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Newcleus. Newcleus was an American electro and old school hip hop group that gained popularity in the early 1980s. The group is primarily known for its 12-inch single "Jam-On's Revenge" (re-released as "Jam on Revenge (The Wikki-Wikki Song)" (1983)) and "Jam on It" (1984). The group was based in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn ...
Slow jam. A slow jam is music with rhythm and blues and soul influences. Slow jams are commonly R&B ballads or downtempo songs, and are mostly soft-sounding with heavily emotional or romantic lyrical content. The earliest known use of the term is the 1983 Midnight Star recording "Slow Jam" on their album No Parking on the Dance Floor .
Boss (rapper) Lichelle Marie Laws (September 12, 1969 – March 11, 2024), [2] better known by her stage name Boss (stylized as Bo$$ ), was an American rapper from Detroit. Her debut album, Born Gangstaz, reached number three on Billboard 's Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart in 1993. Laws became best known as a part of the burgeoning West Coast ...
The music video for "I Believe I Can Fly" was directed by Hype Williams. It begins at an old farm, where a young boy is playing with his ball. By the farm lies an autumn yellow cornfield, where R. Kelly starts singing. In another scene, a large screen by the farm are showing clips from Space Jam, while Kelly performs on the ground.
Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam were an urban contemporary band and one of the first freestyle music groups to emerge from New York City in the 1980s. Cult Jam consisted of vocalist Lisa Lisa, born Lisa Velez, guitarist / bassist Alex "Spanador" Moseley, and drummer / keyboardist Mike Hughes. They were assembled and initially produced by Full Force.
List of R&B musicians encompasses sub-genres such as urban-contemporary, doo wop, southern, neo-soul and soul, indie, alternative, country, rap, ska, funk, pop, rock, electronic and new jack swing fusions.
the Original 7ven. James Samuel " Jimmy Jam " Harris III (born June 6, 1959) [ 2] and Terry Steven Lewis (born November 24, 1956) [ 3] are an American R&B / pop songwriting and record production team. [ 4] Their productions have received commercial success since the 1980s with various artists, most extensively Janet Jackson. [ 5]
"Slow Jamz" is a song by American rapper Twista together with the American rapper and producer Kanye West and American singer Jamie Foxx. Produced by West, it was released in November 2003 through Atlantic and Roc-A-Fella Records, as the lead single from Twista's fourth studio album Kamikaze (2004), and the second single from West's debut studio album The College Dropout (2004).