If you know anything about R&B, you probably love these guys who dominated in the 90’s and early 2000’s. Vibe caught up with Jagged Edge to talk about their new track titled “Hope.” This song will serve as the lead single into the group’s upcoming J.E. Heartbreak Too album which is slated for a fall 2014 release. Check out that they had to say about the new track, and coming back into the R&B scene after the jump.
VIBE: What is your new single “Hope” about?
Brandon: There’s so many things right now, that take away from us—us as men. [We had] this idea to put a record out there to uplift. Especially for men, we really need those records. In music in general, not just R&B. You hear these girl power records all the time. You never get records like that for guys. This is one of those records for real men. Real men are gonna love it.
What motivated you to make a “guy power” anthem?
Brandon: Just life. You put on TV any day of the week and you watch any of these talk shows, and I guarantee that, out of five episodes in the season, two of them are about bashing men. The radio seems like women are trying to come up with these all-girls exclusive club. We got an exclusive club of our own.
There has been a resurgence of legacy artists, such as TGT, returning to R&B. Does this make you feel optimistic?
Brian: We feel like optimists every time. I hate to call it a “resurgence” because it’s more, getting back to where it should be. Some of the artists that are coming back to life or some of the music getting a better look right now, it always should have been. There’s such a need for [timeless] types of songs, whether they come from young kids or people with families. There’s such a need for those types of songs that you don’t throw away in a month.
Read the entire interview at Vibe
