New Jack Swing is a song by

Wreckx-N-Effect Wreckx-n-Effect (originally Wrecks-n-Effect) is an American new jack swing group from Harlem, New York City most known for their No. 1 Rap songs, " New Jack Swing" & their multi-platinum hit " Rump Shaker". History Wrecks-n-Effect was founded ...

(then called Wrecks-N-Effect) from their 1989 debut album ''

Wrecks-N-Effect ''Wrecks-n-Effect'' is the debut album released by Wrecks-n-Effect. It was released on September 12, 1989 for Motown Records and featured production from Markell Riley and Redhead Kingpin. The album cover bears a winged symbol like Guy, as it ...

'', which featured special guest star

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. The song hit number one on the

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. It featured samples of The Village Callers' 1967 song "Hector",

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's 1975 song " Give Up the Funk", and James Brown’s

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Funky President Funk is a music genre that originated in African American communities in the mid-1960s when musicians created a rhythmic, danceable new form of music through a mixture of various music genres that were popular among African Americans in the mid ...

and

Soul Power "Soul Power" is a song by James Brown. Brown recorded it with the original J.B.'s (plus Fred Wesley) and it was released as a three-part single in 1971. Like "Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine" and other hits from this period it features ...

. The single reached number one on the

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Hot Rap Tracks Hot Rap Songs (formerly known as Hot Rap Tracks and Hot Rap Singles) is a chart released weekly by ''Billboard'' in the United States. It lists the 25 most popular hip-hop/rap songs, calculated weekly by airplay on rhythmic and urban radio statio ...

chart. "New Jack Swing" was first featured in The Fresh Prince of Bel Air episode " Someday Your Prince Will Be In Effect". It also appears in the '' Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas'' video game soundtrack, on the fictitious radio station CSR 103.9.

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