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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.
 

Top New Jack Tracks

 
Play Track Artist Price
1. Poison Bell Biv Devoe
$1.29
2. I'll Make Love To You Boyz II Men
$0.99
3. End Of The Road Boyz II Men
$0.99
4. This Is How We Do It Montell Jordan
$0.99
5. No Diggity - (featuring Dr. Dre) Blackstreet
$0.99
6. On Bended Knee Boyz II Men
$0.99
7. Motownphilly Boyz II Men
$0.99
8. I Wanna Sex You Up Color Me Badd
$1.29
9. My Perogative Bobby Brown
$0.99
10. All I Do Is Think Of You Troop
$0.99
11. Breakin' My Heart (Pretty Brown Eyes) Mint Condition
$0.99
12. Cupid 112
$0.99
13. Nothing Left to Say Mint Condition
$0.99
14. Come And Talk To Me Jodeci
$0.99
15. Whatever You Want Tony! Toni! Tone!
$0.99
16. Stay Jodeci
$0.99
17. It's So Hard To Say Goodbye To Yesterday Boyz II Men
$0.99
18. Cool It Now New Edition
$0.99
19. Feenin' Jodeci
$0.99
20. Roni Bobby Brown
$0.99
21. Forever My Lady Jodeci
$0.99
22. Peaches & Cream 112
$0.99
23. Beauty Dru Hill
$0.99
24. Every Little Step Bobby Brown
$0.99
25. Ready Or Not After 7
$0.99
26. Before I Let You Go Blackstreet
$0.99
27. Anywhere 112
$0.99
28. I Like Guy
$0.99
29. Water Runs Dry Boyz II Men
$0.99
30. Can You Stand The Rain New Edition
$0.99
31. Don't Be Cruel Bobby Brown
$0.99
32. If It Isn't Love New Edition
$0.99
33. Can We Talk Tevin Campbell
$0.99
34. What Kind Of Man Would I Be Mint Condition
$0.99
35. I'm Ready Tevin Campbell
$0.99
36. Candy Rain Soul For Real
$0.99
37. Only You-Bad Boy Remix (Featuring The Notorious B.I.G. & Mase) 112
$0.99
38. Freak Me Silk
$1.29
39. U Send Me Swingin' Mint Condition
$0.99
40. Cry For You Jodeci
$0.99
41. Freek'N You Jodeci
$0.99
42. You For Me (The Wedding Song) Johnny Gill
$0.99
43. 5 Steps Dru Hill
$0.99
44. I Wanna Sex You Up Color Me Badd
$0.99
45. Love You Down Ready for the World
$0.99
46. I Like The Way (The Kissing Game) Hi-Five
$0.99
47. Rock Wit'cha Bobby Brown
$0.99
48. Do ME! Bell Biv Devoe
$0.99
49. In My Bed Dru Hill
$0.99
50. My, My, My Johnny Gill
$0.99
 

New Jack Key Albums

 
Attitude
(Bonus Tracks) $9.99
Guy
$9.99
Johnny Gill (Motown)
$9.99
The Best of Bell Biv Devoe: The Millennium Collection
$9.99
The Best Of Color Me Badd
$9.99
The Revival
$7.99

 

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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...

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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