I was just perusing the internets and when I was checking out what wikipedia had to say about New Jack Swing I was surprised they identified Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis as the originators of the New Jack Swing Sound and Control (1986) as the first NJS Album.

Now if we aren't going to call a Teddy Riley Production like Bobby Brown's Don't Be Cruel (1988) or Keith Sweat's Make It Last Forever (1987) the first NJS Album, and had to pick a 1986 album I would have pciked CLub Nouveau's Life, Love & Pain (1986).

I know it's an evolution and there is a straight line from Jam & Lewis to Teddy Riley but what yall think?

I tried to make this easy by asking the first NJS album and not song but if anyone wants to put out there what they think is the first NJS song go for it.





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