2004), and Ryan Cameron: Uncensored (2008). So what has award-winning group been up to these recent months? Are they still actively recording music for their fans? What do they have in store for us? What happened to Jagged Edge? Where are they now in 2018? History of Jagged Edge and Band Formation. Born out of church choirs, Jagged Edge was formed in Atlanta, Georgia in 1995. The quartet consisted of Kyle Norman, Richard Wingo, and twin brothers Brandon and Brian Caseyーall of whom had their own alias in the group; for instance, Norman is “Quick”, Wingo is “Wingo Dollar”, Brandon is “Case Dinero”, and Brian is “Brasco Dinero”. In the beginning, it was Norman who was ultimately interested in creating a band. After witnessing the two brothers’ musical talents at a local Georgia singing competition, he approached the twins and asked whether or not they would be interested in forming a music group together; thus, the predecessor to Jagged Edge was bornーTwin AK. As a trio, the band was almost successful in forging a according deal with Michael Bivens, however it ended up falling through.

From there, the group of three eventually recruited another memberーRichard Wingo. With their lineup complete, they then went on to change their name; inspired by a movie title, they went on to call themselves the Jagged Edge from that point on. Following that, they headed off to the studio and began recording various demo tapes. With a little help from Wingo’s friend, Kandi Burrussーwho happened to be a member of a female group called Xscape who was signed with So So Def Recordings at the timeーtheir music soon reached thre ears of Jermaine Dupri, the label’s executive. After giving a powerful a-cappella performance at his home, they were offered a recording deal by Dubri; they would be So So Def Recording’s first all-male R&B music group. Jagged Edge’s Music Career Throughout the Years. After a year of recording, Jagged Edge released their first studio album entitled, A Jagged Era on October 21, 1997. Produced by Manuel Seal and Dupriーthe head of the label himself, it consisted of ten tracks, all of which were hip hop in nature. Some of the titles from the track list include: Addicted to Your Love, Wednesday Lover, Slow Motion, The Rest of Our Lives, Ain’t No Stoppin’ and Reading & Willing . The soul album also boasted their first collaborationsー I’ll Be Right There , which featured Da Brat and Jermaine Dupri, and I’ll Be Right There , which featured Busta Rhymes. Not long afterward, the album made its way onto the US Billboard 200, although it only managed to peak at number 104. Despite that, it eventually settled at number nineteen on the Top R&B and Hip Hop Albums Chart and at number one on the Billboard Heatseekers Chart. A moderately successful albumーhaving been given a four star rating from Allmusicーit went on to spawn three singles, one of which peaked at number eleven on the US Top Hip Hop Songs Chart. As of December 1998, A Jagged Era has been certified Gold in the United States.

Three years later, they released J.E. Heartbreak ーwhich would go on to become their most successful album to date. Although it was originally scheduled to be released in 1999, it was eventually bumped back and made available on January 18, 2000. Named after Heartbreak , an album by New Editionーa fellow R&B group, its production was handled by Jermaine Dupri and Bryan Michael Cox. Their second album with Dupri’s label, it boasted twelve tracks including What You Tryin’ To Do, Did She Say, Can I Get With You, Healing, and Keys to the Range (Feat. Jermaine Dupri). A greater hit than their first, it debuted at number eight on the US Billboard 200 and at number one on the Top R&B and Hip Hop Albums Chart. In spite of its commercial success however, some critics such as William Ruhlmann writing for Allmusic, noted its abundance of slow jamsーall of which were considerably “indistinguishable” from one another. Nonetheless, J.E. Heartbreak went on to produce four singles: Promise, Let’s Get Married, He Can’t Love U, and Keys to the Range ーthe third of which reached number fifteen on the Billboard Hot 100 and is often regarded as the group’s breakthrough hit. A year after its original release, it received Double Platinum accreditation from the RIAA. On July 26, 2001, the R&B group released their third full-length album entitled, Jagged Little Thrill . Produced by Corna Boyz, Bryan Michael Cox, and Jermaine Dupri, it featured fourteen soul tracks, amongst which were a few collaborations with artists such as Ludacris, Joe Blak, Nelly, Big Duke, R.O.C. and Trina. A few titles from the disc include Head of Household, Driving Me to Drink, Can We Be Tight, Girl It’s Over, The Saga Continues, and Goodbye . Another successful endeavour for the quartet, it entered the US Billboard 200 at number three and sold 215,000 copies domestically within the first weekーan amount that surpassed even what of their previous album. Another number one hit on the Top R&B and Hip Hop Albums Chart, it also charted internationally in Australia, Germany, and New Zealand. Commended for its mid-tempo beats, the album later produced three singles: Where the Party At, Goodbye, and I Got It 2 ; the first two peaked at number three and number fifty eight respectively on the Billboard Hot 100. While Jagged Little Thrill didn’t achieve Double Platinum certification like their previous breakthrough, it did attain Platinum Status from the RIAA for achieving over 1,000,000 copies in sales. A couple of years later, Jagged Edge came out with their fourth studio album, Hard . The first and only album under the Sony Urban label, it once again saw Jermaine Dupri as one of its main producers. Amongst its sixteen-song track listーwhich consisted of numbers such as In the Morning, Trying to Find the Words, Girls Gone Wild (Feat. Major Damage), They Ain’t J.E. , were three bonus tracks: On My Way (After the Club), They Ain’t J.E. [Remix], and Car Show. On the day of its release, the soul album debuted on the US Billboard 200 at number three; by the end of the first week, it had sold approximately 178,000 copies in the United States. Jagged Edge’s second Gold-certified album, it has since sold over 871,000 units domestically. Still, reviews for Hard were generally negative compared to their previous works; for instance, Allmusic gave it a two and a half star rating, having criticized it for its bland lyrics and repetitive tunes. Similarly, the Rolling Stone also gave it a two out of five star rating. On May 9, 2006, Jagged Edge released their fifth eponymous album, Jagged Edge . Featuring the production of The Clutch, Hakim Young, Chad Elliot, Jermaine Mobley and Jermaine Dupri, it came with seventeen tracks (eighteen if bought from iTunes), some of which included I Ain’t Here For This, So Amazing, Season’s Change, Get a Lil’ Bit of This, Crying Out, Baby Feel Me, Sexy American Girls . Much like their previous efforts, a few artists such as Voltio, Bad Girl, John Legend and Big Duke also appeared in a few tracks. Rated three stars, Jagged Edge eventually went on to spawn four singles, Season’s Change, Stunnas, Good Luck Charm, and So Amazing ; Good Luck Charm ultimately attained the most popularity, having attained gold certification from the RIAA. Although the album charted at number four on the Billboard 200 and number two on the R&B and Hip Hop Albums Chart, it was Jagged Edge’s first album not to receive RIAA accreditation. Since then, the R&B group have gone on to release three more full length albums including Baby Makin’ Project (2007), The Remedy (2011), and J.E. Heartbreak 2 (2014). What’s Jagged Edge Doing Now in 2018 – Recent Updates. Just a few days ago, Jagged Edge took to the stage at the 25th Annual Trumpet Awards. Also part of the impressive lineup of performers were Erica Campbell, Travis Greene and Pastor Shirley Caesar. The event, which recognizes the outstanding accomplishments of various individuals, took place on Sunday, January 29, 2017. In other news, it looks like the group will also be holding a performance at The Pageant in St. Louis this spring. Set to take place on March 11, 2017 at 8PM, tickets for the show are still available ($35-$50) should it tickle your fancy.

If you’d like to stay up-to-date and connected with the mainstream R&B group, you can do so by following Jagged Edge on social mediaーyou can find them on Instagram or Twitter at @official_je. Also, be sure to check out their official Facebook page at @TheOfficialJE for the latest updates!