new jack

adjective

variants or New Jack

1

: of, relating to, or consisting of new jack swing

new jack grooves

2

: of, relating to, or being urban, hip, and usually Black

the new jack generation

Examples of new jack in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Forsaking Quincy Jones for, among others, new jack swing king Teddy Riley, Jackson’s first ‘90s album revealed a grittier, funkier outlook, marked by flashes of lyrical darkness and paranoia. — Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Aug. 2026

The title track of Jackson’s 1991 album was cowritten by Teddy Riley, prodding Jackson to adopt a new jack swing element in his music. — Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 24 Apr. 2026

Where the story diverges is the way New Edition combined hip-hop, R&B, and old-school doo-wop to create new jack swing. — Devon Ivie, Vulture, 12 Mar. 2026

Co-written with author Jake Brown, the book chronicles Riley’s invention of new jack swing, the plush yet hard-knocking soul-music sound originating from Harlem that came to dominate Black pop in the late ‘80s and early 1990s. — Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2026

On Dangerous, Riley helps carve a sharper figure out of the bloat and bombast that defines all of Jackson’s post-Thriller albums, and Jackson’s increasingly percussive vocal style came alive in new ways over Riley’s propulsive new jack swing tracks. — Al Shipley, SPIN, 16 Jan. 2025

Rita Ora goes with another 1990s R&B vocal group with a distinctive new jack swing. — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 4 Dec. 2024

Word History

Etymology

jack entry 1 (man, guy)

First Known Use

1987, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for new jack

• aback
• attack
• backpack
• backtrack
• bareback
• blackjack
• brownback
• buyback
• callback
• cognac
• comeback
• cutback