The New Jack Swing night curated by the super producer of the era felt like a roller coaster that never hit any peaks high enough to merit raising your arms above your head and screaming.
Let's take it back to 1988 and the undisputed leaders of the "New Jack Swing" era was "Guy" with super-producer Teddy Riley and brothers Damion and Aaron Hall. Their self-titled debut album "Guy" was released on this day (June 13th) in 1988 and its an R&B classic selling over 2 million copies in '88 and '89 featuring a few of the jams we're going to take a look at