Our editorial content is not influenced by any commissions we receive. The story of Harlem in the late '80s is engraved in hip-hop lore. The crack epidemic was at full force and violence became rampant as the center of Black culture revivalism became synonymous with urban decay. Under these conditions, a young musical prodigy named Teddy Riley was steadily gaining attention with this new rhythmic sound. With one foot in the streets and the other grooving with the larger American audience, New Jack Swing ruled the charts in the late '80s through the early '90s. The good times didn't last forever.

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New jack swing or swingbeat [1] is a fusion genre spearheaded by Teddy Riley and Bernard Belle. New jack swing was most popular from the mids to mids. Its influence, along with hip hop , seeped into pop culture and was the definitive sound of the inventive New York club scene. The new jack swing style developed as many previous music styles did, by combining elements of older styles with newer sensibilities. Merriam-Webster 's online dictionary defines new jack swing as "pop music usually performed by black musicians that combines elements of jazz , funk , rap , and rhythm and blues ".
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This list contains singers and groups who performed in the new jack swing or swingbeat [1] [2] style, a hybrid style popular from the mids into the early s. It uses mellifluously soulful solo or harmonizing vocals sung over rhythms and "street" beats derived from urban musical influences. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. This list needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Freeze [6] Doug E. Archived from the original on 11 September
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