The members of Jagged Edge are Brian, Brandon, Richard, and Kyle. The group began to form when Brian and Brandon relocated to the ATL from their native Hartford, Connecticut. After a chance meeting with Kyle, then a member of another group, Brain and Brandon teamed up with Kyle and two other vocalists, doing what they now refer to as a "R&B/hip-hop/Take 6 kind of thing."

After a slight line-up change, Brian, Brandon, Kyle and a fourth member formed Twin AK, a group which caught the attention of star-making Michael Bivens and his Biv 10 label. Unfortunately the group's fourth member opted out soon after. But thankfully Xscape member Kandi Burruss suggested Richard Wingo (a past schoolmate of hers) become a part of the group.

Financed by the twins' father the guys recorded a demo that they felt was good enought to shop around. And after Kandi got the Jagged Edge demo into the hands of a close associate of Jermaine Dupri's, an a capella performance at JD's home made it a "done deal. Finally the fellas had the right chemistry.

And lucky for us, these fellas are giving us exactly what we've been looking for. Their all. Music for our hearts and our souls. Their sophomore disc is called JE Heartbreak.

"The reason we named this album JE Heartbreak," says Brian, "is the fact that in this past year, we felt a lot of heartbreak -- individually and collectively. It was something that we felt we should talk about, so we decided to write about it."

Kyle remined us that "There is a personal life away from the business. A lot of people don't seem to realize that."

JE Heartbreak contains mostly self-written collections of songs that range from straight street tunes to the heart warming love/soul ballads we've come to expect from JE.

But even though many of JE's experiences over the past year have become great material for a hit song, JE doesn't want you to get it twisted. Not every scenario is necessarily autobiographical.

This second cd, JE Heartbreak, has created an honest reflection of where these fellas are coming from. These four guys pledge devotion despite "what others may say" on the sensitive, soothing "Promise". They also bring back the old school slow-grind type classics like "He Can't". And my personal favorite, they make the ultimate proposal, singing "meet me at the altar in your white dress" on "Let's Get Married".

But fellas, don't give up on JE just yet. Even though they're saying everything the ladies yearn to hear from a man, they acknowledge that sometimes it's the young lady who's not ready for real commitment. "True Man," a direct and to-the-point ballad is about meeting certain people, trying to get things right and they don't go right.

JE explains... "Sometimes you meet a girl and you decide to just do the right thing all the way. And the girl doesn't always see it that way. Well, she claims she sees it that way, but her actions speak otherwise." 'True Man' is saying, "You say you want this now; but you can't even handle it. I gave you all of that; but that's not really what you want."

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