SLOW JAM
A slow jam is a music genre related to rhythm and blues ( R&B ). It is more commonly regarded as smooth R&B and the tune that is used in slow jam is mellow. It was a popular genre of music from 1983 to the early 90s.
The song is mainly used for soft-sounding songs with romantic features or heavily emotional lyrics. The origin of this genre dates back to 1983 when Solar Records group Midnight Star recorded the song "Slow jam" on their album No Parking on the Dance Floor.
Music categories associated with slow jams are:
Soul*
R&B*
Contemporary R&B*
Pop*
Soft rock*
Reggae
Hip hop*
Jazz
Funk*
Quiet storm
Examples of "slow jams"
Janet Jackson - Come Back to Me ( 1990 )
Babyface - Everytime I close my eyes ( 1996 )
Sade - Your Love is King ( 1984 )
References
Census data revisited (n.d.) Retrieved March 22 2012, from Wikipedia website article of "slow jams" : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slow_jam
Census data revisited (n.d.) Retrieved April 03, 2012 from Urban dictionary article "slow jam" : http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Slow%20Jam
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We have our own preferences when it comes to a type/genre of music that we favour, but one can't deny that music is an essential element in one's life. This blog has been created to display the changes that have evolved in music from their humble beginnings to the more recent music scene. Also, I have also invented this blog in hopes of refreshing/reviving music that people used to dig at one point but have been swept away by the sands of time. Hope you visitors enjoy the music that I'll post from time to time together with factual information of musical genres.
Born | Jaafar bin Mohamed February 12 1992 Kuala lumpur, Malaysia |
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Occupation | Media, Culture and Communication Mass Communications undergraduate |
Years active | 2012-present |
Alma Mater | Curtin University of Technology, Sarawak campus |
We have our own preferences when it comes to a type/genre of music that we favour, but one can't deny that music is an essential element in one's life. This blog has been created to display the changes that have evolved in music from their humble beginnings to the more recent music scene. Also, I have also invented this blog in hopes of refreshing/reviving music that people used to dig at one point but have been swept away by the sands of time. Hope you visitors enjoy the music that I'll post from time to time together with factual information of musical genres.
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