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A Look Back: Teedra Moses
2006-06-26
The past four weeks since my last column have been devastatingly dull when it comes to quality urban music. The musical landscape has been barren as the Mojave in the dog days of summer. Barren as an 80 year-old virgin spinster. I'm not exaggerating.
Case in point: Jagged Edge. That's right, they're back. After a three-year absence, the Atlanta-based quartet returns with a self-titled album. I naively allowed my hopes to soar like a dove when I saw the groovy cover artwork, which calls to mind blaxploitation movie posters of the '70s. It seemed to infer that the band had discarded its relentlessly hollow trademark sound in favor of something more adventurous.<...
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