Layover Tracklist
Layover is Jagged Edge’s ninth album, and the follow up to October 2014’s JE Heartbreak II. The album marks their second release on their independent label, Hardcase LLC, and departing from So So Def Recordings yet again. The album failed to chart.
Layover was only announced a month prior to its release and no singles were dropped ahead of its release. In a July 2017 interview with Albumism, Wingo revealed that the album was originally intended to be a 7-track EP, saying, “It started off as an EP, and we’re still calling it an EP.”
From 2015 onwards, member Kyle Norman found himself in hot water with the law after an aggravated assault charge, violating his probation, and even serving jail time in January 2017. In a July 2017 interview with Albumism, Brandon revealed that Norman wouldn’t make the Layover album due to his legal issues, saying:
To be honest, Kyle ain’t gon’ make the [Layover] album, but he’s here no matter what. We ain’t kicking him out the group.
“Layover” Q&A
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What have Jagged Edge said about the album?
In a July 2017 interview with Albumism, Brandon said:
This record has no politics, or as the industry would say ‘politricks.’ There’s none of that with Layover. We’re not doing it with a label or big-named executive producer. This is our record. Anyway you look at it, it’s all Jagged Edge. We’re willing to either live or burn with it
