Category: New Jack Swing

1991: The Bubble Bursts

1991 would be the year a major backlash by suburban audiences against Pop/R&B music would occur. Spearheaded primarily by the runaway success of Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit” that fall, the ‘90s alternative rock/grunge movement effectively challenged and defeated the dominance of “urban” music on American top 40 radio. Before the backlash however, certain “urban” […]