Appreciating New Jack Swing

[supremebve]

 

http://youtu.be/4i9Mba9keHA

 

http://youtu.be/N6blgjF6UkU

[Thomas Bugg]

[The Comedian]

drop the Chuckii Booker on 'em...

 

[Thomas Bugg]

How about some LeVert and Heavy D?

 

 

...and The O'Jays

 

[J.T.]

MORE LEVERT~!

 

 

Just Coolin' spent a lot of time in my road trip CD rotation.

[Burgundy LaRue]

IIRC, the Boy George song was originally written for Bobby Brown, but he refused it.  BG was looking to revive his career and someone mentioned working with Teddy Riley, who was the go-to producer/songwriter at the time.

[Thomas Bugg]

I listened to that Just Coolin' album religiously when it came out!

[Burgundy LaRue]

 

 

Guy is really under-appreciated now.  Aaron Hall's voice was no joke.  But he didn't write, and one R. Kelly did, with the voice to match.  As it is:

 

I had the Public Announcement album on cassette.  Alas, before R. went into marrying teenagers/Piss on You mode:

 

[J.T.]

 

VIIIIIIIIIBBBEEEEE~!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

And yeah, Aaron Hall had major pipes.  I was sad that his solo career never really took off.

[Burgundy LaRue]

Gossip-y tidbit:  Aaron Hall was involved with hip hop model Gloria Velez.  They had a child, and Aaron's been sketchy on his child support.  The romance was quite rocky--rumors of abuse, Gloria getting a way-too-specifc tattoo for Aaron.

 

I liked it better when I was a naive teenager and thought most of these talented folks were nice people, too.

[The Comedian]

This jam was the unexpected surprise of the Menace II Society sdtk.

 

[Burgundy LaRue]

Hi-Five may be one of the most tragic stories ever in music history.

[J.T.]

Gossip-y tidbit:  Aaron Hall was involved with hip hop model Gloria Velez.  They had a child, and Aaron's been sketchy on his child support.  The romance was quite rocky--rumors of abuse, Gloria getting a way-too-specifc tattoo for Aaron.

 

I liked it better when I was a naive teenager and thought most of these talented folks were nice people, too.

 

I am goting to exercise my Constitutional right to remain oblivious to this.

[The Comedian]

Hi-Five may be one of the most tragic stories ever in music history.

 

I had to go hit wikipedia to see what you meant, and SHIT...one of em stabbed his wife to death and another died huffing freon?

[Burgundy LaRue]

Yeah.  Russell Neal recently stabbed his wife with their kids in the house, and lead singer Tony Thompson was found dead next to an air conditioning unit in 2007.  An original member, Toriano Easley, was imprisoned because he shot an undercover officer who came into Easley's apartment--something about thinking Easley was a drug dealer.  Another member, Roderick Clark, was paralyzed after a car accident.  Several years ago, Treston Irby was shot five times at a club.  He survived with no major injuries.

 

The group had an Unsung episode (urban version of Behind the Music) recently on TVOne.  I didn't watch it, but I'm sure it was sad viewing.

[J.T.]

Unsung is so depressing and it always makes me want to throw myself off of a cliff, but my girlfriend insists we watch it.

 

I had to leave the room during the Angela Bofill episode.

[Charro!]

Just a few New Jack Swing tracks:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Teddy Riley was a huge part of the New Jack Swing sound with Bobby Brown, Keith Sweat, Guy, Blackstreet, working with MJ among others. I think you could overlook 'Remember the Time' as a New Jack Swing track but it definitely has that sound. 

[The Comedian]

hey no one posted my favorite Guy jam yet...

 

 

also we gotta get this one in...

 

[Thomas Bugg]

I'm resurrecting this dead ass thread for a song that I heard on Music Choice today. Damn this song is SLAMMIN!!!!

Just shows that The Jacksons didn't need MJ to jam.

 

 

[Thomas Bugg]

And this is a jazz song, but it sounds just like New Jack Swing

 

 

[Burgundy LaRue]

I heard this for the first time in years today. . .