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I completely understand what you're saying. But the point I was trying to make about the Bobby Brown track was that the album version is noticeably different than the video version. The latter was apparently "updated" to sound more hip-hop/New Jack. I'm not saying that there wasn't the New Jack sound in 1987 and early 1988, but aside from the similarities it shares with the later years of the sound, there are also differences. Which is why I've pretty much always been able to distinguish one from the other.
But I will again say that it's not a BIG difference with the music. Now with fashion, on the other hand, there were definitely major changes.
And my point is that the difference lay in the fact that LA Reid and Babyface produced it. And they had their own signature sound. Remember this?
Right. And I'm not disagreeing with you, I'm just saying that it was still updated to sound more current. To differentiate it from the earlier style.
I think, in my opinion, that the official New Jack Swing era is probably from late 1988 to 1991/92. NJS wasn't quite dominant in 87 yet, it reached its peak at the merge of the decades, but towards the end, by the time Mary J. Blige emerged with "You Remind Me" and "Real Love" in mid '92, I think it was evident that New Jack was played and Hip-Hop Soul was about to take over. And it would for the next 15 years until now...
...as of 2008 we are officially in the Dark Ages of black music.
Right. And I'm not disagreeing with you, I'm just saying that it was still updated to sound more current. To differentiate it from the earlier style.
I think, in my opinion, that the official New Jack Swing era is probably from late 1988 to 1991/92. NJS wasn't quite dominant in 87 yet, it reached its peak at the merge of the decades, but towards the end, by the time Mary J. Blige emerged with "You Remind Me" and "Real Love" in mid '92, I think it was evident that New Jack was played and Hip-Hop Soul was about to take over. And it would for the next 15 years until now...
...as of 2008 we are officially in the Dark Ages of black music.
Actually the Dark Ages started when Puffy came in and the Tonies broke up. The self-contained black bands (writing music and playing instruments died). That was about 1993 or so. We became one-dimensional......male and female singing groups.....Yeah there we a few good cuts.....but it was falling off fast.
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