Here is the beginning of the New Jack Swing Era. In a span of a little over six months, these classic NJS albums by Keith Sweat, Guy, Bobby Brown and New Edition were released.

Make It Last Forever November 24, 1987 Pop 15 / RnB 1

Important Tracks
I Want Her
Make It Last Forever
Don't Stop Your Love
Something Just Ain't Right
Right and a Wrong Way

Guy June 13, 1988 Pop 27 / RnB 1

Important Tracks
Groove Me
'Round and 'Round (Merry Go 'Round of Love)
I Like
Teddy's Jam
Spend the Night
Piece of My Love

Don't Be Cruel June 20, 1988 Pop and RnB 1 / 1

Important Tracks
My Perogative
Don't Be Cruel
Every Little Step
Roni
Rock Wit'cha

Heart Break June 20, 1988 Pop 12 / RnB 3

Important Tracks
If It Isn't Love
You're Not My Kind of Girl
Can You Stand the Rain
Crucial
N.E. Heart Break
Boys to Men
I'm Comin' Home




Rank these Swing LP's from your favorite(1) to your least favorite(4)
(Yeah, I know it's hard)
[Edited 4/30/05 23:08pm]

DON'T BE CRUEL is the shit!!

Out of those 4, keiths is my fav their. Diehard newjacks would say the guy album is, but I preferred "the future" album.

In order: Guy, Bobby B, Keith Sweat & New Edition...all were the sh*t! Of course I'd love to add Bell, Biv, Devoe too.

hey ya'll....

don't forget "wreckx-n-effect

all i wanna do is zoom zoom zoom and a boom boom


just shake your rump!


check baby check baby 1,2,3,4,

Wow. Im surprised at how close all of these classic records were released. Dont Be Cruel and Heartbreak on THE SAME DAY!

All of them are equally good IMO. The only one that I own right now is teh New Edition one. I'll have to go back and revisit all of these.

dreamfactory313 said:

I was 8 and 9 when these records were released! Wow.

yeah, Guy had some good "new jack" stuff..
but aren't they credited with "inventing" new jack swing???

I liked I wanna get wit u from them more than anything else- that was the jam, as was It's just a fantasy (wasn't that in a Spike Lee movie??)

but I liked Wrecks-in-Effex more - didn't they have a song called New Jack Swing that featured Guy?? & didn't Guy produce Wrecks???


I also liked 1 song by the group "Today" - they had a song which I think was called Why you gettin' funky on me..
I liked that 1, I've been looking for that on cd, but haven't found it yet.


yeah, "new jack" was a distinct enough sound & there were quite a few good, danceable jams that came out of it..

mltijchr said:

teddy riley was the driving factor behind all those hits

johnny gill's rub you the right way is still the shizzit!
anybody remember boy george's new jack swing song from 1989? that cut "don't take my mind on a trip" was great!

Anyone remembber Jane Child "dont wanna fall in love" ? slept on jam

that album

man...ya'll makin' me go back

time to start backordering i see.

meltwithu said:

Hell yeah. I got the 12" of "dont take my mind on a trip" too aswell as the 12" mix of "rub u the right way".

mltijchr said:

I love the video to "i wanna get with you". Great dancing. "new jack swing" is better on 12" with the sexist line teddy says. The video is dope too.

Today "why u wanna get funky on me" is superb. I got the album and video. The song can also be found on the "house party" soundtrack.

They were good dancers. Big bub tried a solo career but failed.

Dangerous!, i kno it wernt really a "new Jack" album by definition, but i thought id say it anyway!

Y'all forgettin' the VERY 1ST NEW JACK SWING SONG - Johnny Kemp's Teddy-produced "Just Got Paid!" That started teddy's career and started the NJS craze!

Eroticist said:

Whooooo!.....now ya goin'retro.


next thing you know,somebody gon mention Gregory Abbott up in here.


"you in my mind..girl i wanna shake you down"

avatarfunk said:

Thanks to this guy...

Don't Forget This One

This guy is behind "Rumpshaker". It was the first hit song that he was involved with. He didnt recieve any album credit for his contribution either. He and Chad worked closely under the Teddy Riley New Jack regime. Boy oh boy, Virginia is hot!
[Edited 5/4/05 11:01am]

dreamfactory313 said:

Pharrel is credited on my version. So are about 10 other people.

I heard teddy didn't give them boys credit, but ? Gene Griffen I can see doing this but teddy? I hate them nerd boys. Enough is enough.

Eroticist said:

Yeah great song. Infact it's one of my fav songs ever.

Proberly "i want her" was the first one to explode like it did.

thesexofit said:

I still listens to New Jack songs and that is my favortie era too and then gangsta rap invasion.

My favorite songs are lesser known such as Kool Skool "My girl" and also Black Flames a remake of Slave's Watching you. Oh love some Today and also of course Guy.

And don't forget Prince's "Don't Say You Love", initially intended for Paula "I Sleep With Contestants" Abdul.

Eroticist said:

I got the martika version. Nice pop song. Love the drums.

Other Prince newjackish tracks

My name is Prince
Push
love machine (the time)
New power generation (his own "my perogatvie")

Particually "my name is Prince", which included the type of macho chants that vh1 "critics" love to take the piss out of. "do that, do that somebody". I love that shit.

I have always listened to Ralph Tresvant's debut....such a great album

Sensitivity
Stone Cold Gentleman
Do what I gotta to

Great songs

But also, BBD's Remix album was really good as well...esp. the remix of "Ronnie, Bobby, Ricky, Mike, Ralph and Johnny (Word to the Mutha)" with all the NE references through out

greatdj1 said:

Yeah I got the video to the remix of "word to the mutha". It is a full new editon reunion. ralph raps, bobby raps johnny doesn't rap

"iam a stone cold gentleman....."

Does anyone remember Joe Public?