Underappreciated music genre of the week

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This week: New Jack Swing

Simply described as the kind of music found on solo albums made by the members of New Edition in the years following the break-up, New Jack Swing is responsible for some of the best party jams of the early 90s.

Let us review:

“Poison”- Bell Biv Devoe
“Rub You The Right Way”- Johnny Gill
“My Prerogative”- Bobby Brown

Ralph Tresvant, alas, has yet to do anything of note.

Teddy Riley, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis basically owned the patent on New Jack Swing for a number of years, until it was stolen by the white man in the form of The New Kids On The Block, Color Me Badd, and Joey Lawrence.

New Jack, indeed. It’s about time we saw a commercial comeback for the former party genre of the 90’s. Bell Biv Devoe’s “Poison” as the new theme for Raid, Bobby Brown’s “Every Little Step” representing Nike’s childrens shoe line. Give these boys a call… they’re probably not doing anything. [ms]