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List Price: $11.98 | | Label: Sony
Salesrank: 34331
Released: October 14, 2003 |
| Our Price: $5.00 |
| Used Price: $2.98 |
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| Media: Audio CD |
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Hard Track Listing:
1. They Ain't JE
2. Walked Outta Heaven
3. Girls Gone Wild- Featuring Major Damage
4. Visions
5. Hard
6. Dance Floor
7. Trying To Find The Words
8. What's It Like
9. Tryna Be Your Man
10. I Don't Wanna
11. In Private
12. In The Morning
13. Shady Girl
14. Car Show - Featuring Big Boi
15. They Ain't JE - Remix Featuring Street Katz And Woonie
Editorial Review:
Jagged Edge’s fourth album may serve as a harbinger of an early-’90s revival. Back in the day, R&B harmony groups barely dabbled in hip-hop, with only minimal rapping heard on even, say, Boyz II Men’s uptempo hits. Likewise on Hard, which makes strategic nods toward a hero of JE’s Atlanta hometown (OutKast’s Big Boi, who guests on "Car Show") and the currently reborn dancehall craze ("Girls Gone Wild" features toasting by the fabulously named Major Damage) but mostly just sticks to showcasing the quartet. In fact, the title track doesn’t boast about the guys’ relative street toughness, instead noting a nearly lost opportunity for love. Most of the tracks here fit into 2 or 3 slots: happiness in love, love lost, or clubbin’. That, as well, seems like an echo of an era passed. --Rickey Wright
Hard Reviews:
was a great gift for hubby 
2008-04-30 - I found exactly what he asked for and for a cheaper price than in the store. The quality was just as good if not better.
Jagged Edge- Hard (2.5 stars) 
2007-09-24 - This was a mistake. JE can do so much better. Hard is not an absoulutely horrible album but, they went to thug with it. To many of the songs are thug, and to many street anthems. Those type of songs are ok sometimes, but when the majority of the album is those type, is when it gets old real fast. But there are some good tracks to. The trend of having one big single that causes big album sales continues on this album with the massive single "Walked Outta Heaven" which is actually a good song. But there was not even a second single. I am sure they released one but i dont think it even charted. But "Walked Outta Heaven" alone is a great love song. But other than that the only other good song i can think of on this album is "Girls Gone Wild" which is pretty much "Where The Party At? Part 2" but better, and "Tryna Find The Words" which has a sick beat. But other than those three songs, there are a couple of decent tracks but the rest is just filler. I will never deny JE's talent, cause they have lots of it, and i am the first to admit that i am a huge JE fan. The problem is though, that since Jagged Era, they have not released anything truly special. They have not released an album that i can listen to over and over again. So far they have put out one great album, one good album, one average album, and one below average album being this one. JE can do alot better than this.
Grade:
D+
Ah, Them Jagged Boys...
2006-10-02 - How crazy is it that the same group can challenge their own record for one of, if not THE best RnB album from a group in possibly a decade or so (J.E. Heartbreak)?
This album, even by their own standards, is AMAZING. Ladies, what do we do when we hear the opening harp-pics of 'Walked Outta Heaven'? Yeah, I know, I can't write it here! But the answer is even quoted in the 'They Ain't J.E. Remix'..."Them baby-makin ballads got 'em..." well you know the rest!
Um, lemme see, a bad song on this album...'Shady Girl'; literally the only song I do not love. But hello? On the flip side, we have 'Tryna Be Your Man', 'I Don't Wanna' my personal favourite! 'In Private', and of course the title track 'Hard'.
My respect for them increased ten-fold after seeing them live, and believe me when I tell you that it IS possible for them to sound better than they do on record. Their time-keeping needs ALOT of work - but I can promise you that once they get on stage you begrudgingly forgive them for keeping you waiting so long!!!
I don't think it's possible to find a word that accurately describes this brilliant album, but I WILL second an earlier comment. It is CRIMINAL that this group aren't bigger than they are. With all the talent-devoid, insipid [...] littering the charts these days, it makes ABSOLUTELY NO SENSE that they aren't the leaders of today's new school. CRIMINAL.
Hard Core 
2006-09-11 - The Atlanta quartet's fourth release entitled Hard holds it down for R&B's rougher yet smooth male groups with very little competition delivers another solid album. This time without Jermaine Dupri executive producing this LP, he still lends a production hand with two, but the twins managed to step up to the plate show leadership. "They Ain't JE" produced by Jazze Pha leads the album off with a near blow to other male R&B groups with lyrics "...they cool, but they ain't JE..." as the Remix featuring Street Katz & Woonie concludes the album. The highlight of Hard is "Walked Outta Heaven". This song showcases their strength in harmony with a slow groove one of the three produced by longtime contributor Bryan Michael Cox. "Girls Gone Wild" featuring Major Damage is a mid-tempo groove about approaching admiring women "...that's what's up..." Downshifting back to a slow tone, "Visions" has a smart replayed sample bass guitar makes the song ride easily. Another highlight is found in the title track with its mid-tempo drum pattern and piano, but the chorus' tone definitely carries the weight of the song. To add to the different settings, "Dance Floor" has the up-beat flavor to give Jagged Edge more depth. As in any many situations of a relationship JE expresses their feelings on "Trying To Find The Words". On the other side on "What's It Like" they show a side of reaching maturity seeking love and experiencing life to its fullest. Adding another dance tempo track, "Tryna Be Your Man" the objective is being more than just a friend. Referring back to their strength with another smooth ballad "I Don't Wanna" with overpowering guitar licks. Displaying vocal range with a higher octave for the opening verse, "In Private" is a highlight and mood setter for a sexy endeavor. Lyrically, Jagged Edge is down to earth without complex analogies as with "In The Moring" they explain why "...I can't get enough..." "Shady Girl" includes a Naughty By Nature piano sample to speed the album to a mid / cruising level. Big Boi of OutKast feature on "Car Show" added to the LP with a more good feeling track as they compares their feelings with cars. The only problem found or not found on this album is that there are too many fillers and not enough single. Getting to the point, it's missing more HITS. Never the less this album has a more mature feeling as compared to the previous three. Hard is what it is.
I love this album!
2006-09-07 - I was going through my collection and decided to listen to this album and I had forgotten how much I love this album. The songs were right on point, the vocals perfect, the lyrics fitting. I took off one star because I hate when the keep talking about being a P.I.M.P. That kinda talk is very juvenile. Otherwise this is one of their best albums.
