Slow jam

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A slow jam is typically a song with an R&B-influenced melody. Slow jams are commonly R&B ballads or just downtempo songs. The term is most commonly reserved for soft-sounding songs with heavily emotional or romantic lyrical content.

Music categories associated with slow jams are:

• Soul*
• R&B*
• Contemporary R&B*
• Reggae
• Hip hop*
• Jazz
• Funk*
• Quiet storm

Asterisks (*) denote genres with variable tempo which constitute the use of dance music.

[edit] Examples of songs that are slow jams

• "A House Is Not a Home" - Luther Vandross
• "Adore" - Prince
• "Again - Janet Jackson
• "Again - Janet Jackson
• "Anytime" - Brian McKnight
• "Age Ain't Nothing but a Number" - Aaliyah
• "All My Life" - K-Ci and JoJo
• "All the Man That I Need" - Whitney Houston
• "Another Sad Love Song" - Toni Braxton
• "Any Time, Any Place" - Janet Jackson
• "Between the Sheets" - Isley Brothers
• "Brown Eyes" - Destiny's Child
• "Baby-Baby-Baby" - TLC
• "Back at One" - Brian McKnight
• "Breathe Again" - Toni Braxton
• "Can U Help Me" - Usher
• "Can You Stand the Rain" - New Edition
• "Cause I Love You" - Lenny Williams
• "Come Back To Me" - Janet Jackson
• "Didn't We Almost Have It All - Whitney Houston
• "Differences" - Ginuwine
• "Diggin' on You" - TLC
• "Dream Merchant" - New Birth
• "Dreaming of You" - Selena
• "Everytime I Close My Eyes" - Babyface
• "Giving You the Best That I Got" - Anita Baker
• "Honey" - Mariah Carey
• "How Come You Don't Call Me" - Alicia Keys
• "I Apologize" - Anita Baker
• "I Don't Wanna Cry" - Mariah Carey
• "I Get Lonely" - Janet Jackson
• "I Have Nothing" - Whitney Houston
• "I Swear" - All-4-One
• "I Will Always Love You" - Whitney Houston
• "If I Ain't Got You" - Alicia Keys
• "I'll Never Break Your Heart" - Backstreet Boys
• "Kiss of Life" - Sade
• "Let's Get It On" - Marvin Gaye
• "Let's Wait Awhile" - Janet Jackson
• "Love" - Musiq Soulchild
• "Love Jones" - Brighter Shade of Darkness
• "Love Shoulda Brought You Home" - Toni Braxton
• "Me, Myself and I" - Beyonce
• "Nice & Slow" - Usher
• "Nite & Day" - Al B. Sure!
• "No Ordinary Love" - Sade
• "Nobody" - Keith Sweat
• "On Bended Knee" - Boyz II Men
• "One Sweet Day" - Mariah Carey
• "Paradise" - Sade
• "Pretty Brown Eyes" - Mint Condition
• "Reasons" - Earth, Wind & Fire
• "Red Light Special" - TLC
• "Rhythm of Love - Anita Baker
• "Rock the Boat" - Aaliyah
• "Rock with You" - Michael Jackson
• "Roni" - Bobby Brown
• "Saving All My Love for You" - Whitney Houston
• "Seasons Change" - Exposé
• "Sexual Healing" - Marvin Gaye
• "Shake You Down" - Gregory Abbott
• "Sittin' Up in My Room" - Brandy
• "Slow Jam" - Midnight Star
• "Sweet Love" - Anita Baker
• "Tender Love" - Force M.D.'s
• "That's The Way Love Goes" - Janet Jackson
• "The Sweetest Taboo - Sade
• "Tus regalos deberían de llegar" - Rodolfo Pæz
• "Twenty Foreplay" - Janet Jackson
• "Un-Break My Heart" - Toni Braxton
• "Untitled (How Does It Feel)" - D'Angelo
• "Vision of Love" - Mariah Carey
• "Warmth" - Janet Jackson
• "Weak" - SWV
• "Your Love Is King" - Sade
• "You're Always On My Mind" - SWV
• "So Sick - Ne-Yo
• "Love In This Club - Usher feat. Young Jeezy

[edit] External links

• Slow Jam - a global going record label based in Europe, Germany, Berlin (Charts UK, GUS, D)
• Kevin "Slow Jammin" James - a well-known DJ in the U.S.
• Slow Jam Radio - a well-known radio station in the U.S.
• Brad B Slow Jams - Brad B Slow Jams is a radio program that started in 2005 on Clear Channel KJYO Oklahoma City and is heard nationwide on the internet and select Clear Channel Stations.