New jack swing

High school (ages 12+)
Art & Creativity

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/new-jack-swing

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is New Jack Swing?New Jack Swing is a music style from the late 1980s and early 1990s that mixes hip hop beats, R&B vocals, and pop melodies.
2. Who helped create New Jack Swing?Producers like Teddy Riley, Bernard Belle, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, and Dallas Austin used new digital tools to shape the sound.

Urban Contemporary: A broad music category encompassing R&B, soul, and hip hop with a modern, city-influenced sound.
Digital Synthesizer: Electronic instruments that generate sounds using digital signal processing, common in the 1980s and 90s.
Sampler: A device that records and plays back audio samples, crucial for hip hop and New Jack Swing production.
Syncopation: A rhythmic technique that deliberately disrupts the expected pattern of accents, creating a 'swing' or off-beat feel.