This List of New Jack Swing artists includes singers and bands from 1987 to 1994 who performed in the New Jack Swing style, a hybrid style popular from the late-1980s into the mid-1990s, which fuses the rhythms, samples and production techniques of hip-hop with the urban contemporary sound of R&B. The new jack swing style developed as many previous R&B styles did, by combining elements of older styles with newer trends.

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  • This List of New Jack Swing artists includes singers and bands from 1987 to 1994 who performed in the New Jack Swing style, a hybrid style popular from the late-1980s into the mid-1990s, which fuses the rhythms, samples and production techniques of hip-hop with the urban contemporary sound of R&B. The new jack swing style developed as many previous R&B styles did, by combining elements of older styles with newer trends. It uses mellifluously soulful solo or harmonizing vocals sung over rhythms and "street" beats derived from urban musical influences. The sound of new jack swing comes from the hip hop "swing" beats created by drum machine, and hardware samplers, which was popular during the golden age of hip hop, with contemporary R&B style singing. Entouch New Kids On The Block Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock heavy d and the boyz Kool Moe Dee Salt 'N' Pepa Al B. Sure Foster/McElroy LeVert Full Force MC Hammer Alexander O'Neal Timmy Gatling Alyson Williams The Good Girls Today Babyface Guy MC Lyte Tony Terry Tony Toni Tone The Mac Band Maestro Fresh Wes Troop Bobby Brown Janet Jackson Michel'le Vanessa Williams The Boys Jody Watley New Edition Wreckx-N-Effect Chuckii Booker Johnny Kemp Paula Abdul Deja Karyn White Pebbles Don Newkirk Keith Sweat Shanice
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  • This List of New Jack Swing artists includes singers and bands from 1987 to 1994 who performed in the New Jack Swing style, a hybrid style popular from the late-1980s into the mid-1990s, which fuses the rhythms, samples and production techniques of hip-hop with the urban contemporary sound of R&B. The new jack swing style developed as many previous R&B styles did, by combining elements of older styles with newer trends.
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  • List of New Jack Swing artists
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