new jack swing
noun
variants or New Jack Swing
: pop music usually performed by Black musicians that combines elements of jazz, funk, rap, and rhythm and blues
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web When the whole crew was talking, the idea came up to make a new jack swing song. 
Billboard Japan, Billboard, 25 Aug. 2022 For July 3 This is listed as a dance-pop and new jack swing song on Wikipedia. Kris Holt, Forbes, 3 July 2022 His revenge was ultimately sweet: a string of huge hits using the funkier new jack swing sound. Rodney Ho, ajc, 26 May 2022 The hip-hop/R&B hybrid group — which was foundational to the new jack swing movement of the 1980s — signed to Tommy Boy Records in 1984. Heran Mamo, Billboard, 5 Jan. 2022 Over the last three decades, Australian pop sensation Kylie Minogue has dabbled in just about every genre of music under the sun, from country to new jack swing. Chris Malone Méndez, Forbes, 12 Nov. 2021 Teddy Riley is credited with inventing new jack swing. Troy L. Smith, cleveland, 13 May 2021 McCarthy and Scherzinger both connected the jack card in the package to New Jack City (and therefore new jack swing), with the former guessing Flavor Flav and the latter naming Keith Sweat. Rachel Yang, EW.com, 22 Apr. 2021 The album was at the forefront of the new jack swing movement that combined elements of traditional soul and R&B with hip-hop. Paul Grein, Billboard, 16 Nov. 2020 See More
Billboard Japan, Billboard, 25 Aug. 2022 For July 3 This is listed as a dance-pop and new jack swing song on Wikipedia. Kris Holt, Forbes, 3 July 2022 His revenge was ultimately sweet: a string of huge hits using the funkier new jack swing sound. Rodney Ho, ajc, 26 May 2022 The hip-hop/R&B hybrid group — which was foundational to the new jack swing movement of the 1980s — signed to Tommy Boy Records in 1984. Heran Mamo, Billboard, 5 Jan. 2022 Over the last three decades, Australian pop sensation Kylie Minogue has dabbled in just about every genre of music under the sun, from country to new jack swing. Chris Malone Méndez, Forbes, 12 Nov. 2021 Teddy Riley is credited with inventing new jack swing. Troy L. Smith, cleveland, 13 May 2021 McCarthy and Scherzinger both connected the jack card in the package to New Jack City (and therefore new jack swing), with the former guessing Flavor Flav and the latter naming Keith Sweat. Rachel Yang, EW.com, 22 Apr. 2021 The album was at the forefront of the new jack swing movement that combined elements of traditional soul and R&B with hip-hop. Paul Grein, Billboard, 16 Nov. 2020 See More Word History
First Known Use
1989, in the meaning defined above
- in the pocket of (someone)
- in the pocket of someone
- in the presence of
- in the presence of (someone)
- in the presence of someone
- in the process
- in the process of
- in the process of (doing something)
- in the process of doing something
- in the public domain
- in the public eye
- in the public interest
- in the pulpit
- in the raw
- in the red
- in the region of
- in the right
- in the rough
- in the round
- in the running
- in the saddle
- in the sales
- in the same boat
- in the same breath
- in the same mold as