New jack swing

New jack swing
New jack swing
Other names	New jack; swingbeat;
Stylistic origins	Contemporary R&B; funk; hip hop; pop; dance music;
Cultural origins	Mid-to-late 1980s, United States and United Kingdom
Typical instruments	Vocals; keyboards; digital synthesizers; drum machines; samplers;
Other topics
	List of artists; hip house; G funk; Golden age of hip hop;

New jack swing, new jack, or swingbeat 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.

Merriam-Webster's online dictionary defines new jack swing as "pop music usually performed by black musicians that combines elements of jazz, funk, rap, and rhythm and blues." Digital synthesizers were heavily used, notably the Yamaha DX7, Korg M1, and Roland D-50. New jack swing took up the trend of using sampled beats and tunes and created beats using electronic drum machines, such as the SP-1200 sampler and Roland TR-808, to lay an "insistent beat under light melody lines and clearly enunciated vocals." The Roland TR-808 was sampled to create distinctive, syncopated, swung rhythms, with its snare sound being especially prominent.

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