Slow jam
A slow jam is music with rhythm and blues and soul influences. Slow jams are commonly R&B ballads or downtempo songs, and are mostly soft-sounding with heavily emotional or romantic lyrical content. The earliest known use of the term is the 1983 Midnight Star recording "Slow Jam" on their album "No Parking on the Dance Floor". "Essence" magazine compiled a list of the "25 Best Slow Jams of All Time", containing songs of the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, and "Complex" compiled a list of 100 slow jams in "The Best Songs to Get You in the Mood . In radio. In 1983, Kevin Slow Jammin'" James created the radio show "Slow Jam" on WKYS, named after the Midnight Star song, then later the "Weekend Slow Jam" show. In 1994, R Dub! created the radio show "Sunday Nite Slow Jams" on Power 1490 KJYK in Tucson, AZ. Today "Sunday Night Slow Jams" is heard on over 200 radio stations in 17 countries.