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This list contains singers and groups who performed in the new jack swing (or swingbeat) [1] [2] style, a hybrid style popular from the mid-1980s into the early 1990s. [3] It developed as many previous music genres did, by combining elements of jazz, R&B, funk and hip hop. [4]
New jack swing, new jack, or swingbeat [1] is a fusion genre of the rhythms and production techniques of hip hop and dance-pop, and the urban contemporary sound of R&B. Spearheaded by producers Teddy Riley , Bernard Belle , Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis , new jack swing was most popular from the late 1980s to early 1990s.
Early 1990s, U.S. Derivative forms. Neo soul. Hip hop soul is a subgenre of contemporary R&B music, most popular during the early and mid 1990s, [ 1] which fuses R&B or soul singing with hip hop musical production. [ 1] The subgenre had evolved from a previous R&B subgenre, new jack swing, [ 2] which had incorporated hip-hop influences into R&B ...
Hip hop groups began to appear and perform in Niamey in 1998. The first known Nigerien hip hop album was Lakal Kaney 's 2000 " La voix du Ténéré ". [2] Rap Nigerien began to appear in UNICEF cultural center music programmes as bands performed in benefit shows and contests. In August 2004, UNICEF opened its "Scene Ouverte Rap", where 45 new ...
Young Hump. Digital Underground is an American alternative hip hop group from Oakland, California. Its lineup changed with each album and tour. Digital Underground's leader and mainstay was Gregory "Shock G" Jacobs (also known as Humpty Hump). Shock G formed the group in 1987 with Tampa hip-hop radio deejay Kenneth "Kenny-K" Waters and Jimi ...
Desi hip hop is a term for music and culture which combines the influences of hip hop and the Indian subcontinent; the term desi referring to the South Asian diaspora. The term has also come to be used as an alternative for rap music and even pop music which involves rappers of South Asian origins.
Swing My Way. " Swing My Way " is a bass song by American hip-hop duo K.P. & Envyi. For each of them, it is their only top 40 hit, reaching No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100 for the week ending March 14, 1998. [5] It entered the Hot 100 on the week ending December 27, 1997, at No. 86. [6]
'Lindy Hoppers vs. Street Dancers' brings swing dancers and hip hop dancers on the same dance floor