new jack swing

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contemporary R&B subgenre fusion genre music genre

New jack swing is a late-1980s and early-1990s music style that fuses R&B vocals with hip hop beats and production.

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Label	Occurrences
new jack swing canonical	5
New Jack Swing	4
New jack swing	1
New jack swing era	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	contemporary R&B subgenre ⓘ fusion genre ⓘ music genre ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	swingbeat ⓘ
associatedWithArtist	Al B. Sure! ⓘ Bell Biv DeVoe ⓘ Bobby Brown ⓘ Boyz II Men ⓘ Guy ⓘ Heavy D & the Boyz ⓘ Hi-Five ⓘ Janet Jackson ⓘ Jodeci ⓘ Johnny Gill ⓘ Keith Sweat ⓘ New Edition ⓘ Teddy Riley ⓘ Today ⓘ
associatedWithDanceStyle	hip hop dance ⓘ new jack swing dance ⓘ
associatedWithProducer	Andre Harrell ⓘ Babyface ⓘ Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis ⓘ L.A. Reid ⓘ Teddy Riley ⓘ
associatedWithRegion	East Coast hip hop ⓘ surface form: East Coast hip hop scene
commercialSuccess	high in late 1980s and early 1990s ⓘ
culturalOrigin	Harlem ⓘ New Jersey, United States ⓘ surface form: New Jersey New York City ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
declinePeriod	mid-1990s ⓘ
developedInPeriod	early 1990s ⓘ late 1980s ⓘ
etymology	term combines slang "new jack" with "swing" referring to swingbeat ⓘ
followedBy	contemporary R&B of late 1990s ⓘ hip hop soul ⓘ neo soul ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	R&B-style vocals ⓘ call-and-response vocals ⓘ danceable grooves ⓘ hip hop-influenced beats ⓘ melodic hooks ⓘ new jack swing beat ⓘ polished studio production ⓘ swinging drum-machine rhythms ⓘ syncopated rhythms ⓘ synthesizer-based production ⓘ use of digital samplers ⓘ use of drum machines ⓘ
hasLegacy	foundation for blending rap and R&B in mainstream pop ⓘ influenced boy bands of the 1990s ⓘ revived in 2010s nostalgia-driven R&B and pop ⓘ
hasSubculture	urban fashion trends of late 1980s and early 1990s ⓘ
influenced	contemporary R&B of the 1990s ⓘ hip hop soul ⓘ neo soul ⓘ pop music of the early 1990s ⓘ
influencedBy	contemporary R&B ⓘ electro ⓘ funk music ⓘ hip hop music ⓘ soul music ⓘ
lyricalThemes	dance and partying ⓘ relationships ⓘ romance ⓘ
notableWork	Control (album) ⓘ surface form: Control (Janet Jackson album) Don’t Be Cruel (Bobby Brown album) ⓘ Guy (Guy album) ⓘ Make It Last Forever ⓘ surface form: Make It Last Forever (Keith Sweat album) Poison (album) ⓘ surface form: Poison (Bell Biv DeVoe album)
peakPopularity	early 1990s ⓘ late 1980s ⓘ
stylisticallyFuses	R&B ⓘ dance-pop ⓘ funk ⓘ hip hop ⓘ
typicalTempo	mid-tempo to uptempo ⓘ
usesInstrument	Roland TR-808 drum machine ⓘ surface form: Roland TR-808 Roland TR-909 ⓘ digital samplers ⓘ drum machine ⓘ synthesizers ⓘ

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Control → genre → new jack swing ⓘ

Johnny Gill → partOf → new jack swing ⓘ

this entity surface form: New jack swing era

TLC → genre → new jack swing ⓘ

Michael Bivins → genre → new jack swing ⓘ

Wreckx-N-Effect → notableWork → new jack swing ⓘ

this entity surface form: New Jack Swing

Wreckx-N-Effect → hitSingle → new jack swing ⓘ

this entity surface form: New Jack Swing

Keith Sweat – I Want Her → influencedGenre → new jack swing ⓘ

subject surface form: I Want Her

DJ Eddie F → genre → new jack swing ⓘ

this entity surface form: New Jack Swing

DJ Eddie F → influencedGenre → new jack swing ⓘ

this entity surface form: New Jack Swing

Finesse → genre → new jack swing ⓘ

The Knowledge → genre → new jack swing ⓘ

this entity surface form: New jack swing