March 11, 2010


Fans of New Jack Swing will soon see the influential ‘80s R&B and rap music era immortalized on the big screen. According to legendary producer and new jack swing creator Teddy Riley, the film will detail the rise and cultural and commercial explosion of the groove-heavy, keyboard-driven sound kicked off by Keith Sweat’s 1987 landmark album Make It Last Forever. Riley’s swinging production style instantly dominated R&B and hip hop music and eventually pop with Michael Jackson.

“We are getting ready to do a movie chronicling the early New Jack Swing era,” Riley exclusively told VIBE. “It’s going to be the new millineum Krush Groove and Boyz In The Hood all rolled up in one. New Jack City (the classic 1991 street film starring Wesley Snipes) was just scratching the surface. Barry Michael Cooper, the same writer who wrote New Jack City, originally gave my music the name New Jack Swing. So Barry and I put our heads together to do this film.”

While the movie is still being developed, Riley promises an insightful look inside the New Jack Swing scene as well as the artists and industry people who made it all happen. “We are starting the film in the ‘80s, so part 1 will be before Michael Jackson. We are covering everything from Guy and Bobby Brown to modern R&B’s first beef, which was between Guy and New Edition. It’s going to be written by Barry Michael Cooper, with input from myself and Jeff Dyson, who was New Edition’s security. The truth shall be revealed.”

However, Riley says he won’t be handling any acting duties. He’s going to leave such thespian pursuits to the professionals. “There will be someone playing Teddy Riley, but I’ll be narrating the film,” he explains. “The [characters] of the movie are the people who helped create the movement. The real actual people won’t be in it. We’ll have some great actors to come in and play people like Bobby Brown, Whitney Houston, and Guy. This is my time to really think outside of the box. I’m doing what I never got the chance to do which is to show how important a movement New Jack Swing really was.


http://www.vibe.com/posts...swing-film

Sounds interesting.
Let's hope they pull it off.

Teddy Riley get on my nerves for some reason. I respect him for what he's done as a producer . I'm a fan of some New Jack Swing.
[Edited 3/11/10 12:11pm]

you and i both know this shit is never coming out

qvgangsta18 said:

Lol....I hear u.

Graycap23 said:

The New Edition movie will be out before this comes out, these muthafuckas kill me instead of just making a real dope documentary and fighting hard to get some good footage these dude all wanna make movies that will never see the day, no offense but what is the point on making a movie instead of a doc where you can time in the NYC and the whole US drug scene with the hip hop and how rnb was at the time and what new jack swing did for it, but these dudes wanna make a movie that will never come out
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He needs to let it go. Teddy, you did NOT create New Jack Swing. Deal with it.

A movie about New Jack Swing? Is this really necessary? A one-hour documentary would be sufficient,imo.

This movie (if it ever sees the light of day) should have been made 5 or 8 years ago...

midiscover said:

I was thinking along the same lines. Is this movie about Teddy, or about the lifespan of the NJS movement?

Adisa said:

WHERE IS THE SEXOFIT!?!?!?!?

qvgangsta18 said:

Its all about feeding ego,,,,,but ego can't generate money to make this film.

I agree wholeheartedly about the documentary incorporating with the social commentary of the time, it would've been a HELL lot more intersting than this "upcoming shelved film".

qvgangsta18 said:

yeah,for some reason,this project doesn't seem like a sure bet.Even if it is released,it will be dead on arrival at the box office,lol.

In my opinion,the New Jack Swing movement isn't important enough to justify a motion picture based on it.

New Edition and Guy had beef?!

*double post*
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bboy87 said:

TD3 said:

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Timmy84 said:

What about?

^
They had fierce argruments over who had the best fades.

Identity said:

I doubt it. I'm guessing it had more to do with their label MCA. But that's just a guess.

Identity said:

Stealin' each other's British Knights

SoulAlive said:

True.

bboy87 said:

I believe it was between their security or entourage when they were
on tour in the late 80's.

back stage at the budweiser superfest or somethin. '89

^^^^ Yep...

Oh, yeah how could I forget. It sparked rumors that a member of one of the groups was shot or something.

midiscover said:

He most certainly DID create it.

There was a BBC documentary about soul/rnb music that did include a bit on the newjack era, so it got covered slightly, but it was more about LA Reid and Babyface then Teddy from what I remember? Anyway, a doc would be awesome.

phunkdaddy said:

3 vs. 5, that's not fair, though Ted could use he keytar.