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- New Jack Swing became the soundtrack of a generation. It's the sound of vibrant city life, of colorful fashion, and of youthful energy. Artists like Bobby Brown, Janet Jackson, and Boyz II Men are some of the big names associated with New Jack Swing. Their songs are full of catchy hooks, cool dance moves, and a get-up-and-dance spirit.
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This list contains singers and groups who performed in the new jack swing (or swingbeat) style, a hybrid style popular from the mid-1980s into the early 1990s. It developed as many previous music genres did, by combining elements of jazz, R&B, funk and hip hop.
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- Teddy Riley & Tammy Lucas – Is It Good to You
- Today – Why You Get Funky on Me
- Color Me Badd – I Wanna Sex You Up
- Levert – Casanova
- The Good Girls – Your Sweetness
- Chuckii Booker – Turned Away
- The Boys – Dial My Heart
- Jeff Redd – You called and Told Me
- Heavy D and The Boyz – Somebody For Me
- Al B. Sure! – Nite and Day
Weaponized synth hooks combined with hard-hitting drum machine beats were Teddy Riley’s hallmark and he didn’t disappoint with the super-funky “Is It Good To You,” the keyboardist/producer’s collaboration with sweet-voiced Tammy Lucas. The song made No. 50 in the US R&B charts and appeared on the soundtrack to the movie Juicein 1992. – Charles Wari...
Hailing from New Jersey, Today were a quartet fronted by singer Lee Drakeford and were protégés of Teddy Riley collaborator Gene Griffin, the producer of the group’s third Top 10 US R&B hit, “Why You Get Funky On Me.” Featured in the 1990 hit movie House Party, starring rappers Kid N’ Play, the song exudes a Riley-esque swagger with its seamless fu...
The trend of perfectly curated Black movie soundtracks in the 90s started with New Jack City, written by Barry Michael Cooper, the Village Voicewriter who coined “New Jack Swing.” One of the standout tracks alongside NJS mainstays like Johnny Gill and Christopher Williams was the playfully risque and immediately catchy debut from R&B group Color Me...
Ohio vocal trio LeVert were already an established soul music act with a No. 1 hit to their name when the New Jack Swing phenomenon sent seismic shockwaves through the R&B world in the late 80s. Quick to adapt, they served up their own take on the swingbeat sound with the contagious “Casanova,” which blended silky vocals with a tough beatbox groove...
Signed to Motown and pitched as a New Jack Swing version of the label’s iconic girl group, The Supremes, Los Angeles trio The Good Girls hit the ground running when their catchy debut single “Your Sweetness” stormed into the US R&B Top 10 in 1989. Stylistically, its harmonized vocal hook and chord changes drew inspiration from Teddy Riley’s work wi...
The godson of soul music giant Barry White, California-born Booker brought a smoother, West Coast sensibility to the swingbeat sound with his chart-topping US R&B single, “Turned Away,” in 1989. Taken from the Los Angeles multi-instrumentalist’s 1989 debut album, the single – a meditation on romantic rejection – showcased Booker’s svelte vocals gli...
When it comes to boy bands, Khiry, Tajh, Hakim, and Bilal Abdulsamad should be the blueprint for every group that came after them. The Boys helped recenter Motown as a prominent trendsetter in R&B thanks to their teenybopper lyrics, oversized suits, and bubbly personalities. Their debut single launched the group to stardom at the time, but “Dial My...
When you think of the 1991 film Strictly Business, Jeff Redd’s “You Called And Told Me” should be one of the first things that come to mind. This smooth cult classic is for the real R&B heads. – Tatyana Jenene
A common theme for artists during the New Jack Swing era was the desire to find real love. Heavy D and the Boyz might have been first with the late ’80s hit “Somebody For Me.” The overweight lover was vulnerable but kept his cool as he tried to find a real one. – Tatyana Jenene
Born Albert Brown III in Boston, Massachusetts, Al B Sure! sang background vocals for Heavy D & the Boyz before debuting with the single, “Nite and Day,” in 1988, which topped the US R&B charts for three weeks. The song’s gentle blend of angelic vocals and a romantic theme offered a fresh take on New Jack Swing, toning down the style’s masculine ag...
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Dance-oriented artists such as Michael Jackson, the Good Girls, Jane Child, Tammy Lucus, Abstrac, Nayobe, Paula Abdul and Bell Biv DeVoe also have new jack swing elements in their late 1980s and early 1990s output.
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Jul 20, 2012 · With one foot in the streets and the other grooving with the larger American audience, New Jack Swing ruled the charts in the late '80s through the early '90s.
This list contains singers and groups who performed in the new jack swing (or swingbeat) style, a hybrid style popular from the mid-1980s into the early 1990s. It developed as many previous music genres did, by combining elements of jazz, R&B, funk and hip hop.
