The Party's Where Your At! (Jagged Little Thrill - Jagged Edge)

Member Name: XICripZ

Product:	Jagged Little Thrill - Jagged Edge
Date:	03/08/09 (43 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Consistent

Disadvantages: Little variation

"Jagged Little Thrill" came out in 2001 as the third album from Jagged Edge, the Atlanta R&B quartet who made a big impact with some ballad tunes through the late nineties before moving things on as Jermaine Dupri (their producer) stepped up as a rapper himself and moved things towards the hype R&B and Hip Hop sounds, and so moved this act onto this too.

1. "The Saga Continues" (Intro)

2. "Where The Party At"

To get things going here we have a banger of a track from them as you see that they drop what many would consider to be their breakthrough single. It has the then-fresh southern rapper Nelly backing them up off the hype of his debut to getting the party atmosphere going for this summery jam.

**Five Stars**

3. "Goodbye"

You have them coming off a huge hype to slow things down suddenly i order to move towards a style which was rather popular with tunes such as "Promise", "I Gotta Be" and "Let's Get Married" were on the first albums from them. Personally, the lack of energy put me off, but the vocals are strong and are highlighted through such a tune.

**Three Stars**

4. "Cut Somethin'"

You see that the immediately move things along again for a tune which appears to reflect the early joint as you have them working with yet another newcomer of the time, and this time he is much more local as the Atlanta rapper Ludacris comes to join them and do things which appear to be in the style of his debut release; "Back For The First Time".

**Four Stars**

5. "Girl it's Over"
They move on to the break-up songs here as you find another major shift in the material from the energetic material back down to something which contrast significantly from it as they break off their partner with gentle one. It is a big one and shows that they can do things as with the general love songs.

**Four Stars**

6. "Can We Be Tight"

With the Voice Box technique being used to back up the line sof the chorus, this one takes you back the mid-nineties Golden Age of R&B to show that this time had a huge influence upon the type of material they came up with as they took form Dru Hill, Jodeci and BLACKstreet to make what we see here, and it is done very well.

**Four Stars**

7. "I Got It"

With Jermaine Dupri acting as the hype man as he takes from takes from Roger Troutman's late lines in the remix to 2Pac's "California Love", you fin that with this one we have a change in the style of the artist with one which has them on some strange back-tracking production for club material and I felt that it went down well here.

**Four Stars**

8. "Best Man"

Although it took a while for me to really get into, after a while this one really sinks in as a highly-emotive song form the four of them as they set up a situation where an engaged couple are forced to break apart as it is found out the best man of the group has been having an affair with the bride. It is a powerful ballad and will get to you after some time.

**Four Stars**

9. "Without You"

You see that with this one you have them moving towards the gentle R&B work in which they ride so soft production to compliment their style of singing. I felt that with so many f the elements working effectively in this direction, it made for a nice tune and one which represents the album well for what it does and how they perform in it.

**Four Stars**

10. "Driving Me To Drink"

You see that here Jermaine Dupri's production kicks things up a pace with some swinging beats leading them into some freaky material. It is a funky little one and works well by moving things on with the pace whilst having them sticking to the relationship themes which appear to be an undercurrent to the record.

**Four Stars**

11. "This Goes Out"

I wasn't that keen on this one at first as it sounded to me to be a tacky version of Donell Jones' "In The Hood", but as you hear it more it appears to improve as you here tat they do an effective booster for those on their hustle on the streets whilst bringing in their own situations to portray this here.

**Four Stars**

12. "Respect"

The production in this one reminds me of what you get from Usher's "U Got It Bad" from the same year (and producer) and I felt that this influenced my liking of this tune as you get that in it they choose to perform one which has them to a degree progressing what you got from the one before it, but here choosing to talk about how they live their lives.

**Four Stars**

13. "Head Of Household"

You have some great song writing in this one as they bring out some popular references to engage with the listeners as they move towards the powerful ballad work. It is a big one, and one which I wasn't expecting to come across as well, de to the fairly average production, but it does well here and makes an impact.

**Four Stars**

14. "Remedy"

Bringing the album to an end, with this one you see that they go for one in the same sort of style as what came just before it, and I felt that as they gave it some time to really build and allow this kind of thing to really be explored thoroughly, it worked well to round things off nicely with a nice little R&B song.

**Four Stars**

This is a consistently strong release from the group which sees them keeping up the standard throughout as they show just how well they cam perform their material in their own way an so although there are only a couple of early lifts, they do well with all the ballads.

Summary: Jagged Edge's third album