…what’d YOU think this was gonna be about? PAUSE for the cause. Come on now- it’s still New Jack Week, and I can blog about a lotta stuff, but I doubt I’ll ever be doin’ an entry on… THAT.
Back when I was a youngsta listening to the radio, I filled up many a Memorex with New Jack Swing hits between 1988 and ’92. I can’t dance for jackshit now, but I was doin’ my best back then, although I could never get that Bobby Brown “My Prerogative” move quite right. I was also never gonna get a Gumby fade or blonde streaks or any of that craziness. Even without the crazy hair, and even when I was also crankin’ that Guns ‘N’ Roses somethin’ hard, I was all in with the NJS.
As y’all know by now, I’m not crazy about most of these rap-singin’ R&B niggas (have I stressed that point enough?). But I guess it’s a natural progression of what happened when R&B started incorporating hip-hop influence into the music. That said, I happen to love where the trend started.
The whole New Jack Swing era was a real movement. It was a new sound of music, style of dress, and way to dance. I remember watching Soul Train on the regular back then, and in hindsight, it’s wild to see how drastically the whole shit flipped in the course of one year. NJS kicked off in the summer of ’88 with Bobby, Guy, Al B. Sure!, Keith Sweat, Tony! Toni! Tone!, and New Edition ALL droppin’ hits. By the time it was winding down in ’92, even a star as major as Michael Jackson was a part of it.
And so as New Jack Week comes to a close, I present to you: the DanjLovesThe90s NewJackMix. It’s been years since the last time I did a mixtape, but if I can say so, I went innnn. I didn’t even get all the tracks I wanted on here- matter fact, I might have to do a sequel in the future. In the meantime, here it is… BAM:
Jackin’ Off: The DanjLovesThe90s NewJackMix!
1- Fantasy- Teddy Riley feat. Guy 2- We Got Our Own Thang- Heavy D & The Boyz 3- Feels Good- Tony! Toni! Tone! 4- Rub U The Right Way (remix)- Johnny Gill 5- I Get The Job Done- Big Daddy Kane 6- I Got The Feelin’- Today 7- Ownlee Eue- Kwame 8- Alright (Remix)- Janet Jackson feat. Heavy D 9- Never Satisfied- Good 2 Go 10- Make U Mine- MC Trouble & The Good Girls 11- Your Sweetness Is My Weakness- The Good Girls 12- Right & Hype- Abstrac 13- Remember The Time- Michael Jackson 14- I’m Dreamin’- Christopher Williams 15- She’s Got That Vibe- R. Kelly & Public Announcement 16- I Wanna Get With You- Guy 17- Poison- Bell Biv Devoe 18- Iesha- Another Bad Creation 19- Why You Gettin’ Funky On Me- Today 20- Ain’t My Type Of Hype- Full Force 21- Just Can’t Handle It- Hi-Five 22- I Want Her- Keith Sweat 23- You Called And Told Me- Jeff Redd 24- You Can Call Me Crazy- Guy 25- All Nite- Entouch 26- I’ll Be Good To You- Bobby Brown 27- Girl I Got My Eyes On You- Today 28- Do Me!- Bell Biv Devoe 29- Is It Good To You- Heavy D & The Boyz 30- Is It Good To You- Teddy Riley/Tammy Lucas 31- Don’t Wanna Fall In Love (Remix)- Jane Child 32- It’s Time- The Winans feat. Teddy Riley 33- New Jack Swing- Wreckx-N-Effect 34- Pause- Run-DMC 35- They Want Money- Kool Moe Dee 36- Do The Right Thing- Redhead Kingpin 37- Groove Me- Guy 38- Him Or Me- Today 39- II Hype- Entouch 40- If I’m Not Your Lover (Remix)- Al B. Sure! feat. Slick Rick 41- Somebody For Me- Heavy D & The Boyz feat. Al B. Sure! 42- Teddy’s Jam- Guy 43- Teddy’s Jam II- Guy 44- Here We Go Again- Portrait 45- Get Away- Bobby Brown 46- My Prerogative- Bobby Brown
-D!
Man. Thanks for this. I was IN LOVE w/The Good Girls, and I thought Kwane was going to be a legend forever! Lol!
Good Girls… them schoolgirl outfits… yeeeah, haaaa.
Kwame and them fukkin’ polka dots had a cool run, but he was killin’ me by the time he had that one shit w/ the super-bright fluorescent video. I don’t even remember the name of that shit, but ILLLLLLL, LOL
enjoy the mix, bruh!
-D!
So basically, anybody who dropped in the early 90′s and had a mid/hi-top fade was apart of the new jack era! lmao Thank God moms never gave me one as a youngin!
I dont see any Pac on there! lmao That nigga had the mean fade in Juice and on like the first 2 album covers! lol
Oh wow- guess who’s bizack! What it is Nine?
HAAAA… yeah, my fade never got too far outta control, although one time, I had this brutal-ass part. That shit was crisp, LOL.
Pac had the fade, but the music was another deal totally… but speakin’ of him, I’m hopin’ to do a West Coast Week soon. Throw it up, throw it uuuuuuuup, I can’t see yaaaa!
-D!
Oh, and lets not forget the “skinny” big Pun!
speakin’ of which… “you gon’ laugh yo’ ass off”. (Chris Tucker voice)
http://danjlovesthe90s.wordpress.com/2010/03/18/i-gotcha-pictures-i-seen-ya/
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Shit!!! I aint never gonna go to sleep. smh Owwwwwww!!! Thank you Danj. I know Im gonna enjoy this shit just a little to damn much. Yeah. I can feel it. Im gonna give it a good listen first and comment on it.
Ok. Wait a minute. Danj, I fucking love your fucking ass. You added my Mc Trouble shit!!!!!! Oh cant say what I want to on here. Just wait. I swear. Just wait.
That shit was hot Danj!! I got to give it to you man. You good at what you could be doing if you wasnt being so damn bitter so to speak. :0) You should do this more often. Ok. Im going to sleep. LOL
Haaaa… ay, Young. You had to know I was gonna throw the Trouble in there, lol. I’ll drop more mixes in the future, but y’know- those and the Dirty 30s are ey’ now and then type sitchyations. Glad you liked it, that’s why I do it.
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your blog goes in man! good shit! i want that shirt too
True! on the shirt… I gotta find me one myself.
Thanx for checkin’ it out!
-D!
Well of course YOU know what my dirty ass mind thought this blog was gonna be about.
I indeed had to chuckle at Bobby Brown lookin like he was….something on that cover. Doing too much comes to mind particularly LOL.
And check you out, with a mixtape and all. Definitely have to give a listen to the sexiest guy with an “!” in his name (muah*!)
LOL… I even knew you were gonna mention it in your comment too. I’m sure you’d go for somethin’ like that. Keep the faith, mama- haaa.
And yeah, you know we spoke on the exclamation point via Twitter… it’s that Al B. type stuntin’, that extra shit that makes the name look major… the “!” holds power.
enjoy!
-D!
This was hittin’ in HS. But by the 12th grade, it was a wrap with me diving DEEP into that “East Coast Sound” Hip Hop. But still, a lot of great memories with these cuts. So my commute to work tomorrow is going be on some real “old school” type of stuff. Seriously man, this was all at the house parties and school parties. Then you HAD to have at least half these on tape! No girl wanted to rock Ice Cube (mostly what I was listening to) or Cypress Hill when you are chilling out. lol
Good stuff again bro!
HAHA- you ain’t lied about that. I remember when girls used to scrunch their face up over some hip-hop shit… ‘can you put somethin’ else on?’, lol
But yep, this was def. the stuff to dance to. Straight fun music, for real. You’d go to the dance and hear one of these come on, get to thinkin’ you were in ‘House Party’ and shit…
-D!
Hey, I played this for my wife yesterday at home. She text me at work today telling me that she and her co worker were jammin to it. This is straight junior high music right here.
Ohhhhh! ‘Preciate it! Yeah man, shit takes me right back there, for real… for me it was 4th-8th grade, shit was KILLIN’.
Tell the wife I’m glad she (& coworker) dug it!
-D!
i love love love new jack swing. in fact, it borders on lust. and since you made this bomb ass mix, i think i’m in lust with you too.
Ayyy, lust is good… glad I was able to oblige you, and hope to continue feedin’ your lust. Whoa!
-D!