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.

New Jack Swing builds on the rhythm and blues foundation and fuses the beats, sound effects, and raps of hip-hop with an innovative jazz-type shuffle/bounce rhythm (the swing), and the gospel vocal stylings of soul heard on Keith Sweat’s “I Want Her” (1987) and Riley’s group, Guy “Groove Me” (1988). Riley’s releases are defined by ...

Dec 6, 2024 · New jack swing took over pop R&B for nearly a decade before petering out, and pop music would never be the same. Its essence can be summed up as “R&B with a hip-hop feel.”

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]

Jul 20, 2012 · To commemorate Mr. Sweat's birthday, we compiled the The 25 Best New Jack Swing Songs. Enjoy, reminisce, and do the Running Man when necessary.

Feb 22, 2024 · The best New Jack Swing songs are R&B with production more traditionally associated with hip-hop... But it’s of course much more than that.

Jan 26, 2025 · New jack swing (also known as swingbeat) was the most pop-oriented rhythm-and-blues music since 1960s Motown. Blossoming in the late 1980s and early 90s, its performers were unabashed entertainers, free of artistic pretensions; its songwriters and producers were commercial professionals.

Oct 23, 2017 · Between the years of 1986 and 1991, the pulse of young black America was soundtracked by a rhythmic explosion that rippled dance floors, Kenwood speakers, and Cross Colours colorways. It was called “New Jack Swing,” a term coined by esteemed journalist, author and screenwriter Barry Michael Cooper.

Jan 5, 2018 · New Jack Swing sort of emerged from the Minneapolis sound of Prince and Janet Jackson in the late 1980s, borrowing turntable scratching, stop-start percussive beats, and especially dancing and dance beats from hip-hop.

Oct 8, 2024 · Mixing hip-hop with R&B, New Jack Swing dominated the US charts between 1989 and 1993. It left an indelible influence on modern music.