Jagged Edge

A contemporary R&B vocal group adept at ballads and uptempo songs alike, Jagged Edge are an enduring factor in Atlanta's status as a musical hot spot. Following Xscape, Da Brat, and Kriss Kross, they became one of the key acts on Jermaine Dupri's So So Def label in 1997 with the sophisticated slow jam "I Gotta Be," their first of six Top 40 pop hits. From 1999 through 2007, brothers and songwriting partners Brandon and Brian Casey, along with fellow founding members Kyle Norman and Richard Wingo, put five consecutive albums in the Top Ten of the Billboard 200. These included t...