Nod to The Legend · The producers · 1987
Teddy Riley
Inventor of new jack swing
Riley fused swung hip-hop drums with R&B singing on records like Keith Sweat's "I Want Her", then with Guy and Blackstreet.
Still heard: Swing on the drums under R&B vocals still sounds like him.
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