Jagged Edge

It's easy to overlook Jagged Edge's talent when you're hit over the head with a few panting, single-entendre-crammed sex jams. But beyond its more explicit, radio-ready singles, the quartet has actually been consistently putting out the kind of dapper, harmonized RnB that shuffles, slow-dances and does a gentle electric slide toward the bedroom. Baby Makin' Project sees them teaming up with old friend Jermaine Dupri, and while the collaboration works, it doesn't necessarily produce sparks. Still, a solid release from a band that's held onto their chart presence despite shifting trends.

You may not have noticed, but Atlanta thug-soul quartet Jagged Edge have scored four Top
Ten records in seven years, presumably helping make many babies along the way. Credit
them for truth in advertising on their sixth album: Baby Makin' Project is full of lush,
strenuously sung R&B -- the sort of thing that brings to mind candles, oiled pecs and dripping
sweat. The beats are cushy, but there's too much oversinging (Beyonce’s voca... More >