swingbeat

/ ˈswɪŋˌbiːt /

noun

1. a type of modern dance music that combines soul, rhythm and blues, and hip-hop

Example Sentences

For every fan acclaiming Pause’s nimble adoption of the swingbeat sound of the day, there were others who couldn’t believe the fearless leaders of just four years earlier had been reduced to following those they’d inspired.

From The Guardian

Born in the same year and in the same area of London, what else could these girls do but form a swingbeat group?

From The Guardian

Note: swingbeat was a form of R&B considered innovative in the last century.

From The Guardian

The right chord changes are "the most important thing to me – everything stems from those," says Ash, who was reared on 60s/70s soul, 80s/90s swingbeat and early-00s UKG.

From The Guardian

By the time he produced and rapped on a song of that name by Wreckx-n-Effect, his brother's group, in 1989, he'd already found fame as one third of the group Guy, and had produced and written the definitive swingbeat hit, Bobby Brown's My Prerogative, and in 1991 Michael Jackson drafted him in to produce three tracks for his Dangerous album.

From The Guardian