new jack swing

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contemporary R&B subgenre fusion genre music genre

New jack swing is a late-1980s and early-1990s music style that fuses R&B vocals with hip hop beats and production.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf contemporary R&B subgenre ⓘ
fusion genre ⓘ
music genre ⓘ
alsoKnownAs swingbeat ⓘ
associatedWithArtist Al B. Sure! ⓘ
Bell Biv DeVoe ⓘ
Bobby Brown ⓘ
Boyz II Men ⓘ
Guy ⓘ
Heavy D & the Boyz ⓘ
Hi-Five ⓘ
Janet Jackson ⓘ
Jodeci ⓘ
Johnny Gill ⓘ
Keith Sweat ⓘ
New Edition ⓘ
Teddy Riley ⓘ
Today ⓘ
associatedWithDanceStyle hip hop dance ⓘ
new jack swing dance ⓘ
associatedWithProducer Andre Harrell ⓘ
Babyface ⓘ
Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis ⓘ
L.A. Reid ⓘ
Teddy Riley ⓘ
associatedWithRegion East Coast hip hop scene ⓘ
linked to: East Coast hip hop
commercialSuccess high in late 1980s and early 1990s ⓘ
culturalOrigin Harlem ⓘ
New Jersey ⓘ
linked to: New Jersey, United States

New York City ⓘ
United States ⓘ
linked to: United States of America
declinePeriod mid-1990s ⓘ
developedInPeriod early 1990s ⓘ
late 1980s ⓘ
etymology term combines slang "new jack" with "swing" referring to swingbeat ⓘ
followedBy contemporary R&B of late 1990s ⓘ
hip hop soul ⓘ
neo soul ⓘ
hasCharacteristic R&B-style vocals ⓘ
call-and-response vocals ⓘ
danceable grooves ⓘ
hip hop-influenced beats ⓘ
melodic hooks ⓘ
new jack swing beat ⓘ
polished studio production ⓘ
swinging drum-machine rhythms ⓘ
syncopated rhythms ⓘ
synthesizer-based production ⓘ
use of digital samplers ⓘ
use of drum machines ⓘ
hasLegacy foundation for blending rap and R&B in mainstream pop ⓘ
influenced boy bands of the 1990s ⓘ
revived in 2010s nostalgia-driven R&B and pop ⓘ
hasSubculture urban fashion trends of late 1980s and early 1990s ⓘ
influenced contemporary R&B of the 1990s ⓘ
hip hop soul ⓘ
neo soul ⓘ
pop music of the early 1990s ⓘ
influencedBy contemporary R&B ⓘ
electro ⓘ
funk music ⓘ
hip hop music ⓘ
soul music ⓘ
lyricalThemes dance and partying ⓘ
relationships ⓘ
romance ⓘ
notableWork Control (Janet Jackson album) ⓘ
linked to: Control (album)

Don’t Be Cruel (Bobby Brown album) ⓘ
Guy (Guy album) ⓘ
Make It Last Forever (Keith Sweat album) ⓘ
linked to: Make It Last Forever

Poison (Bell Biv DeVoe album) ⓘ
linked to: Poison (album)
peakPopularity early 1990s ⓘ
late 1980s ⓘ
stylisticallyFuses R&B ⓘ
dance-pop ⓘ
funk ⓘ
hip hop ⓘ
typicalTempo mid-tempo to uptempo ⓘ
usesInstrument Roland TR-808 ⓘ
linked to: Roland TR-808 drum machine

Roland TR-909 ⓘ
digital samplers ⓘ
drum machine ⓘ
synthesizers ⓘ

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Control → genre → new jack swing ⓘ
Johnny Gill → partOf → New jack swing era ⓘ
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TLC → genre → new jack swing ⓘ
Michael Bivins → genre → new jack swing ⓘ
Wreckx-N-Effect → notableWork → New Jack Swing ⓘ
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Wreckx-N-Effect → hitSingle → New Jack Swing ⓘ
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I Want Her → influencedGenre → new jack swing ⓘ
subject linked to: Keith Sweat – I Want Her
DJ Eddie F → genre → New Jack Swing ⓘ
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DJ Eddie F → influencedGenre → New Jack Swing ⓘ
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Finesse → genre → new jack swing ⓘ
The Knowledge → genre → New jack swing ⓘ
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Three Stripes → hasMusicalInfluence → New Jack Swing ⓘ
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Feenin' → genre → New jack swing ⓘ
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Johnny Gill (album) → genre → New jack swing ⓘ
subject linked to: album "Johnny Gill" (1990)
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Cry for You → genre → New jack swing ⓘ
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Kyle West → genre → New jack swing ⓘ
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Kyle West → associatedWith → New jack swing movement ⓘ
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Sensitivity → genre → new jack swing ⓘ
subject linked to: Sensitivity (song)
It's Goin' Down → hasMusicalInfluence → New jack swing ⓘ
subject linked to: It’s Goin’ Down (1994 studio album)
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"B.B.D. (I Thought It Was Me)?" → partOf → new jack swing era ⓘ
subject linked to: B.B.D. (I Thought It Was Me)? (song)
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Another Bad Creation → memberOfMovement → New jack swing ⓘ
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Damion Hall → partOf → New jack swing movement ⓘ
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Piece of My Love → isAssociatedWithMovement → new jack swing era ⓘ
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Markell Riley → partOf → new jack swing movement ⓘ
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Aqil Davidson → notableWork → New Jack Swing ⓘ
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Aqil Davidson → partOf → New Jack Swing movement ⓘ
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Aqil Davidson → notableSongContribution → New Jack Swing ⓘ
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Brandon Mitchell → genre → new jack swing ⓘ
Hard or Smooth → genre → new jack swing ⓘ