new jack swing
noun
variants
or New Jack Swing
: pop music usually performed by Black musicians that combines elements of jazz, funk, rap, and rhythm and blues
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The Amber Ruffin Show did a new jack swing–inflected R&B song about how the white celebs need to wash their kids.
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Bethy Squires, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2021
As new jack swing pioneer Bobby Brown, Houston’s husband for 14 turbulent years, Ashton Sanders strains to humanize a figure painted as comically insufferable.
—Thomas Floyd, Washington Post, 21 Dec. 2022
An unexpected boost came in the form of Teddy Riley, the king of the new jack swing genre.
—Mychal Denzel Smith, The Atlantic, 18 Nov. 2022
When the whole crew was talking, the idea came up to make a new jack swing song.
—Billboard Japan, Billboard, 25 Aug. 2022
For July 3 This is listed as a dance-pop and new jack swing song on Wikipedia.
—Kris Holt, Forbes, 3 July 2022
His revenge was ultimately sweet: a string of huge hits using the funkier new jack swing sound.
—Rodney Ho, ajc, 26 May 2022
The hip-hop/R&B hybrid group — which was foundational to the new jack swing movement of the 1980s — signed to Tommy Boy Records in 1984.
—Heran Mamo, Billboard, 5 Jan. 2022
Over the last three decades, Australian pop sensation Kylie Minogue has dabbled in just about every genre of music under the sun, from country to new jack swing.
—Chris Malone Méndez, Forbes, 12 Nov. 2021
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Bethy Squires, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2021
As new jack swing pioneer Bobby Brown, Houston’s husband for 14 turbulent years, Ashton Sanders strains to humanize a figure painted as comically insufferable.
—Thomas Floyd, Washington Post, 21 Dec. 2022
An unexpected boost came in the form of Teddy Riley, the king of the new jack swing genre.
—Mychal Denzel Smith, The Atlantic, 18 Nov. 2022
When the whole crew was talking, the idea came up to make a new jack swing song.
—Billboard Japan, Billboard, 25 Aug. 2022
For July 3 This is listed as a dance-pop and new jack swing song on Wikipedia.
—Kris Holt, Forbes, 3 July 2022
His revenge was ultimately sweet: a string of huge hits using the funkier new jack swing sound.
—Rodney Ho, ajc, 26 May 2022
The hip-hop/R&B hybrid group — which was foundational to the new jack swing movement of the 1980s — signed to Tommy Boy Records in 1984.
—Heran Mamo, Billboard, 5 Jan. 2022
Over the last three decades, Australian pop sensation Kylie Minogue has dabbled in just about every genre of music under the sun, from country to new jack swing.
—Chris Malone Méndez, Forbes, 12 Nov. 2021
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