Slow jam

A slow jam is an umbrella term for music with rhythm and blues and Soul influences. Slow jams are commonly R&B ballads or downtempo songs. The term is most commonly reserved for soft-sounding songs with heavily emotional or romantic lyrical content. This definition has led to intense debate over whether particular songs should be classified as a "slow jam", e.g. Ginuwine's 1996 hit single "Pony". The common use and possible origin of this term traces back to 1983 when Solar Records group Midnight Star recorded the song "Slow Jam" on their album No Parking on the Dance Floor.

Music categories associated with slow jams are:

• Soul*
• Rhythm and blues*
• Contemporary R&B*
• Pop*
• Soft rock*
• Reggae
• Hip hop*
• Jazz
• Funk*
• Quiet storm
• New jack swing*

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

Examples of songs that are slow jams

• "A House Is Not a Home" – Luther Vandross
• "Adore" – Prince
• "Adorn" – Miguel
• "Angel of Mine" – Eternal
• "And I" – Ciara
• "Age Ain't Nothing but a Number" – Aaliyah
• "All My Life" - K-Ci & JoJo
• "All the Man That I Need" – Whitney Houston
• "All Woman" – Lisa Stansfield
• "Another Sad Love Song" – Toni Braxton
• "Any Time, Any Place" – Janet Jackson
• "Between The Sheets" – Isley Brothers
• "Back at One" – Brian McKnight
• "Be With You" – Beyoncé
• "Breathe Again" – Toni Braxton
• "Can I Take U Home" – Jamie Foxx
• "Call My Name" – Prince
• "Can't Let Go" – Mariah Carey
• "Can't B Good" – Janet Jackson
• "Cheers 2 U" – Playa
• "Cherish the Day" - Sade
• "Come and Talk to Me - Jodeci
• "Come Back to Me" – Janet Jackson
• "Damn U" – Prince
• "Diamonds and Pearls" – Prince
• "Diary" – Alicia Keys
• "Didn't We Almost Have It All" – Whitney Houston
• "Diggin' on You" – TLC
• "Do Me, Baby" – Prince
• "Finally Found" – Honeyz
• "Freek'n You" - Jodeci
• "From The Heart" – Another Level
• "Footsteps in the Dark" – The Isley Brothers
• "Funny How Time Flies (When You're Having Fun)" – Janet Jackson
• "The Greatest Romance Ever Sold" – Prince
• "Hold You" - Gyptian
• "How Come You Don't Call Me" – Alicia Keys
• "I Don't Wanna Cry" – Mariah Carey
• "I Get Lonely" - Janet Jackson
• "I Hate U" – Prince
• "I Learned from the Best" – Whitney Houston
• "I Look to You" – Whitney Houston
• "I Just Can't Stop Loving You" – Michael Jackson
• "I Swear" – All-4-One
• "I Wanna Know" - Joe
• "I Wanna Sex You Up" - Color Me Badd
• "I Will Always Love You" – Whitney Houston
• "If I Ain't Got You" – Alicia Keys
• "If I Was Your Girlfriend" – Prince
• "If You Go Away" - New Kids on the Block
• "Insatiable" – Prince
• "Is It Good to You" – Tammy Lucas & Teddy Riley
• "Knockin' Da Boots" - H-Town
• "Let's Wait Awhile" – Janet Jackson
• "Love" – Keyshia Cole
• "Love, Need and Want You" - Patti LaBelle
• "Love Shoulda Brought You Home" – Toni Braxton
• "Love You Down" – Ready for the World
• "Lovers and Friends" - Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz
• "Me, Myself and I" – Beyoncé
• "Money Don't Matter 2 Night" – Prince
• "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World" – Prince
• "My First Love" – René & Angela (1983)/Avant & Keke Wyatt (2000)
• "Nice & Slow" – Usher
• "No No No (Destiny's Child song) - Destiny's Child
• "No Ordinary Love" – Sade
• "Promise" – Ciara
• "One in a Million" – Aaliyah
• "The One I Gave My Heart To" – Aaliyah
• "Pink Cashmere" – Prince
• "Poppin'" – Chris Brown
• "Red Light Special" – TLC
• "Remember The Time" – Michael Jackson
• "Ring Ring Ring (Ha Ha Hey)" – De La Soul
• "Rock Wit'cha" – Bobby Brown
• "Roni" – Bobby Brown
• "Runaway" – Janet Jackson
• "Saving All My Love for You" – Whitney Houston
• "Scandalous!" – Prince
• "Second Nature" - Destiny's Child
• "Seven Whole Days" – Toni Braxton
• "Spanish Guitar" – Toni Braxton
• "Stay" – Jodeci
• "The Lady in My Life" – Michael Jackson
• "Sweet Love" – Anita Baker
• "Symptoms (song)" - SHINee
• "Take a Bow" – Madonna
• "Take You Down" – Chris Brown
• "Tender Love" – Force MDs
• "That's the Way Love Goes" – Janet Jackson
• "They Don't Know" – Jon B.
• "Time to Grow" – Lemar
• "Twenty Foreplay" – Janet Jackson
• "Turn My Back On You" – Sade
• "Un-Break My Heart" – Toni Braxton
• "Until The End of Time" – Justin Timberlake
• "Untitled (How Does It Feel)" – D'Angelo
• "Vision of Love" – Mariah Carey
• "Voyage to Atlantis" – The Isley Brothers
• "I Want You" – Janet Jackson
• "Weak" – SWV
• "We Belong Together" – Mariah Carey
• "What's Love Got to Do With It" – Tina Turner
• "What You Won't Do for Love" – Bobby Caldwell
• "Why I Love You So Much" – Monica
• "You Give Good Love" – Whitney Houston
• "You Gotta Be" – Des'ree
• "Your Love Is King" – Sade

See also

• List of rhythm and blues ballads
• List of soul ballads

References

External links

• Kevin "Slow Jammin" James, DJ in the U.S.
• Slow Jam, internet radio station via Radionomy.
• Slow Jam Radio, 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 selected Clear Channel stations.
• SOULRNB.COM, French webzine and community about R&B and Soul music.
• Lisa St. Regis, a DJ in the U.S. has continuously hosted Slow Jams shows since the late 80's and can be heard on several California stations as well as Internet only stations, and on Clear Channels HD2 streams broadcasting locally and nationwide.