List of new jack swing artists

This list contains singers and bands from 1984 to 1997 who performed in the new jack swing style, a hybrid style popular from the mid-1980s into the early-to-mid-1990s, which fuses the rhythms, samples and production techniques of hip hop and dance-pop music with the urban contemporary sound of R&B. The new jack swing style developed as many previous R&B styles did, by combining elements of older styles with newer trends. It uses mellifluously soulful solo or harmonizing vocals sung over rhythms and "street" beats derived from urban musical influences. The sound of new jack swing comes from the hip hop "swing" beats created by drum machine, and hardware samplers, which was popular during the golden age of hip hop, with contemporary R&B style singing.

1984–1989

Successful records to influence the rise of new jack swing by creating a fusion of R&B, rap, funk, disco and synthesized percussion.[1]

1990–early 1992

Mid-1992 to 1997

References

  1. ↑ Ripani, Richard J. (2006). The New Blue Music: Changes in Rhythm & Blues, 1950–1999. University Press of Mississippi. pp. 130–153. ISBN 1-57806-862-2..
  2. ↑ Huey, Steve. "Al B. Sure! : Biography". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 6 October 2013. During the late '80s, Al B. Sure! enjoyed a brief run as one of new jack swing's most popular romantic singers.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Ripani, Richard J. (2006). The New Blue Music: Changes in Rhythm & Blues, 1950-1999. University Press of Mississippi. pp. 153–154. ISBN 978-1-57806-862-3. (listed as "[a]mong the important artists in the new jack swing style during the early 1990s").
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 "New Jack Swing Artists Highlights". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
  5. ↑ Huey, Steve. "Bobby Brown : Biography". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 6 October 2013. Bobby Brown was the performer who popularized new jack swing
  6. ↑ Huey, Steve. "Guy : Biography". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 6 October 2013. This seminal R&B trio was the first group to sport the new jack swing sound
  7. ↑ "Johnny Kemp". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
  8. ↑ Hogan, Ed. "Teddy Riley : biography". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 6 October 2013. The acknowledged "King of New Jack Swing"
  9. ↑ "Tony! Toni! Toné!". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
  10. ↑ Wynn, Ron. "Alyson Williams : Biography". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 6 October 2013. An immensely talented vocalist able to sing new jack swing tunes or old-time soul ballads with equal skill...
  11. ↑ "Another Bad Creation". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
  12. ↑ Bogdanov, Vladimir; Woodstra, Chris; Erlewine, S tephen Thomas (2003). All Music Guide to Soul: The Definitive Guide to R&B and Soul. Backbeat Books. p. 72. Their early music was indebted to new jack swing...
  13. ↑ Huey, Steve. "Michael Jackson : Biography". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
  14. ↑ "Soul for Real". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
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