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9 Artists I Cannot Be Objective About Because All They Make Is Beautiful Music (and Things)
On December 17, 2020, Scott Mescudi, professionally known to the world as Kid Cudi, dropped a sneaker collabo with shoe and apparel brand Adidas called the Vadawam 326, so named after his daughter, Vada—the 326 is a reference to her birthday, March 26. Cudi’s shoe looked like it could have EASILY been a Yeezy shoe…
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A Line-By-Line(s) Breakdown of Alleged Foolywang Jam, Donnell Jones' 'Where I Wanna Be'
In October 1999, singer/songwriter/producer Donnell Jones released his second album, platinum-selling Where I Wanna Be. The first single featuring Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes was a hit—his highest-charting hit, in fact—landing inside the top 10 of Billboard’s pop charts. Interestingly, the first record I remember hearing from the album was “Shorty (Got Her Eyes On Me),”…
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Jagged Edge Is Releasing a New Album Soon. Here's What I Think Each Song Is About Based on Its Title
Jagged Edge, easily one of the greatest R&B groups of all time—baby, baby baby, it’s actual and it’s factual—is releasing a new album, A Jagged Love Story, soon. Each member of the group has posted both the album’s cover art and track-listing on their respective IG feeds, noting that the album has been submitted to…
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10 Thoughts About the Jagged Edge x 112 Verzuz With the Struggle Sound
1. Coming off of the high that was the Bounty Killer versus Beenie Man Verzuz Dance Party Jam Session No Social Distance In Sight, I personally thought the Jagged Edge (JE) versus 112 joint was going to end up being somewhat underwhelming. That Saturday night Verzuz was so lit and so live, it was the…
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We Ain’t Gettin No Younger, so We Might as Well Give 112 Verzuz Jagged Edge a Try
Oh, you thought we were having a regular Verzuz weekend? Nope! Since this upcoming weekend is a long weekend thanks to Memorial Day, aka the unofficial start of summer, Timbaland and Swizz Beatz have managed to provide us with a double feature along with Saturday night’s Beenie Man vs. Bounty Killer showdown. After some speculation…
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A Line-by-Line (ish) Defense of Jagged Edge's 'Let's Get Married'
Ever since the first Verzuz “battle” popped off, the social medias have been aflutter with discussions of which artists would make for a good head-to-head battle. Suggestions, both good and terrible, seem to be what social media was built to amplify. Well, after the last “battle” between Ludacris, Nelly and Nelly’s WiFi connection, Swizz Beatz…
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5 More 'Verzuz' Music Battles I'd Love to See Happen
While the promise of a Teddy Riley versus Babyface song-off battle royale may really just be a pipe dream—I’m still working on my own thoughts regarding Teddy Riley’s reasoning for wanting to hold off— on the heels of last weekend’s epic Lil Jon vs T-Pain joyfest, we did get news of a hip-hop lover’s dream…
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Mike and Slim of 112 Talk Super Bowl Halftime Show Erasure, Favorite Video Look, and Their Rivalry with Jagged Edge
The evolution of 112 has been an intriguing one, going from the “good boys” of the Bad Boys fraternity to the “rebellious” and increasingly flashy men they came to be. From white suits to black, to “even more black.” As the sun blazed through the glass walls of a Los Angeles hotel lobby, Mike and…
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Um, Jagged Edge, What the Hell Was That? DC Is Not Pleased
It’s amazing how quickly something can go from awesome to WTF, but last night during the Silver Spring, Md., stop of Jagged Edge’s tour, they leveled that shit all the way up, leaving an entire crowd both dumbfounded and pissed and their Twitter mentions deservedly in shambles. I’m a JE fan. Anybody who knows me…
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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…