New Jack Swing - A Brief History

[@Kenjiro5775]

This was a grand era in the clubs. There were so many great danceable songs, the clubs were hoppin' and people were happy. Miss those days.

[@blueprinse]

If you ever find a way to go back to that time, take me with you! I was too young to experience it

[@hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh6898]

Honestly it's time to give this sound another chance, and I think it's ripe for a revival. The fact that alternative dance, jungle, nu disco, and baggy music is all coming back in a post-vaporwave world is a perfect stage for a return. A genre that pushed music production to new heights infused with modern drums, synths, and sampling would be a match made in heaven imo.

[@blackanesebeats]

Comments like this let me know I gotta keep going ! Im trying my hardest to bring this back! Lol

[@sonikku956]

You're absolutely correct

[@hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh6898]

@Zae that's too cynical I can't accept that

[@ozonaki]

Let's hope it does !

[@jordanhtiffirg1990]

I doubt it their were a couple of songs like cardi b finese that could of done that but it didn't develop into anything bigger. What is needed is a whole new sound

[@hunterrogersmusic]

I like this genre a lot!

[@bluubird7077]

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[@LookItsABigBlackGuy]

Man I will always love early 1990s. What a decade!

[@jmckdekalb316]

New Jack swing era was a popular during the late 80’s and early 90’s. I was born during this era, and a lot of teenagers were jamming to this genre.

[@tnayenga77]

The New Jack Vibe is timeless🎶💯

[@danielalmir6378]

I wish this could be famous again, as the 80s that came back in 2021

[@heavylbeatz]

I'm trying to bring a new genre called Nu Trap Swing.

[@jw.4854]

@@heavylbeatz I would like to hear some of your work..

[@heavylbeatz]

@@jw.4854 you can type Nu Trap Swing & my videos will pop up.

[@blakesteenrod4765]

I remember when the Finesse remix with Cardi B - that was a new Jack swing song

[@timmytube12]

I remember this era mostly by (1988) and (1993) when I was a 8 to 13 old kid then . I'm glad and proud to say that I loves "New Jack Swing" music and a still a big fan of it 31 years later for me always . I❤ this ears in R&B & Hip-Hop music it brings me back to the past was in (1987) through (1995) my childhood & early mid teen years growing up in the late (1980's) and early mid (1990's). I can always go travel back in time to these years when music used to be this good thank you KZbin for the memories.❤😊

[@monarchofthecaribbean]

I miss new jack swing music but I'm still love it. BESIDES I WANT IT BACK!!!

[@younggod3906]

I miss this era

[@SkinnyEMedia]

One of the best kept secrets is this great subgenre of R&B and hip-hop

[@doom-mantia]

List of songs mentioned: Tony! Toni! Toné! - Feels Good Janet Jackson - Nasty Keith Sweat - I Want Her Guy - Groove Me Guy - Teddy's Jam Guy - I Like Troop - Spread My Wings Johnny Kemp - Just Got Paid Al B. Sure! - Nite and Day Bobby Brown - Don't Be Cruel Bobby Brown - My Prerogative Bobby Brown - Every Little Step Wreckx-N-Effect - New Jack Swing Babyface - It's No Crime Karyn White - Secret Rendezvous Ralph Tresvant - Sensitivity Michael Jackson - Remember the Time Boyz II Men - Motownphilly Joe Public - Live and Learn R. Kelly; Public Announcement - She's Got That Vibe Jade - Don't Walk Away TLC - Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg TLC - What About Your Friends Montell Jordan - This Is How We Do It Bruno Mars - Finesse - Remix; feat. Cardi B

[@livefromthemachine1898]

List is on point except for Bruno Mars. ??? He can try to imitate the flavor but he ain’t got it. Not a bit.

[@johnnieepps9039]

Now Does Marley Marl get any Credit because I heard him mention in the conversation and Heavy D and the Boys are Missing from the List and Today Christopher Williams Redhead Kingpin

[@onedollarbleach6891]

Yessss! I love the information you present in these videos, the dedication shows!

[@NathanielJordon]

Thank you bleach! I truly enjoy making these videos and I hope to continue doing so

[@onedollarbleach6891]

@@NathanielJordon haha ur welcome! Ur videos deserve way more views

[@danielnevees]

Also Wreckx-N-Effect is on a Michael Jackson track of his Dangerous album called She Drives Me Wild and Dangerous is considered the best selling new jack swing album of all time, it's crazy! Long live NJS!

[@nlee4566]

I wanna say Bobby Brown Don't Be Cruel would be the best selling NJS album of all time. I guess it was Michael lol I love Dangerous.

[@synthsnail]

the fact that Teddy Riley played a prominent role in his band as a producer is really cool, even though he formed the band lol producers didn't seem to get a lot of love back then!

[@NathanielJordon]

Yeah producers were kinda overlooked and still continue to be, but he's a really interesting dude

[@colourbasscolourbassweapon2135]

ngl I use a lot of New Jack swing in my glitch hop and funk and R&B@@NathanielJordon

[@Bmcwriter]

Great research and very informative. Excellent post.

[@NathanielJordon]

Thank you Bmcwriter! It really means a lot to read that.

[@FreshTooDef247]

bring back the new jack swing!! I never left the NJS and never will..

[@quanashiab.9620]

Madonna did it too in 1992, with her 5th album "Erotica" and Janet really focus on it with HER 5th album.

[@AbelMusa]

I was born in the 90s and I love New Jack Swing like you wouldn't believe

[@Raccoon56-lm3ec]

Me too, it's my favorite music genre of all time! 👍

[@Ljordan093]

Great retrospective!

[@NathanielJordon]

Thank you Lee!

[@Boontemps1]

New Jack Swing was and is fye that sound branded an entire culture. In 2023 they still bang

[@TheJoeJoe323]

Awesome job, again!!!!😃

[@NathanielJordon]

Thank u Joe 😀 it means so much to read this

[@TheJoeJoe323]

@@NathanielJordon Of course😁

[@aldo2197]

Janet Jackson and Bobby Brown were the Queen and King superstars of the New Jack Swing. And Jam + Lewis and Teddy were the creatives and spearheaded this sound. 85- 95

[@law244]

Great video!

[@Matheus-cr2en]

Amazing video. I love The New Jack Swing

[@carpenoctem775]

That was fun music. Fun concerts too.

[@Trident587]

When hear these groups, I imagine shopping for school clothes with my mom.

[@karandalgary4968]

New Jack Swing made Modern Music

[@sheed321]

Most modern RnB songs have the same exact beat count

[@casualcadaver]

Believe it or not Ragtime created modern music , as it has syncopation.

[@shada9324]

new jack swing definitely continued to live on in the mainstream after this is how we do it! there's some later mj songs like blood on the dance floor. it was also the basis for the "funky" pop of the late '90s, usually by white artists or mostly-white groups - spice girls, britney spears, backstreet boys, and others' songs used a very slowed down new jack wing...i'd say it disappeared completely only by '03 or '04. it lasted even longer in south korea.

[@MegazoneMusic23]

Please dont LEAVE OUT NJS and Gospel music!!!! Im talking about Teddy Riley and the WINANS - "ITS TIME (Time to make a change)"

[@ll1881ll]

These songs are all : funk beat. A fast 16 th beat rhythm, despite the term : (new jack) swing .

[@jorymil]

Yep. Straight--no swing beat.

[@SuhaibAndrabi]

The sound lived on a bit longer- several songs on michael Jackson's HIStory and blood on the dancefloor.

[@micai.j8920]

New Jack Swing started around 1985

[@roots2lovereggaeshow275]

That is the true breakdown of njs thank you

[@Aries16603]

Yes, mention Janet Jackson.

[@TheEsquireOfSportsFSU]

Brief history doesn't do it justice. We need a Last Dance style docu on it lmao

[@okaydeemuzik4876]

New jack swing isn't anything but the Minneapolis sound over James brown break beats. Really prince created that whole sound then teddy Riley brung the swing groove in it.

[@harishlal7962]

Po

[@theactorjohnlarroquette]

Hmmm I think there’s a lot of boogie and go-go musicians from the late 70s who would strongly disagree with you

[@melvincotton2185]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@jhonram2496]

@@theactorjohnlarroquette its possible you both can be correct. Teddy riley said in a breakfast club interview that when making new Jackswing he wanted to combine Micheal Jackson,prince and james brown together

[@FlyAwayChi]

Are you deaf? Prince's sound was nothing but a new form of new wave

[@Calebwilliamsoffical]

I wish I was born in the 80s, Although I was born in 2004 We had some Good Music still back then.

[@Enthusiasm441]

Some people put classical music to help their babies with brain development. My mom instead blasted New Jack Swing, making this whole genre part of my brain.

[@avace917]

You showed an A&P. I feel ancient now 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Alexandre92425]

E o melhor ritmo que existiu de pois de soul, charme e r&b

[@rjkunsolomon3495]

But In 2021 however Japan brought new jack swing in a form of an anime show called D4DJ and there's a group called Photon Maiden made a song called 4 Challenges (look it up)

[@dav1dpri0r]

Blood on the Dance floor is surely the last New Jack Swing big hit?

[@RyanPente.]

Only in europe

[@Nicky_1988]

I love New jack swing.

[@kaismakhloufi5796]

For me, the Year 1996 was the end of the new jack swings.. besides the Hit of MICHAEL BLOOD On the DANCEFLOOR in 1997 .... Also I CAN SEE IT LEAVE A PLACE FOR 2 GENRES ... The BOYSBAND STYLE for the whites .... and the SOUL RNB for the Blacks ...

[@machinelearng]

How did this video miss the Good Girl's song Your Sweetness from 1989?

[@phunkym8]

its kinda crazy that by dangerous michael was chasing trends instead of being the setter

[@younggod3906]

New Jack Swing Is The Best Music

[@mrdgg949]

Teddy Riley

[@daisyduke4640]

🔥🏆🔥

[@tyroneabram7764]

Now I can't get it outta my head. Finesse baseline is Remember the Time

[@misterhappy5462]

4:37

[@verdiernoyama9681]

If you're interested in New Jack Swing songs, I invite you to listen to the Japanese singer Cindy

[@shanepalmer6413]

Wow he never mention Jodeci

[@youthgonewild]

1:14 New Dracula Swing

[@oscarl.ramirez7355]

I remember going to see a New Jack Swing tour with MC Hammer and other great groups with One who has since passed away @ The Summit. Great Times and Memories. Today's music is OK but still does not compare. I am sure that the Younger Generation feels the same way

[@bigwill9421]

Jason Derulo had a song with the NewJack Swing sound.❤

[@milosummers2779]

skipped over rhythm nation 1814

[@darrylcarter3691]

Why did new Jack swing died in the mid 1990s?

[@DaWalk]

Other sub-genres came along, including gangsta rap, G-funk, grunge, and the sub-genre that followed new jack: hip-hop soul. New jack was left facing off against the others and couldn't compete. Also, supposedly there were too many, other acts cribbing from songs by Bell Biv Devoe and Guy, but I don't think there were that many imitators. I'd say there were only, like, a few acts that trying imitating them, such as Basic Black, who were an imitation of Guy.

[@mauricesantinomf]

​@@DaWalkthe same thing happened to Disco

[@kevinmc24]

kpop new jack swing

[@DaWalk]

There are some less renowned new jack swing acts of the 21st century who are underground like Derric Gobourne Jr., Vadell Gabriel, D.B. Swang, and Cry Baby carrying on the tradition and have revived it. But now if only there were more like them who are more consistent with the music. Several others I came across either only made the odd new jack track different from the music they commonly make and perform or the new jack remix that's the same situation. I mean, I like those others too, who are like that and they're nice, but I'd still like to see even more recent, less famous acts who are limited to new jack swing and urban slow jams as well.

[@get2dachoppa249]

I’ll have to look those artists up.

[@ShawnBen]

Mumble rappers have to get the **** out.

[@eeskaatt]

newjeans brought me here xD

[@lulumyataza7894]

Your insight is incorrect and way off. Drake, The Weeknd, Chris Brown are still doing the same thing. Mixing hip hop and rnb with pop sensibility. All New Jack Swing is, is a hybrid sound. The person who coined the corny ass term was an old black journalist who saw black music in silos ( funk, soul, quiet storm). It was the first time different black sounds were being mixed. No Diggity ( '96) is the same thing as Say my name by Destiny's Child ( '98) or crazy in love ( 03) which is faster paced than No Diggity even though it was released in the 2000's. The video should be retitled "The History of the Hybrid Sound". You are not gonna find a black male crossover act today who sounds like Babyface or Luther Vandross. Straight Rnb is the real relic of the past and has been dead on pop/black radio since the late 90's.

[@NQuiz52]

This documentary is kinda misleading. Only Teddy Riley can produce New Jack Swing. All those other songs were poor attempts to copy him and that's why they all suck. All, except for Jimmy and Terry. They were doing something else.

[@FlyAwayChi]

So LA Reid and Babyface sucked? You sound crazy as hell smh

[@NQuiz52]

@@FlyAwayChi I didn't mention La & Babyface, but by omitting them you assume I include them with those who suck. More specifically I was talking about Basic Black, R Kelly & the Public Announcement and everybody else who tried to copy the guy sound. There was so many at the time that I can't even remember them all now. Babyface, Jimmy & Terry, and Teddy Riley were the sound of the 80s and 90s. Nothing else mattered except maybe Jazzy B with his Soul 2 Soul sound. That ish was crazy too!

[@amtownsyou]

I beg to differ, teddy is a god but there were countless new jack swing songs that didn't have teddy's production

[@mauricesantinomf]

You clearly know nothing about Music Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis created New Jack Swing LA Ried and Babyface took and rocked with it, Teddy Riley perfected it but definitely created it

[@NQuiz52]

@@mauricesantinomf That is completely false! There was no mention of New Jack Swing until Teddy Riley! It was actually named by the same guy who created the New Jack City. Jimmy Jam and Terry Lews, as well as La Ried & Baby Face, were making hit records long before Teddy Riley. When he came in and immediately dominated with his Keith Sweat, Guy, Bobby Brown, and Heavy D. productions, he was the New Jack! His sound was a blend of multiple genres and it was so effective that everyone prior started to try and emulate his sound. The kind of music made by other's before Teddy was not and is not considered New Jack Swing.