List of New jack swing artists
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This List of New Jack Swing artists includes singers and bands from 1986 to 1994 who performed in the New Jack Swing style, a hybrid style popular from the late-1980s into the 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.
[edit] 1986-1989
[edit] 1990 - early 1992
[edit] Mid-1992 to 1994
[edit] References
- ^ Jackson's first album, Control, was noted by musicologist Richard J. Ripani Ph.D. as one of the first successful records to influence the rise of new jack swing by creating a fusion of R&B, rap, funk, disco and synthesized percussion. 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 .
- ^ Huey, Steve, Al B. Sure!: Biography, Allmusic, http://www.allmusic.com/artist/al-b-sure-p50835/biography, retrieved November 29, 2011 ("During the late '80s, Al B. Sure! enjoyed a brief run as one of new jack swing's most popular romantic singers.").
- ^ a b c d e Ripani, Richard J. (2006), The New Blue Music: Changes in Rhythm & Blues, 1950-1999, University Press of Mississippi, pp. 153-154, ISBN 9781578068623 (listed as "[a]mong the important artists in the new jack swing style during the early 1990s").
- ^ Wynn, Ron, Alyson Williams: Biography, Allmusic, http://www.allmusic.com/artist/alyson-williams-p5829/biography, retrieved December 1, 2011 "An immensely talented vocalist able to sing new jack swing tunes or old-time soul ballads with equal skill...").
- ^ Huey, Steve, Guy: Biography, Allmusic, http://www.allmusic.com/artist/guy-p4418/biography, retrieved November 29, 2011 ("This seminal R&B trio was the first group to sport the new jack swing sound...").
- ^ Tony! Toni! Toné!, Allmusic, http://www.allmusic.com/artist/tony-toni-ton-p132291, retrieved December 1, 2011 .
- ^ Huey, Steve, Bobby Brown: Biography, Allmusic, http://www.allmusic.com/artist/bobby-brown-p37627/biography, retrieved November 29, 2011 ("...Bobby Brown was the man who popularized New Jack Swing").
- ^ New Edition, Allmusic, http://www.allmusic.com/artist/new-edition-p5014, retrieved November 29, 2011 .
- ^ Wreckx-N-Effect, Allmusic, http://www.allmusic.com/artist/wreckx-n-effect-p139832, retrieved November 29, 2011 .
- ^ Johnny Kemp, Allmusic, http://www.allmusic.com/artist/johnny-kemp-p4665/biography, retrieved November 29, 2011 .
- ^ Another Bad Creation, Allmusic, http://www.allmusic.com/artist/another-bad-creation-p3559/discography, retrieved November 29, 2011 .
- ^ Mint Condition, Allmusic, http://www.allmusic.com/artist/mint-condition-p26056, retrieved November 29, 2011 .
- ^ Bell Biv Devoe, Allmusic, http://www.allmusic.com/artist/bell-biv-devoe-p3655, retrieved November 29, 2011 .
- ^ Tevin Campbell, Allmusic, http://www.allmusic.com/artist/tevin-campbell-p12494, retrieved November 29, 2011 .
- ^ Bogdanov, Vladimir; Woodstra, Chris; Erlewine, Stephen 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...").
- ^ Boyz II Men, Allmusic, http://www.allmusic.com/artist/boyz-ii-men-p3759, retrieved November 29, 2011 .
- ^ Johnny Gill, Allmusic, http://www.allmusic.com/artist/johnny-gill-p4365, retrieved November 29, 2011 .
- ^ Color Me Badd, Allmusic, http://www.allmusic.com/artist/color-me-badd-p3943, retrieved November 29, 2011 .
- ^ En Vogue, Allmusic, http://www.allmusic.com/artist/en-vogue-p4191, retrieved November 29, 2011 .
- ^ Blackstreet, Allmusic, http://www.allmusic.com/artist/blackstreet-p37454, retrieved November 29, 2011 .
- ^ Soul for Real, Allmusic, http://www.allmusic.com/artist/soul-for-real-p142389, retrieved November 29, 2011 .
