R&B veteran group Jagged Edge treated fans to an advance listening party for their upcoming 8th album.

One of R&B’s most successful groups, Jagged Edge, is gearing up for the release of their eighth studio album, J.E. Heartbreak 2. The quartet recently released their second single “Ready”. The single serves as a follow up to their fan favorite track “Hope”. The group sings “I won’t be the one who’s 50 and alone….. I’d never thought I’d say this; I think I’m ready to be in love.” So far the album is proving to stick to the group’s signature classic and timeless sound, which makes sense since the group collaborated with super producers Jermaine Dupri and Bryan Michael Cox just as they did on their 2000 release, the double platinum J.E. Heartbreak album. R&B fans this is what you have been waiting for: new R&B music and R&B artists that are committed to putting out real R&B!!! It’s actually amazing that you can take a track from the original J.E. Heartbreak album and put it on the sequel and thus far J.E. Heartbreak 2 tracks are sounding like they could’ve been on the original album. Two words: timeless and classic! Enjoy the single below. Also for fun, let’s flashback to the J.E. Heartbreak single “Keys To The Range.” [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALwF1Mc-1W8&w=600&h=315]

R&B fans get ready! So So Def Recordings and Hard Case Records has announced a new deal with BMG Primary Wave Artists Services to release the multi-platinum-selling group Jagged Edge‘s eighth studio album, J.E. Heartbreak Too, this fall 2014. The album’s lead single, “Hope,” will premiere this Friday. Written and produced by the group’s twin brothers Brian and Brandon Casey along with Grammy-winning songwriter/producer Bryan Michael Cox, “Hope” is a classic R&B throwback to the signature sound on the initial J.E. Heartbreak, which sold over 2 million records in 2000. “Making a sequel to a classic album is difficult,” says So So Def CEO Jermaine Dupri, who serves as executive producer on the upcoming prohect. “We don’t want to stray from the blueprint of the first album. It’s definitely a challenge, but the fans won’t be disappointed.” With over 8 million records sold across 7 studio albums (5 of them gold or multi-platinum), Jagged Edge is one of the most successful R&B groups in music. The group has won three Billboard Awards, two Soul Train Awards, a Lifetime Achievement Award from the World Music & Dance Awards and has earned various Grammy, BET, and American Music Award nominations. Jagged Edge states that they are extremely excited to join forces with Jermaine Dupri again. R&B fans this is what you have been waiting for!!! To get you ready for JE Heartbreak Too flashback to J.E. Heartbreak classic “He Can’t Love U” below! [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgqNtGVYQgc&w=560&h=315]