I n conjunction with the fourth annual VH1 Hip Hop Honors show, VH1 Soul will pay homage to New Jack Swing , the hip hop genre created by two of this year s VH1 Hip Hop Honors honorees, Teddy Riley and Andre Harrell . New Jack Swing rose in popularity in the 1980 s when R B/Hip hop artist and producer Teddy Riley integrated hip hop rhythms, samples and production techniques with the urban sound of R B. To celebrate the impact of this hip hop genre, VH1 Soul presents New Jack Swing Weekend , a special weekend full of signature programming to celebrate the New Jack Swing era of hip hop music.
New Jack Swing Weekend will premiere exclusively on VH1 Soul Saturday, October 6 beginning 6AM*. The weekend will be comprised of the following: New Jack Swing A to Z, a video marathon of every New Jack Swing video in alphabetical order starting from After 7 to Zhane Teddy Riley s Top 10: Best in Soul , an hour-long block hosted by Teddy Riley, featuring his Top 10 favorite New Jack Swing videos The BBC original documentary, Urban Soul: Stories on the Making of Modern R B on Saturday, October 6 at 8PM*. Making its U.
S. premiere, Urban Soul takes an in-depth look at R B music since the 1970 s, covering everything from the New Jack Swing movement, to hip hop soul, neo-soul and mainstream R B. This two-hour documentary is a groundbreaking journey through contemporary American music culture with a combination of rare archival footage and thought-provoking interviews with the greatest performers, producers, musicians and commentators of the genre.
Urban Soul boasts a stellar cast of interviewees which includes Beyonc Knowles , Mary J Blige , Wyclef Jean , Bobby Brown , TLC and Chaka Khan . VH1 Soul s New Jack Swing Weekend is among the jam-packed assembly of Hip Hop programming in conjunction with the fourth annual VH1 Hip Hop Honors show. Taping at New York City s famed Hammerstein Ballroom on Thursday, October 4, and premiering on VH1 and VH1 Soul on Monday, October 8 at 10PM.
* VH1 Hip Hop Honors will pay tribute to the hip hop luminaries who broke new ground and pioneered the genre into a true cultural phenomenon. Hosted by Tracy Morgan, this year s honorees include A Tribe Called Quest , Snoop Dogg , WHODINI , Missy Elliott , the film Wild Style and Teddy Riley and Andre Harrell for New Jack Swing. This year s show will feature performances by the honorees, along with Ciara , Eve , Pharrell Williams , The Game , T.
I., Timbaland , Bow Wow , Busta Rhymes , Common , T-Pain , Keyshia Cole and Nick Cannon as well as appearances by Chris Rock , Harvey Keitel , LL Cool J , Kerry Washington and Diddy .
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