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Description of New Jack

New Jack emerged in the late 1980s as rap's audience began to widen and its influence extended to other forms of music. R&B singers, particularly Guy member Teddy Riley, took notice of the genre's popularity and placed hip-hop's beats and rhythms beneath traditional Soul vocals. This new, street-savvy form of R&B, often littered with raps and always slickly produced, gained immense popularity with the success of New Jack adherents Bobby Brown and Bell Biv DeVoe (all alums of teen Pop act New Edition). By the early '90s, New Jack had become the dominant force in R&B, and as such, the narrow term no longer applied. Although the same production methods frequently appear in modern-day R&B, today's slightly updated New Jack is known simply as Contemporary R&B.

New Jack Key Tracks

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Play/Add	Track	Artist
	1. All I Do Is Think Of You	Troop
	2. Can We Talk	Tevin Campbell
	3. Waiting For You	Tony! Toni! Tone!
	4. Poison	Bell Biv Devoe
	5. Scent Of Attraction	Patra
	6. When Will I See You Smile Again?	Ricky Bell
	7. Don't Be Cruel	Bobby Brown
	8. Can You Stand The Rain	New Edition
	9. Nasty	Janet Jackson
	10. Do Me Right	Guy
	11. Rub You The Right Way	Johnny Gill
	12. My Lovin' (You're Never Gonna Get It)	En Vogue

New Jack Key Albums

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Soul/R&B > Contemporary R&B > New Jack

New Jack Key Artists

Aaron Hall

Singer Hall is a founding
member of the
platinum-selling act Guy
(with Teddy Riley) and
composer of "My Prerogiti...

Another Bad Creation

Bell Biv Devoe

New Jack Swingsters Bell
Biv Devoe formed after
Bobby Brown left New
Edition. The boys grew up
in a hurry via slick sex ja...

Blackstreet

Producer Teddy Riley
drove Blackstreet's winning
(and trend-setting) mix of
smooth R&B harmonies and
urban attitude. Blackstre...

Bobby Brown

Top R&B artist of the late '80s,
he's best known for hits
like "My Prerogative" and for
his marriage to Whitney
Houston. In 2005, Brown s...

Color Me Badd

Originally from Oklahoma,
Color Me Badd were major
players in the early 1990s
New Jack movement. Their
signature hit "I Wanna Sex...

En Vogue

En Vogue put the "grrr" in
the '90s prefab girl group,
performing sassy,
attitude-laden hits with
impressive vocal interplay...

Guy

Teddy Riley's original New
Jack Swing project, Guy
defined the beginning of
the genre and had a slew of
hits. Frontman Riley prod...

Johnny Gill

Johnny Gill is an R&B singer
who made his name singing
in New Edition. Gill first
started singing with his
family's gospel group Win...

Montell Jordan

An R&B superstar from Los
Angeles, Montell Jordan got
his start singing in church
choirs and talent shows.
Montell's breakout hit sing...

New Edition

This boy group produced
innocuous pop but went on
to spawn some of the major
voices of Contemporary R&B.
"Candy Girl" and "Cool It N...

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New Jack Key Tracks

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