New Jack Swing - A Brief History

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  • Опубликовано: 17 сен 2024
  • This video is a celebration of the new jack swing music genre, and the genius behind the genre- Teddy Riley.
    Special thanks to Mitchell Keeran for narrating this video! You can check out his RUclips channel and Twitter account here:
    / @mitchellkeeran6388
    / mitchellkeeran
    My Top 5 Favorite NJS Songs:
    5.) Motownphilly - Boyz II Men
    4.) Live & Learn - Joe Public
    3.) Teddy's Jam - Guy
    2.) Feels Good - Tony! Toni! Toné!
    1.) Every Little Step - Bobby Brown
    Songs featured in this video:
    Feels Good - Tony! Toni! Toné!
    Nasty - Janet Jackson
    Go See the Doctor - Kool Moe Dee
    I Want Her - Keith Sweat
    Groove Me - Guy
    Spread My Wings - Troop
    Every Little Step - Bobby Brown
    It's No Crime - Babyface
    Sensitivity - Ralph Tresvant
    Remember the Time - Michael Jackson
    Motownphilly - Boyz II Men
    Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg - TLC
    This Is How We Do It - Montell Jordan
    Finesse - Bruno Mars feat. Cardi B
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Комментарии • 110

  • @Kenjiro5775
    @Kenjiro5775 2 года назад +40

    This was a grand era in the clubs. There were so many great danceable songs, the clubs were hoppin' and people were happy. Miss those days.

    • @RetroRadr
      @RetroRadr 8 месяцев назад

      If you ever find a way to go back to that time, take me with you! I was too young to experience it

  • @hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh6898
    @hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh6898 2 года назад +86

    Honestly it's time to give this sound another chance, and I think it's ripe for a revival. The fact that alternative dance, jungle, nu disco, and baggy music is all coming back in a post-vaporwave world is a perfect stage for a return. A genre that pushed music production to new heights infused with modern drums, synths, and sampling would be a match made in heaven imo.

    • @blackanesebeats
      @blackanesebeats 2 года назад +9

      Comments like this let me know I gotta keep going ! Im trying my hardest to bring this back! Lol

    • @sonikku956
      @sonikku956 2 года назад +3

      You're absolutely correct

    • @hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh6898
      @hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh6898 2 года назад +1

      @Zae that's too cynical I can't accept that

    • @ozonaki
      @ozonaki Год назад +1

      Let's hope it does !

    • @jordanhtiffirg1990
      @jordanhtiffirg1990 Год назад +2

      I doubt it their were a couple of songs like cardi b finese that could of done that but it didn't develop into anything bigger. What is needed is a whole new sound

  • @hunterrogersmusic
    @hunterrogersmusic 2 года назад +68

    I like this genre a lot!

    • @bluubird7077
      @bluubird7077 2 года назад

      ruclips.net/video/f7B5pJXVpyk/видео.html

  • @jmckdekalb316
    @jmckdekalb316 3 месяца назад +5

    New Jack swing era was a popular during the late 80’s and early 90’s. I was born during this era, and a lot of teenagers were jamming to this genre.

  • @danielalmir6378
    @danielalmir6378 3 года назад +61

    I wish this could be famous again, as the 80s that came back in 2021

    • @heavylbeatz
      @heavylbeatz 2 года назад +3

      I'm trying to bring a new genre called Nu Trap Swing.

    • @jw.4854
      @jw.4854 2 года назад

      @@heavylbeatz I would like to hear some of your work..

    • @heavylbeatz
      @heavylbeatz 2 года назад

      @@jw.4854 you can type Nu Trap Swing & my videos will pop up.

    • @blakesteenrod4765
      @blakesteenrod4765 2 года назад +3

      I remember when the Finesse remix with Cardi B - that was a new Jack swing song

  • @LookItsABigBlackGuy
    @LookItsABigBlackGuy 2 года назад +16

    Man I will always love early 1990s. What a decade!

  • @timmytube12
    @timmytube12 2 месяца назад +2

    I remember this era mostly by (1988) and (1993) when I was a 8 to 13 old kid then . I'm glad and proud to say that I loves "New Jack Swing" music and a still a big fan of it 31 years later for me always . I❤ this ears in R&B & Hip-Hop music it brings me back to the past was in (1987) through (1995) my childhood & early mid teen years growing up in the late (1980's) and early mid (1990's). I can always go travel back in time to these years when music used to be this good thank you RUclips for the memories.❤😊

  • @doom-mantia
    @doom-mantia 2 года назад +19

    List of songs mentioned:
    Tony! Toni! Toné! - Feels Good
    Janet Jackson - Nasty
    Keith Sweat - I Want Her
    Guy - Groove Me
    Guy - Teddy's Jam
    Guy - I Like
    Troop - Spread My Wings
    Johnny Kemp - Just Got Paid
    Al B. Sure! - Nite and Day
    Bobby Brown - Don't Be Cruel
    Bobby Brown - My Prerogative
    Bobby Brown - Every Little Step
    Wreckx-N-Effect - New Jack Swing
    Babyface - It's No Crime
    Karyn White - Secret Rendezvous
    Ralph Tresvant - Sensitivity
    Michael Jackson - Remember the Time
    Boyz II Men - Motownphilly
    Joe Public - Live and Learn
    R. Kelly; Public Announcement - She's Got That Vibe
    Jade - Don't Walk Away
    TLC - Ain't 2 Proud 2 Beg
    TLC - What About Your Friends
    Montell Jordan - This Is How We Do It
    Bruno Mars - Finesse - Remix; feat. Cardi B

    • @livefromthemachine1898
      @livefromthemachine1898 8 месяцев назад +1

      List is on point except for Bruno Mars. ??? He can try to imitate the flavor but he ain’t got it. Not a bit.

    • @johnnieepps9039
      @johnnieepps9039 2 месяца назад

      Now Does Marley Marl get any Credit because I heard him mention in the conversation and Heavy D and the Boys are Missing from the List and Today Christopher Williams Redhead Kingpin

  • @monarchofthecaribbean
    @monarchofthecaribbean 2 года назад +9

    I miss new jack swing music but I'm still love it. BESIDES I WANT IT BACK!!!

  • @synthsnail
    @synthsnail 3 года назад +27

    the fact that Teddy Riley played a prominent role in his band as a producer is really cool, even though he formed the band lol producers didn't seem to get a lot of love back then!

    • @NathanielJordon
      @NathanielJordon  3 года назад +5

      Yeah producers were kinda overlooked and still continue to be, but he's a really interesting dude

    • @colourbasscolourbassweapon2135
      @colourbasscolourbassweapon2135 6 месяцев назад

      ngl I use a lot of New Jack swing in my glitch hop and funk and R&B@@NathanielJordon

  • @danielnevees
    @danielnevees Год назад +4

    Also Wreckx-N-Effect is on a Michael Jackson track of his Dangerous album called She Drives Me Wild and Dangerous is considered the best selling new jack swing album of all time, it's crazy! Long live NJS!

    • @nlee4566
      @nlee4566 10 месяцев назад +1

      I wanna say Bobby Brown Don't Be Cruel would be the best selling NJS album of all time. I guess it was Michael lol I love Dangerous.

  • @SkinnyEMedia
    @SkinnyEMedia 7 месяцев назад +2

    One of the best kept secrets is this great subgenre of R&B and hip-hop

  • @AbelMusa
    @AbelMusa 21 день назад +1

    I was born in the 90s and I love New Jack Swing like you wouldn't believe

    • @Raccoon56-lm3ec
      @Raccoon56-lm3ec 18 дней назад +1

      Me too, it's my favorite music genre of all time! 👍

  • @quanashiab.9620
    @quanashiab.9620 2 года назад +7

    Madonna did it too in 1992, with her 5th album "Erotica" and Janet really focus on it with HER 5th album.

  • @FreshTooDef247
    @FreshTooDef247 2 года назад +8

    bring back the new jack swing!! I never left the NJS and never will..

  • @Boontemps1
    @Boontemps1 9 месяцев назад +1

    New Jack Swing was and is fye that sound branded an entire culture. In 2023 they still bang

  • @onedollarbleach6891
    @onedollarbleach6891 3 года назад +6

    Yessss! I love the information you present in these videos, the dedication shows!

    • @NathanielJordon
      @NathanielJordon  3 года назад +3

      Thank you bleach! I truly enjoy making these videos and I hope to continue doing so

    • @onedollarbleach6891
      @onedollarbleach6891 3 года назад

      @@NathanielJordon haha ur welcome! Ur videos deserve way more views

  • @karandalgary4968
    @karandalgary4968 2 года назад +8

    New Jack Swing made Modern Music

    • @sheed321
      @sheed321 Год назад +4

      Most modern RnB songs have the same exact beat count

    • @casualcadaver
      @casualcadaver 3 месяца назад

      Believe it or not Ragtime created modern music , as it has syncopation.

  • @tnayenga77
    @tnayenga77 3 месяца назад +1

    The New Jack Vibe is timeless🎶💯

  • @ll1881ll
    @ll1881ll 2 года назад +9

    These songs are all : funk beat. A fast 16 th beat rhythm, despite the term : (new jack) swing .

    • @jorymil
      @jorymil Месяц назад

      Yep. Straight--no swing beat.

  • @Bmcwriter
    @Bmcwriter 3 года назад +5

    Great research and very informative. Excellent post.

    • @NathanielJordon
      @NathanielJordon  3 года назад

      Thank you Bmcwriter! It really means a lot to read that.

  • @okaydeemuzik4876
    @okaydeemuzik4876 3 года назад +41

    New jack swing isn't anything but the Minneapolis sound over James brown break beats. Really prince created that whole sound then teddy Riley brung the swing groove in it.

    • @harishlal7962
      @harishlal7962 2 года назад

      Po

    • @theactorjohnlarroquette
      @theactorjohnlarroquette 2 года назад +8

      Hmmm I think there’s a lot of boogie and go-go musicians from the late 70s who would strongly disagree with you

    • @melvincotton2185
      @melvincotton2185 2 года назад

      🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @jhonram2496
      @jhonram2496 2 года назад +4

      @@theactorjohnlarroquette its possible you both can be correct.
      Teddy riley said in a breakfast club interview that when making new Jackswing he wanted to combine Micheal Jackson,prince and james brown together

    • @FlyAwayChi
      @FlyAwayChi 2 года назад +3

      Are you deaf? Prince's sound was nothing but a new form of new wave

  • @Trident587
    @Trident587 2 года назад +5

    When hear these groups, I imagine shopping for school clothes with my mom.

  • @micai.j8920
    @micai.j8920 2 года назад +4

    New Jack Swing started around 1985

  • @Nicky_1988
    @Nicky_1988 4 месяца назад

    I love New jack swing.

  • @Ljordan093
    @Ljordan093 3 года назад +2

    Great retrospective!

  • @TheEsquireOfSportsFSU
    @TheEsquireOfSportsFSU Месяц назад

    Brief history doesn't do it justice. We need a Last Dance style docu on it lmao

  • @SuhaibAndrabi
    @SuhaibAndrabi 7 месяцев назад +1

    The sound lived on a bit longer- several songs on michael Jackson's HIStory and blood on the dancefloor.

  • @TheJoeJoe323
    @TheJoeJoe323 3 года назад +3

    Awesome job, again!!!!😃

    • @NathanielJordon
      @NathanielJordon  3 года назад

      Thank u Joe 😀 it means so much to read this

    • @TheJoeJoe323
      @TheJoeJoe323 3 года назад

      @@NathanielJordon Of course😁

  • @Aries16603
    @Aries16603 Год назад +3

    Yes, mention Janet Jackson.

  • @Calebwilliamsoffical
    @Calebwilliamsoffical 7 месяцев назад

    I wish I was born in the 80s, Although I was born in 2004 We had some Good Music still back then.

  • @carpenoctem775
    @carpenoctem775 2 года назад

    That was fun music. Fun concerts too.

  • @law244
    @law244 2 года назад +2

    Great video!

  • @davidprior8
    @davidprior8 Год назад +2

    Blood on the Dance floor is surely the last New Jack Swing big hit?

    • @RyanPente.
      @RyanPente. 8 месяцев назад

      Only in europe

  • @kaismakhloufi5796
    @kaismakhloufi5796 Год назад +1

    For me, the Year 1996 was the end of the new jack swings.. besides the Hit of MICHAEL BLOOD On the DANCEFLOOR in 1997 .... Also I CAN SEE IT LEAVE A PLACE FOR 2 GENRES ... The BOYSBAND STYLE for the whites .... and the SOUL RNB for the Blacks ...

  • @Matheus-cr2en
    @Matheus-cr2en 2 года назад

    Amazing video. I love The New Jack Swing

  • @phunkym8
    @phunkym8 8 дней назад

    its kinda crazy that by dangerous michael was chasing trends instead of being the setter

  • @rjkunsolomon3495
    @rjkunsolomon3495 2 года назад +3

    But In 2021 however Japan brought new jack swing in a form of an anime show called D4DJ and there's a group called Photon Maiden made a song called 4 Challenges (look it up)

  • @roots2lovereggaeshow275
    @roots2lovereggaeshow275 2 года назад

    That is the true breakdown of njs thank you

  • @Alexandre92425
    @Alexandre92425 Год назад +1

    E o melhor ritmo que existiu de pois de soul, charme e r&b

  • @oscarl.ramirez7355
    @oscarl.ramirez7355 7 месяцев назад

    I remember going to see a New Jack Swing tour with MC Hammer and other great groups with One who has since passed away @ The Summit. Great Times and Memories. Today's music is OK but still does not compare.
    I am sure that the Younger Generation feels the same way

  • @avace917
    @avace917 4 месяца назад

    You showed an A&P. I feel ancient now 🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @mrdgg949
    @mrdgg949 Год назад +1

    Teddy Riley

  • @verdiernoyama9681
    @verdiernoyama9681 Год назад +1

    If you're interested in New Jack Swing songs, I invite you to listen to the Japanese singer Cindy

  • @milosummers2779
    @milosummers2779 Год назад +3

    skipped over rhythm nation 1814

  • @daisyduke4640
    @daisyduke4640 Год назад +1

    🔥🏆🔥

  • @machinelearng
    @machinelearng 4 месяца назад

    How did this video miss the Good Girl's song Your Sweetness from 1989?

  • @kevinmc24
    @kevinmc24 Год назад +2

    kpop new jack swing

  • @tyroneabram7764
    @tyroneabram7764 Год назад

    Now I can't get it outta my head. Finesse baseline is Remember the Time

  • @darrylcarter3691
    @darrylcarter3691 2 года назад +4

    Why did new Jack swing died in the mid 1990s?

    • @DaWalk
      @DaWalk 2 года назад +11

      Other sub-genres came along, including gangsta rap, G-funk, grunge, and the sub-genre that followed new jack: hip-hop soul. New jack was left facing off against the others and couldn't compete. Also, supposedly there were too many, other acts cribbing from songs by Bell Biv Devoe and Guy, but I don't think there were that many imitators. I'd say there were only, like, a few acts that trying imitating them, such as Basic Black, who were an imitation of Guy.

    • @mauricesantinomf
      @mauricesantinomf Год назад +1

      ​@@DaWalkthe same thing happened to Disco

  • @DaWalk
    @DaWalk 2 года назад +1

    There are some less renowned new jack swing acts of the 21st century who are underground like Derric Gobourne Jr., Vadell Gabriel, D.B. Swang, and Cry Baby carrying on the tradition and have revived it. But now if only there were more like them who are more consistent with the music. Several others I came across either only made the odd new jack track different from the music they commonly make and perform or the new jack remix that's the same situation. I mean, I like those others too, who are like that and they're nice, but I'd still like to see even more recent, less famous acts who are limited to new jack swing and urban slow jams as well.

  • @ShawnBen
    @ShawnBen 4 месяца назад

    Mumble rappers have to get the **** out.

  • @eeskaatt
    @eeskaatt 2 месяца назад

    newjeans brought me here xD

  • @lulumyataza7894
    @lulumyataza7894 3 года назад +8

    Your insight is incorrect and way off. Drake, The Weeknd, Chris Brown are still doing the same thing. Mixing hip hop and rnb with pop sensibility. All New Jack Swing is, is a hybrid sound. The person who coined the corny ass term was an old black journalist who saw black music in silos ( funk, soul, quiet storm). It was the first time different black sounds were being mixed. No Diggity ( '96) is the same thing as Say my name by Destiny's Child ( '98) or crazy in love ( 03) which is faster paced than No Diggity even though it was released in the 2000's. The video should be retitled "The History of the Hybrid Sound". You are not gonna find a black male crossover act today who sounds like Babyface or Luther Vandross. Straight Rnb is the real relic of the past and has been dead on pop/black radio since the late 90's.

  • @NQuiz52
    @NQuiz52 2 года назад

    This documentary is kinda misleading. Only Teddy Riley can produce New Jack Swing. All those other songs were poor attempts to copy him and that's why they all suck. All, except for Jimmy and Terry. They were doing something else.

    • @FlyAwayChi
      @FlyAwayChi 2 года назад +4

      So LA Reid and Babyface sucked? You sound crazy as hell smh

    • @NQuiz52
      @NQuiz52 2 года назад

      @@FlyAwayChi I didn't mention La & Babyface, but by omitting them you assume I include them with those who suck.
      More specifically I was talking about Basic Black, R Kelly & the Public Announcement and everybody else who tried to copy the guy sound. There was so many at the time that I can't even remember them all now.
      Babyface, Jimmy & Terry, and Teddy Riley were the sound of the 80s and 90s. Nothing else mattered except maybe Jazzy B with his Soul 2 Soul sound. That ish was crazy too!

    • @amtownsyou
      @amtownsyou Год назад +3

      I beg to differ, teddy is a god but there were countless new jack swing songs that didn't have teddy's production

    • @mauricesantinomf
      @mauricesantinomf Год назад

      You clearly know nothing about Music Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis created New Jack Swing LA Ried and Babyface took and rocked with it, Teddy Riley perfected it but definitely created it

    • @NQuiz52
      @NQuiz52 Год назад +4

      @@mauricesantinomf That is completely false! There was no mention of New Jack Swing until Teddy Riley! It was actually named by the same guy who created the New Jack City. Jimmy Jam and Terry Lews, as well as La Ried & Baby Face, were making hit records long before Teddy Riley. When he came in and immediately dominated with his Keith Sweat, Guy, Bobby Brown, and Heavy D. productions, he was the New Jack! His sound was a blend of multiple genres and it was so effective that everyone prior started to try and emulate his sound. The kind of music made by other's before Teddy was not and is not considered New Jack Swing.