New Jack Swing Style Overview
New Jack Swing Music Description
Immensely popular from about 1989-1992, it's a style of R&B that focuses on a very prominent swingbeat made with an electronic drum machine. Vocals are usually harmonized.
Other modern R&B releases are tagged with Contemporary R&B. Either this or New Jack Swing are now preferred by Discogs to the less precise RnB/Swing. The earlier blues-soul bridge genre is tagged as Rhythm & Blues.
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