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New jack swing, new jack, or swingbeat [1] is a fusion genre of the rhythms and production techniques of hip hop and dance-pop, and the urban contemporary sound of R&B. Spearheaded by producers Teddy Riley , Bernard Belle , Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis , new jack swing was most popular from the late 1980s to early 1990s.
This list contains singers and groups who performed in the new jack swing (or swingbeat) [1] [2] style, a hybrid style popular from the mid-1980s into the early 1990s. [3] It developed as many previous music genres did, by combining elements of jazz, R&B, funk and hip hop. [4]
It was the market's first "CHUrban" station (the forerunner to the modern rhythmic contemporary format) that played hip-hop, R&B, freestyle, new jack swing, and house, as well as some dance hits from the Top 40 charts. By the late 1990s, WHHH became a full-fledged rhythmic station as "Hot 96.3."
Albert Joseph Brown III (born 1968), [1] known professionally as Al B. Sure!, is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, radio host and former record executive. He was born in Boston and raised in Mount Vernon, New York. [2] During the late 1980s and early 1990s, Brown was one of new jack swing's most popular performers. [3]
At the end of 1989, Wheeler later departed from the group. Their performance on Soul Train featured the debut performance of then-new member Marcia Lewis; who performed the lead vocals. The song was included in the group's set list for their A New Decade Tour in 1990 and was performed early in the set on tour dates.
This successful series focused on current and past R&B and Hip hop tracks or "new jack swing", with the genre becoming more popular with mainstream buyers. The series launched in March 1995 and ran for several volumes until 1996. Usually issued as a single-CD, some of the releases (Pure Swing IV for example) were double-CDs. Pure Swing (03/95 ...
K7 worked on the air on Manhattan radio stations Hot 97 and WKTU. [citation needed] K7 released another album in 2002 called Love, Sex, Money. His most recent album, The King's Agenda, was released in March 2009 and is available on iTunes.
In October 2004, the remix of "Rub You the Right Way" appeared in popular video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, playing on fictional new jack swing radio station CSR 103.9. Track listing [ edit ]