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New jack swing

Index New jack swing

New jack swing or swingbeatSilverton, Peter. [1]

226 relations: A Different World, Above the Rim, African-American music, Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg, Al B. Sure!, Amor de Mujer, Andre Harrell, Another Bad Creation, Are You Lonely for Me, Audio engineer, Baby-Baby-Baby, Babyface (musician), Bad Boy Records, Barry Michael Cooper, Bébé's Kids, Bell Biv DeVoe, Bernard Belle, Bill Withers, Billboard (magazine), Billboard Hot 100, Blackstreet, Blankman, Blood on the Dance Floor (song), Bobby Brown, Boomerang (1992 film), Boyz II Men, Boyz n the Hood, Bruno Mars, Buffalo Stance, Bye Bye Baby (Madonna song), Can You Stand the Rain, Cardi B, Chicago Tribune, Christopher Williams (singer), Chuckii Booker, Club Nouveau, Color Me Badd, Contemporary R&B, Control (Janet Jackson album), Coolin' at the Playground Ya Know!, Crucial (song), Damian Dame, Dance Club Songs, Dance music, Dance-pop, Dangerous (Michael Jackson album), Dave Hall (record producer), Debbie Gibson, Digital Songs, Disco, ..., DJ Jazzy Jeff, DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince, Do Me!, Don't Be Cruel (album), Don't Walk Away (Jade song), Donna Summer, Doug E. Fresh, Drug house, Drum machine, E-mu SP-1200, Electronica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Erotica (Madonna album), Erotica (song), Exclusivity (song), Feels Good, Feels Like Another One, Fever (Little Willie John song), Finesse (song), Funk, Games (Chuckii Booker song), Ghostbusters II, Golden age hip hop, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Grandmaster Caz, Guy (album), Guy (band), Heart Break, Hi-Five, Hi-top fade, Hip hop music, Hip house, Hot 100 Airplay (Radio Songs), Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, House music, House Party (film), House Party 2 (soundtrack), I Like the Way (The Kissing Game), I Wanna Sex You Up, I Want Her, I'm Dreamin', I'm Your Baby Tonight, If It Isn't Love, II D Extreme, In Living Color, It's No Crime, Jade (R&B group), Jane Child, Janet Jackson, Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814, Jazz, Jeff Redd, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, Joe Public (band), Joey Lawrence, Johnny Gill, Johnny Kemp, Joyce Irby, Juice (film), Karyn White, Keith Sweat, Kid 'n Play, Kylie Minogue, L.A. Reid, La Chica Dorada, Laker Girls, Laura Branigan, Lean on Me (song), Let's Chill, Let's Get to It, Life, Love & Pain, List of new jack swing artists, Live and Learn (Joe Public song), Love Will Never Do (Without You), Madonna (entertainer), Mantronix, Mío, Merriam-Webster, Michael Bivins, Michael Jackson, Minneapolis, Minneapolis sound, Miss You Much, Montell Jordan, Motownphilly, Mr. DJ, MTV, Musician, N.E. Heart Break (song), Nasty (Janet Jackson song), NBC, Neneh Cherry, New Edition, New Jack City, New Jack Reunion Tour, New Jack Swing (song), New Kids on the Block, Ooooooohhh... On the TLC Tip, Parachute pants, Patti LaBelle, Paula Abdul, Paulina Rubio, Poetic Justice (film), Poison (Bell Biv DeVoe song), Pop music, Popular culture, Popular music, Public Announcement, R. Kelly, Ralph Tresvant, Rapping, Ready for the World, Recording Industry Association of America certification, Redhead Kingpin and the F.B.I., Remember the Time, Revolt (TV network), Rhythm and blues, Roland TR-808, Routledge, Rub You the Right Way, Sampler (musical instrument), Sampling (music), Samuelle, San Francisco Bay Area, Sensitivity (song), She's Got That Vibe, Sheena Easton, Showtime at the Apollo, Smooth jazz, So You Like What You See, Soul II Soul, Soul music, Soul Train, Speakeasy, Spread My Wings, Streaming Songs, Strictly Business (1991 film), Strictly Business (soundtrack), Swing (jazz performance style), Swing music, SWV, Synthesizer, Teddy Riley, Teddy's Jam, The Arsenio Hall Show, The Boys (American band), The Cold Crush Brothers, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, The New York Times, The Rude Boys, The Time (band), The Village Voice, This Is How We Do It, Timex Social Club, TLC (group), Today (group), Tony! Toni! Toné!, Top 40, Tracie Spencer, Troop (band), University Press of Mississippi, Urban contemporary, Video Soul, Weak (SWV song), What About Your Friends, What Comes Naturally, What Comes Naturally (song), Whitney Houston, Will Smith, Word Is Out (song), Wreckx-n-Effect, You're Not My Kind of Girl, YouTube, (It's Just) The Way That You Love Me, 24 Kilates, 24K Magic (album). Expand index (176 more) »

A Different World

A Different World is an American sitcom (and a spin-off of The Cosby Show) that aired for six seasons on NBC from September 24, 1987 to July 9, 1993.

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Above the Rim

Above the Rim is a 1994 American sports film co-written, storied and directed by Jeff Pollack in his directorial debut.

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African-American music

African-American music is an umbrella term covering a diverse range of musics and musical genres largely developed by African Americans.

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Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg

"Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg" is the debut single by American group TLC from their debut album, Ooooooohhh... On the TLC Tip.

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Al B. Sure!

Albert Joseph Brown III (born June 4, 1968) is a three-time Grammy-nominated American R&B record producer, radio host, recording artist and actor.

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Amor de Mujer

Amor de Mujer is the third single from La Chica Dorada,, Amazon.com.

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Andre Harrell

Andre Harrell (born September 26, 1960 in The Bronx, New York) is the founder of the record label, Uptown Records.

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Another Bad Creation

Another Bad Creation (sometimes called ABC for short).

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Are You Lonely for Me

"Are You Lonely for Me" is the title of a number-one R&B single by group The Rude Boys.

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Audio engineer

An audio engineer (also sometimes recording engineer or a vocal engineer) helps to produce a recording or a performance, editing and adjusting sound tracks using equalization and audio effects, mixing, reproduction, and reinforcement of sound.

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Baby-Baby-Baby

"Baby-Baby-Baby" is a song recorded by American girl group TLC.

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Babyface (musician)

Kenneth Brian Edmonds (born April 10, 1959), known professionally as Babyface, is an American singer, songwriter and record producer.

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Bad Boy Records

Bad Boy Records (also known as Bad Boy Entertainment) is an American record label founded in 1993 by Sean Combs.

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Barry Michael Cooper

Barry Michael Cooper is an American writer, producer and director best known for his work on the films New Jack City, Above the Rim and Sugar Hill.

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Bébé's Kids

Bébé's Kids (released on home media as Robin Harris' Bébé's Kids) is a 1992 American animated comedy film produced by Hyperion Studio for Paramount Pictures.

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Bell Biv DeVoe

Bell Biv DeVoe, also known as BBD, is an American music group that branched off from New Edition.

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Bernard Belle

Bernard Belle is an American composer, producer and musician.

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Bill Withers

William Harrison Withers Jr. (born July 4, 1938) is an American singer-songwriter and musician who performed and recorded from 1970 until 1985.

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Billboard (magazine)

Billboard (styled as billboard) is an American entertainment media brand owned by the Billboard-Hollywood Reporter Media Group, a division of Eldridge Industries.

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Billboard Hot 100

The Billboard Hot 100 is the music industry standard record chart in the United States for songs, published weekly by Billboard magazine.

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Blackstreet

Blackstreet, often stylized as BLACKstreet, is an American R&B group founded in 1991 by Teddy Riley and Chauncey Hannibal, also known as "C.

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Blankman

Blankman is a 1994 American superhero comedy parody film directed by Mike Binder and starring Damon Wayans and David Alan Grier, both of whom were also cast members of the 1990-1994 Fox sketch comedy television series In Living Color.

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Blood on the Dance Floor (song)

"Blood on the Dance Floor" is a song by Michael Jackson.

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Bobby Brown

Robert Barisford "Bobby" Brown (born February 5, 1969) is an American singer, songwriter, dancer and actor.

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Boomerang (1992 film)

Boomerang is a 1992 American romantic comedy film directed by Reginald Hudlin.

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Boyz II Men

Boyz II Men is an American R&B vocal group from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, best known for emotional ballads and a cappella harmonies.

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Boyz n the Hood

Boyz n the Hood is a 1991 American teen hood drama film written and directed by John Singleton in his directorial debut, and starring Cuba Gooding Jr., Ice Cube, Morris Chestnut, Laurence Fishburne, Nia Long, Regina King and Angela Bassett.

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Bruno Mars

Peter Gene Hernandez (born October 8, 1985), known professionally as Bruno Mars, is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, and dancer.

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Buffalo Stance

"Buffalo Stance" is a 1988 single recorded by Neneh Cherry, which she released on her debut album, Raw Like Sushi. The song peaked at No.

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Bye Bye Baby (Madonna song)

"Bye Bye Baby" is a song recorded by American singer and songwriter Madonna, for her fifth studio album Erotica (1992).

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Can You Stand the Rain

"Can You Stand the Rain" is a ballad by R&B/pop group New Edition.

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Cardi B

Belcalis Marlenis Almanzar(born October 11, 1992), known professionally as Cardi B, is an American rapper.

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Chicago Tribune

The Chicago Tribune is a daily newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois, United States, owned by Tronc, Inc., formerly Tribune Publishing.

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Christopher Williams (singer)

Troy Christopher Williams (born August 22, 1967) is an American singer–songwriter and actor.

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Chuckii Booker

Chuckii Booker (born December 19, 1966) is an American producer, singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and bandleader.

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Club Nouveau

Club Nouveau is an American R&B group formed by record producer/performer Jay King in 1986 in Sacramento, California subsequent to the breakup of the Timex Social Club.

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Color Me Badd

Color Me Badd is an American contemporary R&B group that was formed in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

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Contemporary R&B

Contemporary R&B (also known as simply R&B), is a music genre that combines elements of rhythm and blues, pop, soul, funk, hip hop, and electronic music.

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Control (Janet Jackson album)

Control is the third studio album by American recording artist Janet Jackson, released on February 4, 1986, by A&M Records.

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Coolin' at the Playground Ya Know!

Coolin' at the Playground Ya Know! is the debut studio album from American hip hop and R&B group Another Bad Creation, released on February 11, 1991 on Motown.

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Crucial (song)

"Crucial" is New Edition's fourth single from the Heart Break album.

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Damian Dame

Damian Dame was an American R&B group who was active in the early 1990s.

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Dance Club Songs

The Dance Club Songs chart is a weekly chart published exclusively by Billboard in the United States.

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Dance music

Dance music is music composed specifically to facilitate or accompany dancing.

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Dance-pop

Dance-pop is a pop and dance subgenre that originated in the early 1980s.

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Dangerous (Michael Jackson album)

Dangerous is the eighth studio album by American recording artist Michael Jackson, released by Epic Records on November 26, 1991.

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Dave Hall (record producer)

Dave Hall (A.K.A. Dave "Jam" Hall) is an American record producer.

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Debbie Gibson

Deborah Ann "Debbie" Gibson (born August 31, 1970) is an American singer-songwriter, record producer and actress.

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Digital Songs

The Digital Songs chart (previously named Hot Digital Songs) ranks the best-selling digital songs in the United States, as compiled by Nielsen SoundScan and published by Billboard.

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Disco

Disco is a musical style that emerged in the mid 1960s and early 1970s from America's urban nightlife scene, where it originated in house parties and makeshift discothèques, reaching its peak popularity between the mid-1970s and early 1980s.

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DJ Jazzy Jeff

Jeffrey Allen Townes (born January 22, 1965), known professionally as DJ Jazzy Jeff or simply Jazz, is an American record producer, DJ, actor and comedian who is best known for his friendship and collaboration with Will Smith as DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince.

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DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince

DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince was an American hip hop duo from West Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Do Me!

"Do Me!" is a song by hip hop/R&B group Bell Biv DeVoe.

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Don't Be Cruel (album)

Don't Be Cruel is the second studio album by American singer Bobby Brown.

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Don't Walk Away (Jade song)

"Don't Walk Away" is a song by American R&B group Jade.

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Donna Summer

LaDonna Adrian Gaines (December 31, 1948May 17, 2012), widely known by her stage name Donna Summer, was an American singer, songwriter, and painter.

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Doug E. Fresh

Doug E. Fresh (born September 17, 1966) is a Barbadian-American rapper, record producer, and beatboxer, also known as the Human Beat Box And the pioneer of 20th-century American beatboxing, Fresh is able to accurately imitate drum machines and various special effects using only his mouth, lips, gums, throat, tongue and a microphone.

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Drug house

A drug house, also known as a trap house, bando or crack house, is a building where drug dealers and drug users buy, sell, produce, and use illegal drugs, including crack cocaine.

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Drum machine

A drum machine is an electronic musical instrument that creates percussion.

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E-mu SP-1200

E-mu SP-1200 is a sampler, released in August 1987 by E-mu Systems, Inc..

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Electronica

Electronica encompasses a broad group of electronic-based styles such as techno, house, ambient, jungle and other electronic music styles intended not just for dancing.

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Encyclopædia Britannica

The Encyclopædia Britannica (Latin for "British Encyclopaedia"), published by Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., is a general knowledge English-language encyclopaedia.

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Erotica (Madonna album)

Erotica is the fifth studio album by American singer and songwriter Madonna.

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Erotica (song)

"Erotica" is a song by American singer and songwriter Madonna.

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Exclusivity (song)

"Exclusivity" is a number-one R&B single by the duo Damian Dame.

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Feels Good

"Feels Good" is the title of a number-one R&B single by Tony! Toni! Toné! featuring a rap verse by Mopreme Shakur.

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Feels Like Another One

"Feels Like Another One" is a 1991 single co-written and recorded by singer Patti LaBelle off her album, Burnin.

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Fever (Little Willie John song)

"Fever" is a song written by Eddie Cooley and Otis Blackwell, who used the pseudonym John Davenport.

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Finesse (song)

"Finesse" is a song by American singer Bruno Mars from his third studio album, 24K Magic (2016).

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Funk

Funk is a music genre that originated in African American communities in the mid-1960s when African American musicians created a rhythmic, danceable new form of music through a mixture of soul music, jazz, and rhythm and blues (R&B).

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Games (Chuckii Booker song)

"Games" is a song by American R&B singer Chuckii Booker, from his second studio album Niice 'n Wiild.

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Ghostbusters II

Ghostbusters II is a 1989 American supernatural comedy film directed and produced by Ivan Reitman, written by Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis and starring Bill Murray, Aykroyd, Sigourney Weaver, Ramis, Ernie Hudson and Rick Moranis.

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Golden age hip hop

Golden age hip hop is a name given to mainstream hip hop music created in the mid/late 1980s and early 1990s, particularly by artists and musicians originating from the New York metropolitan area.

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Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas is an action-adventure video game developed by Rockstar North and published by Rockstar Games.

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Grandmaster Caz

Curtis Fisher (born April 18, 1961), better known by his stage name Grandmaster Caz, is an American rapper, songwriter and DJ.

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Guy (album)

Guy is the 1988 eponymous debut studio album by American R&B band Guy.

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Guy (band)

Guy is an American hip hop, R&B and soul band, and were the creators of the new jack swing style of the late 1980s and early 1990s.

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Heart Break

Heart Break is the fifth studio album by American R&B quintet New Edition, released June 20, 1988 by MCA Records.

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Hi-Five

Hi-Five is an American R&B quintet based in Waco, Texas.

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Hi-top fade

A hi-top fade is a style of haircut where hair on the sides is cut off or kept very short while hair on the top of the head is very long.

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Hip hop music

Hip hop music, also called hip-hopMerriam-Webster Dictionary entry on hip-hop, retrieved from: A subculture especially of inner-city black youths who are typically devotees of rap music; the stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rap; also rap together with this music.

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Hip house

Hip house, also known as rap house or house rap, is a musical genre that mixes elements of house music and hip hop.

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Hot 100 Airplay (Radio Songs)

The Radio Songs chart (previously named Hot 100 Airplay) is released weekly by Billboard magazine and measures the airplay of songs being played on radio stations throughout the United States across all musical genres.

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Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs

The Hot R&B/Hip-Hop/Rap Songs is a record chart that ranks the most popular R&B and hip hop songs in the United States and is published weekly by Billboard.

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House music

House music is a genre of electronic dance music created by club DJs and music producers in Chicago in the early 1980s.

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House Party (film)

House Party is a 1990 American comedy film released by New Line Cinema.

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House Party 2 (soundtrack)

House Party 2 is the soundtrack to the 1991 film, House Party 2.

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I Like the Way (The Kissing Game)

"I Like the Way (The Kissing Game)" is a song recorded by American R&B group Hi-Five for their 1990 eponymous debut studio album.

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I Wanna Sex You Up

"I Wanna Sex You Up" is a song recorded by American group Color Me Badd.

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I Want Her

"I Want Her" is a song by American R&B singer Keith Sweat.

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I'm Dreamin'

"I'm Dreamin"' is the title of a number-one R&B single by Christopher Williams.

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I'm Your Baby Tonight

I'm Your Baby Tonight is the third studio album by American singer Whitney Houston.

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If It Isn't Love

"If It Isn't Love" is a 1988 song by American R&B quintet New Edition, and the first single from their fifth studio album, Heart Break.

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II D Extreme

II D Extreme was an American new jack swing R&B group from the early 1990s that included D'Extra Wiley, Randy Gill (Johnny Gill's brother) and Jermaine Mickey.

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In Living Color

In Living Color is an American sketch comedy television series that originally ran on Fox from April 15, 1990, to May 19, 1994.

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It's No Crime

"It's No Crime" is a 1989 song written and performed by Babyface.

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Jade (R&B group)

Jade is an American R&B girl group.

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Jane Child

Jane Richman (born 15 February 1967), known professionally as Jane Child, is a Canadian singer, songwriter and record producer best known for her hit single "Don't Wanna Fall in Love".

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Janet Jackson

Janet Damita Jo Jackson (born May 16, 1966) is an American singer, songwriter, dancer, and actress.

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Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814

Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814 (commonly referred to as Rhythm Nation) is the fourth studio album by American singer Janet Jackson, released on September 19, 1989, by A&M Records.

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Jazz

Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, United States, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and developed from roots in blues and ragtime.

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Jeff Redd

Jeff Redd is an American singer who performed new jack swing-style R&B music in the 1990s.

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Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis

James Samuel "Jimmy Jam" Harris III (born June 6, 1959) and Terry Steven Lewis (born November 24, 1956) are an American R&B songwriting and record production team.

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Joe Public (band)

Joe Public is an American new jack swing group from Buffalo, New York.

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Joey Lawrence

Joseph Lawrence (born Joseph Lawrence Migogna Jr.; April 20, 1976) is an American actor, singer, and game show host.

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Johnny Gill

Johnny Gill Jr. (born May 22, 1966), also known as J.G., J. Skillz and Johnny G, is an American singer-songwriter and actor.

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Johnny Kemp

Jonathan "Johnny" Kemp (August 2, 1959 – April 16, 2015) was a Bahamian singer, songwriter, and record producer.

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Joyce Irby

Joyce "Fenderella" Irby is best known as the bassist and co-lead vocalist of the 1980s all-girl band Klymaxx.

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Juice (film)

Juice is a 1992 American crime film directed by Ernest R. Dickerson, and written by Dickerson and Gerard Brown.

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Karyn White

Karyn Layvonne White (born October 14, 1965) is an American singer who was popular during the late 1980s and early 1990s.

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Keith Sweat

Keith Douglas Sweat (born July 22, 1961) is an American R&B and soul, singer-songwriter, record producer, actor, radio personality, and an early figure in the new jack swing musical movement.

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Kid 'n Play

Kid 'n Play is an American hip-hop duo from New York City that was popular in the late 1980s and early 1990s.

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Kylie Minogue

Kylie Ann Minogue, (born 28 May 1968) is an Australian-British singer and actress.

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L.A. Reid

Antonio Marquis "L.A." Reid (born June 7, 1956) is an American music executive, musician, songwriter, record producer, author, and former television music competition judge.

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La Chica Dorada

La Chica Dorada (English: The Golden Girl) is Mexican pop singer Paulina Rubio's debut solo album (after leaving the group Timbiriche) and her first under the EMI Latin record label.

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Laker Girls

The Laker Girls are an all-female National Basketball Association Cheerleading squad that performs and supports the Los Angeles Lakers basketball team in home matches.

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Laura Branigan

Laura Ann Branigan (July 3, 1952 – August 26, 2004) was an American singer, songwriter, and actress.

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Lean on Me (song)

"Lean on Me" is a song written and recorded by American singer-songwriter Bill Withers.

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Let's Chill

"Let's Chill" is a song released by American R&B band Guy from the album The Future.

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Let's Get to It

Let's Get to It is the fourth studio album by Australian singer and songwriter Kylie Minogue, released on 14 October 1991 by PWL Records.

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Life, Love & Pain

Life, Love & Pain is the debut album by contemporary R&B group Club Nouveau.

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List of new jack swing artists

This list contains singers and groups who performed in the new jack swing (or swingbeat) style, a hybrid style popular from the mid-1980s into the early 1990s.

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Live and Learn (Joe Public song)

"Live and Learn" is a song by American new jack swing group Joe Public, released in 1992 as the second single from their self-titled debut album.

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Love Will Never Do (Without You)

"Love Will Never Do (Without You)" is a song recorded by American singer Janet Jackson, recorded for her fourth studio album Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814 (1989).

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Madonna (entertainer)

Madonna Louise Ciccone (born August 16, 1958) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and businesswoman.

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Mantronix

Mantronix was an influential 1980s hip hop and electro funk music group from New York City.

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Mío

"Mío" is a song recorded by Mexican recording artist Paulina Rubio, released as the lead single from her first studio album La Chica Dorada (1992).

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Merriam-Webster

Merriam–Webster, Incorporated is an American company that publishes reference books which is especially known for its dictionaries.

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Michael Bivins

Michael Lamont Bivins (born August 10, 1968) is an American singer, rapper and manager, and a founding member of New Edition and Bell Biv DeVoe.

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Michael Jackson

Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009) was an American singer, songwriter, and dancer.

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Minneapolis

Minneapolis is the county seat of Hennepin County, and the larger of the Twin Cities, the 16th-largest metropolitan area in the United States.

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Minneapolis sound

The Minneapolis sound is a subgenre of funk rock with elements of synth-pop and new wave, that was pioneered by Prince in the late 1970s.

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Miss You Much

"Miss You Much" is a song recorded by American singer Janet Jackson, released as the lead single from her fourth album Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814 (1989).

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Montell Jordan

Montell Du'Sean Barnett (born December 3, 1968), known professionally as Montell Jordan, is an American singer, songwriter and record producer, best known for his 1995 single "This Is How We Do It".

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Motownphilly

"Motownphilly" is Boyz II Men's 1991 debut single for their debut album Cooleyhighharmony.

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Mr. DJ

Mr.

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MTV

MTV (originally an initialism of Music Television) is an American cable and satellite television channel owned by Viacom Media Networks (a division of Viacom) and headquartered in New York City.

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Musician

A musician is a person who plays a musical instrument or is musically talented.

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N.E. Heart Break (song)

"N.E. Heart Break" is a song performed by American R&B quintet New Edition.

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Nasty (Janet Jackson song)

"Nasty" is a song by American singer Janet Jackson from her third album Control (1986).

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NBC

The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is an American English language commercial broadcast television network that is a flagship property of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast.

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Neneh Cherry

Neneh Mariann Karlsson (born 10 March 1964), better known as Neneh Cherry, is a Swedish singer-songwriter, rapper, occasional DJ and broadcaster.

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New Edition

New Edition is an American R&B group from the Roxbury neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, formed in 1978.

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New Jack City

New Jack City is a 1991 American action gangster film based upon an original story and screenplay by Thomas Lee Wright, and directed by Mario Van Peebles in his directorial debut, who also co-stars in the film.

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New Jack Reunion Tour

The New Jack Swing Reunion Tour was a 2006 concert tour that featured members of the 1990s music genre "new jack swing," which was created by Teddy Riley.

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New Jack Swing (song)

New Jack Swing is a song by Wreckx-N-Effect (then called Wrecks-N-Effect) from their 1989 debut album Wrecks-N-Effect,which featured special guest star Teddy Riley.

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New Kids on the Block

New Kids on the Block (also initialized as NKOTB) is an American boy band from Boston, Massachusetts.

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Ooooooohhh... On the TLC Tip

Ooooooohhh...

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Parachute pants

Parachute pants are a style of trousers characterized by the use of nylon, especially ripstop nylon.

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Patti LaBelle

Patricia Louise Holt-Edwards known professionally as Patti LaBelle, (born Patricia Louise Holt on May 24, 1944), is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and entrepreneur.

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Paula Abdul

Paula Julie Abdul (born June 19, 1962) is an American dancer, choreographer, singer, songwriter, actress, and television personality.

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Paulina Rubio

Paulina Susana Rubio-Dosamantes (born 17 June 1971) is a Mexican singer, actress, television music competition judge, hostess, model and businesswoman.

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Poetic Justice (film)

Poetic Justice is a 1993 American romantic drama film written and directed by John Singleton and starring Janet Jackson and Tupac Shakur with Regina King and Joe Torry.

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Poison (Bell Biv DeVoe song)

"Poison" is the debut single by the New Edition spinoff group, Bell Biv DeVoe.

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Pop music

Pop music is a genre of popular music that originated in its modern form in the United States and United Kingdom during the mid-1950s.

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Popular culture

Popular culture (also called pop culture) is generally recognized as a set of the practices, beliefs, and objects that are dominant or ubiquitous in a society at a given point in time.

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Popular music

Popular music is music with wide appeal that is typically distributed to large audiences through the music industry.

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Public Announcement

Public Announcement is an American R&B group, which was formed in 1991 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.

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R. Kelly

Robert Sylvester Kelly (born January 8, 1967) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and former professional basketball player.

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Ralph Tresvant

Ralph Edward Tresvant Sr. (born May 16, 1968), also known as Rizz and Rizzo, is an American singer, songwriter, actor and record producer, best known as the lead singer of R&B and pop group New Edition.

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Rapping

Rapping (or rhyming, spitting, emceeing, MCing) is a musical form of vocal delivery that incorporates "rhyme, rhythmic speech, and street vernacular", which is performed or chanted in a variety of ways, usually over a backbeat or musical accompaniment.

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Ready for the World

Ready for the World is an American R&B band from Flint, Michigan, that scored several pop, soul, and dance hits in the mid to late 1980s.

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Recording Industry Association of America certification

In the United States, the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) awards certification based on the number of albums and singles sold through retail and other ancillary markets.

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Redhead Kingpin and the F.B.I.

Redhead Kingpin and the F.B.I. was an American hip hop/new jack swing group best known for its debut single and highest-charting song, "Do the Right Thing" from its album A Shade of Red, which peaked at #13 on the UK Singles Chart in 1989.

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Remember the Time

"Remember the Time" is a 1992 single by American singer and songwriter Michael Jackson.

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Revolt (TV network)

Revolt is an American music-oriented digital cable television network founded by Sean Combs.

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Rhythm and blues

Rhythm and blues, commonly abbreviated as R&B, is a genre of popular music that originated in African American communities in the 1940s.

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Roland TR-808

The Roland TR-808 Rhythm Composer is a drum machine introduced by the Roland Corporation in 1980 and discontinued in 1983.

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Routledge

Routledge is a British multinational publisher.

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Rub You the Right Way

"Rub You the Right Way" is a song by Johnny Gill.

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Sampler (musical instrument)

A sampler is an electronic or digital musical instrument similar in some respects to a synthesizer, but instead of generating new sounds with filters, it uses sound recordings (or "samples") of real instrument sounds (e.g., a piano, violin or trumpet), excerpts from recorded songs (e.g., a five-second bass guitar riff from a funk song) or other sounds (e.g., sirens and ocean waves).

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Sampling (music)

In music, sampling is the act of taking a portion, or sample, of one sound recording and reusing it as an instrument or a sound recording in a different song or piece.

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Samuelle

Samuelle Prater, known simply as Samuelle, is an American R&B singer who is a former member of the R&B group Club Nouveau.

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San Francisco Bay Area

The San Francisco Bay Area (popularly referred to as the Bay Area) is a populous region surrounding the San Francisco, San Pablo and Suisun estuaries in the northern part of the U.S. state of California.

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Sensitivity (song)

"Sensitivity" is the title of a number-one single by American singer Ralph Tresvant.

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She's Got That Vibe

"She's Got That Vibe" is the debut single by American R&B singer R. Kelly and band Public Announcement.

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Sheena Easton

Sheena Shirley Easton (née Orr; born 27 April 1959) is a Scottish-American singer, recording artist and stage and screen actress with dual British-American nationality.

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Showtime at the Apollo

Showtime at the Apollo (formerly It's Showtime at the Apollo and Apollo Live) is a syndicated music television show, first broadcast on September 12, 1987 to May 24, 2008 with 1093 episodes, and is produced by the Apollo Theater.

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Smooth jazz

Smooth jazz is music that evolved from a blend of jazz fusion and easy listening pop music, featuring a polished pop feel with little to no jazz improvisation.

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So You Like What You See

"So You Like What You See" is new jack swing song by Samuelle from his album Living in Black Paradise.

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Soul II Soul

Soul II Soul are a British musical group formed in London in 1988.

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Soul music

Soul music (often referred to simply as soul) is a popular music genre that originated in the African American community in the United States in the late 1950s and early 1960s.

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Soul Train

Soul Train is an American music-dance television program which aired in syndication from October 2, 1971 to March 27, 2006.

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Speakeasy

A speakeasy, also called a blind pig or blind tiger, is an illicit establishment that sells alcoholic beverages.

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Spread My Wings

"Spread My Wings" is the title of a number-one R&B single by Troop.

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Streaming Songs

The Streaming Songs chart is released weekly by Billboard magazine and lists each week's top streamed radio songs, on-demand songs and videos on leading online music services in the United States.

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Strictly Business (1991 film)

Strictly Business is a 1991 American comedy film directed by Kevin Hooks and starring Tommy Davidson, Joseph C. Phillips, and Halle Berry.

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Strictly Business (soundtrack)

Strictly Business is the soundtrack to the 1991 comedy film, Strictly Business.

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Swing (jazz performance style)

In music, the term swing has two main uses.

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Swing music

Swing music, or simply swing, is a form of popular music developed in the United States that dominated in the 1930s and 1940s.

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SWV

Sisters With Voices, better known as SWV, is an American female R&B vocal trio from New York City, New York.

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Synthesizer

A synthesizer (often abbreviated as synth, also spelled synthesiser) is an electronic musical instrument that generates electric signals that are converted to sound through instrument amplifiers and loudspeakers or headphones.

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Teddy Riley

Edward Theodore Riley (born October 8, 1967) is an American singer-songwriter, musician, keyboardist, and record producer credited with the creation of the new jack swing genre.

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Teddy's Jam

"Teddy's Jam" is an instrumental by American R&B group Guy, recorded for their debut studio album Guy (1988).

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The Arsenio Hall Show

The Arsenio Hall Show is an American syndicated late-night talk show created by and starring comedian Arsenio Hall.

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The Boys (American band)

The Boys are an American R&B quartet composed of the four Abdulsamad brothers, Khiry (born 1973), Hakeem (born 1975), Tajh (born 1976), and Bilal (born 1979).

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The Cold Crush Brothers

The Cold Crush Brothers are an American hip hop group that formed in 1978 in the Bronx, New York City, New York.

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The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air is an American sitcom that originally aired on NBC from September 10, 1990, to May 20, 1996.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (sometimes abbreviated as The NYT or The Times) is an American newspaper based in New York City with worldwide influence and readership.

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The Rude Boys

The Rude Boys is a 1990s R&B/vocal group from Cleveland, Ohio.

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The Time (band)

The Time, also known as Morris Day and the Time and The Original 7ven, is an American musical group that was formed in Minneapolis in 1981.

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The Village Voice

The Village Voice is an American news and culture paper, known for being the country's first alternative newsweekly.

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This Is How We Do It

"This Is How We Do It" is the debut single by American singer Montell Jordan.

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Timex Social Club

Timex Social Club was an American contemporary R&B group, formed in 1982 and best known for the 1986 hit single "Rumors".

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TLC (group)

TLC is an American girl group whose original line-up consisted of Tionne "'''T'''-Boz" Watkins, Lisa "'''L'''eft Eye" Lopes and Rozonda "'''C'''hilli" Thomas.

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Today (group)

Today is an American R&B vocal group formed in 1988.

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Tony! Toni! Toné!

Tony! Toni! Toné! is an American soul/R&B group from Oakland, California, popular during the late 1980s and early to mid-1990s.

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Top 40

In the music industry, the top 40 is the current, 40 most-popular songs in a particular genre.

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Tracie Spencer

Tracie Monique Spencer (born July 12, 1976) is an American singer–songwriter, actress, and model.

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Troop (band)

Troop is an R&B group from Pasadena, California.

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University Press of Mississippi

The University Press of Mississippi, founded in 1970, is a publisher that is sponsored by the eight state universities in Mississippi.

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Urban contemporary

Urban contemporary is a music radio format.

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Video Soul

Video Soul is a 2–hour long American music video program that originally aired on The Black Entertainment Network (BET) from June 26, 1981 to September 1996.

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Weak (SWV song)

"Weak" is an R&B ballad recorded by the girl group SWV for their debut album, It's About Time (1992).

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What About Your Friends

"What About Your Friends" is TLC's third single from their debut album, Ooooooohhh... On the TLC Tip.

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What Comes Naturally

What Comes Naturally is the tenth studio album by Scottish-born singer Sheena Easton, released in 1991 through MCA Records.

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What Comes Naturally (song)

"What Comes Naturally" is a song recorded by British singer Sheena Easton for her tenth album What Comes Naturally (1991).

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Whitney Houston

Whitney Elizabeth Houston (August 9, 1963 – February 11, 2012) was an American singer and actress.

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Will Smith

Willard Carroll Smith Jr. (born September 25, 1968) is an American actor, producer, rapper, comedian, and songwriter.

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Word Is Out (song)

"Word Is Out" is a song written by English duo Stock and Waterman for Kylie Minogue's fourth album Let's Get to It (1991).

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Wreckx-n-Effect

Wreckx-n-Effect is an American new jack swing group from Harlem, New York City who were best known for their multi-platinum hit "Rump Shaker" in 1992, which was produced by Teddy Riley.

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You're Not My Kind of Girl

"You’re Not My Kind of Girl" is a 1988 song by R&B/Pop group New Edition, and the second single from their fifth studio album, Heart Break.

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YouTube

YouTube is an American video-sharing website headquartered in San Bruno, California.

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(It's Just) The Way That You Love Me

"(It's Just) The Way That You Love Me" is a 1988 Pop single by American singer Paula Abdul taken from her debut album Forever Your Girl.

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24 Kilates

24 Kilates (English: 24 Carats) is Mexican singer Paulina Rubio's second solo album released in 1993.

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24K Magic (album)

24K Magic is the third studio album by American singer and songwriter Bruno Mars.

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