new jack swing
music
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- urban contemporary music
- In urban contemporary music
…toward a rawer sound); called new jack swing, this new style was most notably practiced by producers Teddy Riley and Babyface, singers Keith Sweat and Bobby Brown, and the vocal group Bell Biv Devoe.
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- New jack swing
- In New jack swing
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. Eschewing the fashion for sampling…
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- In New jack swing