Part 2 here: https://soundcloud.com/nebakaneza/new-jack-swing-mix-vol-2
New Jack Swing is the first music I really started listening to and collecting. I don't really remember songs from the 80's because I was born in '82, but I remember all of my schoolmates liked New Kids on the Block, and I hated bullshit bubble gum pop like that. It wasn't until around 1990 that I really started paying attention to the radio. The stations I remember at the time were Hot 97.7, 106.1 KMEL, and Wild 107.7 (Now Wild 94.9). I would spend all day listening to those stations and recording the songs on tape, or watching MTV and recording the videos on my VCR. I'll never forget when I got a CD player for my 10th birthday. I worked odd jobs cleaning up yards and so forth so I could save up money to buy my first CDs, which ended up being Michael Jackson's "Dangerous", Mariah Carey's self titled first album, Janet Jackson's self titled album, TLC's "Ooooooh on the TLC Tip", Boyz II Men's "Cooleyhighharmony", and Bell Biv DeVoe's "Poison". I listened to those CDs non stop (especially MJ) and drove my parents insane. If you listen to most of my mixes, you can detect a bit of soul in almost every one. It's because my roots as a music lover comes from music like this.
Here is the playlist. Enjoy!
1-Soul II Soul - Back To Life
2-Bobby Brown - Every Little Step
3-Jade - Don't Walk Away
4-Babyface - Tender Lover
5-Janet Jackson - If
6-Ralph Tresvant - Stone Cold Gentleman
7-TLC - What About Your Friends
8-K7 - Move It Like This
9-Portrait - Here We Go
10-Karyn White - The Way You Love Me
11-Mantronix - Gotta Have Your Love
12-Guy - Groove Me
13-Joe Public - Live And Learn
14-Michael Jackson - Remember The Time
15-Heavy D & The Boyz - Is It Good To You
16-2nd To None - If You Want It
17-Keith Sweat - I Want Her
18-Jody Watley - Real Love
19-Mariah Carey - Someday
20-Christopher Williams - I'm Dreaming
21-Wrecks N Effect - New Jack Swing
22-LL Cool J - Jingling Baby
23-Digital Underground - Kiss You Back
24-Kwame - Only You
25-Big Daddy Kane - I Get The Job Done
26-Johnny Gil - Rub You The Right Way
27-ABC - Iesha
28-Bell Biv DeVoe - Poison
29-Vanessa Williams - The Right Stuff
30-Boyz II Men - Motownphilly
31-Johnny Kemp - Just Got Paid
32-Tony! Toni! Toné! - Feels Good
(The Expansion Project is a mix series exploring a different genre of music each month.)
