watched the unsung and AL B Sure was in that Terrence Trent darby and Maxwell first album wonder watch out steller career to come madness or so it seemed.

anyway strickly from a new jack perspective where is his place with new jack swing? remember his hook work with Heavy D and the boyz
and the obvious nod to new jack swing on his first album and association with teddy riley.

Poll question: what was Al B Sure's place in New Jack Swing?

Poll result (18 votes) a important part (12 votes) Vote only as good as who he was associated with (1 votes) Vote he was cool for that time, a 3 hit wonder (3 votes) Vote ain't he the turkey that wesley snipes cut the hand in new jack city? (2 votes) Vote

Teddy Riley is the king of the NJS, and Al B is no more important than Keith Sweat in that regard. They both dropped around 87-88 and had a run of singles whose foundation was that YepYep

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and learning he wrote that song for jodeci
and all of that
he was one of the forerunners

ole cute man he was

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slow jams. He gave Tevin a new jack swing jam, but the other 3 are slow jam classics. He gave Jodeci a slow jam classic. The stuff he did with Usher sounded pretty Jodeci-ish.

His solo slow jams hold up, but how many of his big new jack swing solo's hold up? "Rescue Me"? nah. That could have went to someone else with more bass in their voice, imo. "Off On Your Own"? Okay that one holds up. So I don't know if he really was a necessary factor on the New Jack Swing side of things, but please educate me on other NJS work he's done with other artists.

Which Heavy D and the Boyz joints did he work on?

Let my love slide in and never slip out

Everybody else was just playing they parts....

....New Jack Swing Saved R and B music.....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=16&v=_FqYLB7xh94

his album came out my senior year in highschool and al had shit on lock

>his album came out my senior year in highschool and al had
>shit on lock

classic records Al was a part of (performing, writing, or producing), are slow jams. That's why I don't know if he was really a force in New Jack Swing.
As far as NJS producers go, it's Teddy. As far as NJS performers go, it's Bobby, Keith Sweat, Guy, BBD, Heavy D, etc all before Al.

Let my love slide in and never slip out

but rescue me, off on your own, if im not your lover, and just a taste are NJS imo. plus the jawnt that he did with heav, so id say he left a pretty good mark in the sub genre

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^^ had more New Jack Swing in it than anything TR did for Al B.

As I sweated 'Let's Jam' all over my silk shirt while doing the running man.