Remembering new jack swing: Bobby Brown, Boyz II Men, Guy dominated 'mix of everything that was great about Black culture'
"It was a mix of everything that was great about Black culture," a Hofstra professor says of the genre, which burned bright ...
Hip-Hop Community Mourns Death of Influential Journalist & Screenwriter Barry Michael Cooper
He invented the term 'New Jack Swing' and wrote the scripts for 'New Jack City', 'Above the Rim', and 'Sugar Hill'.
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Barry Michael Cooper, ‘New Jack City,’ ‘Sugar Hill’ and ‘Above the Rim’ Writer, Dies at 66
The piece, titled “Teddy Riley’s New Jack Swing: Harlem Gangsters Raise a Genius,” captured a star on his meteoric rise to the top but also coined the term “new jack swing” that defined the genre of ...
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Barry Michael Cooper, Famed Screenwriter & “New Jack Swing” Phrase Inventor, Dies At 66
He also penned the piece “Teddy Riley’s New Jack Swing: Harlem Gangsters Raise A Genius,” with some giving him credit for naming the music style of New Jack Swing that Riley innovated as a ...
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Who is Barry Michael Cooper? Screenwriter and journalist who coined the genre 'new jack swing' dies at 66
During this time, he wrote his book Teddy Riley's New Jack Swing: Harlem Gangsters Raise a Genius on the life of the two-time Grammy winner. New Jack Swing defines the music of Teddy Riley from ...
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Barry Michael Cooper, ‘New Jack City,’ ‘Sugar Hill’ and ‘Above the Rim’ Writer, Dies at 66
The piece, titled “Teddy Riley’s New Jack Swing: Harlem Gangsters Raise a Genius,” captured a star on his meteoric rise to the top but also coined the term “new jack swing” that defined ...
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Barry Michael Cooper, ‘New Jack City’ and ‘Above the Rim’ Screenwriter, Dies at 66
he coined the term “New Jack Swing” to refer to the then-nascent genre of R&B music fused with hip hop popularized by producer Teddy Riley and acts like Bobby Brown, Kool Moe Dee and Janet ...