JE Heartbreak II Tracklist
JE Heartbreak II is Jagged Edge’s eighth album, arriving 3 years after their previous effort, June 2011’s The Remedy. The album is the sequel to the group’s 2x Platinum January 2000 album, J.E. Heartbreak and sees the group go back to their signature sound.
While The Remedy saw Jagged Edge part ways with their mentor Jermaine Dupri, the group added him back into the fold for JE Heartbreak II, signing yet again with So So Def Recordings. The album also marks their first release on their independent label, Hardcase LLC. When speaking to You Know I Got Soul in November 2014, Brandon said:
For us it was extremely important to add JD and Bryan Cox back into the mix because they were our original collaboration partners on the first project. For us to do this the right way, we felt we had to bring them back in the loop.
JE Heartbreak II debuted and peaked at #28 on the Billboard 200 chart, selling 12,572 units during its first week in the States. The album spawned three singles: “Hope,” “Love Come Down,” and “Getting Over You.”
The album is only available on American streaming sites and its songs and music videos on YouTube are limited to the American audience.
“JE Heartbreak II” Q&A
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How did the album chart?
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How did ‘J.E. Heartbreak’ influence the album?
When speaking to You Know I Got Soul in November 2014, Brian said:
I guess the relation between those two projects for us is that we felt when “JE Heartbreak” came out, we were making some of the best music of our career. We felt like at this point in time we needed to again. We kind of drew the inspiration and used the model of terms of it all being about relationships and heartbreak and things about that.
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Did Jagged Edge feel pressured to live up to ‘J.E. Heartbreak’?
When speaking to You Know I Got Soul in November 2014, Wingo said:
There was definitely pressure for us to live up to the original because “JE Heartbreak” is our biggest record still to this day. There was pressure because you don’t want to undermine the process, you don’t want to do lesser than what was expected. Our fans expect the same result as the first time. We just wanted to give our fans what they wanted.
