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Janet Jackson collaborated with former Prince associates Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis on her third studio album Control ( 1986 ); the album's second single " Nasty " has been described as the origin of the new jack swing sound, a genre innovated by Teddy Riley.

Riley's work on Keith Sweat's Make It Last Forever ( 1987 ), Guy's Guy ( 1988 ), and Bobby Brown's Don't Be Cruel ( 1998 ) made new jack swing a staple of contemporary R & B into the mid-1990s.

New jack swing was a style and trend of vocal music, often featuring rapped verses and drum machines.

The crossover appeal of early contemporary R & B artists in mainstream popular music, including works by Prince, Michael and Janet Jackson, Whitney Houston, Tina Turner, Anita Baker and The Pointer Sisters became a turning point for black artists in the industry, as their success " was perhaps the first hint that the greater cosmopolitanism of a world market might produce some changes in the complexion of popular music.