Slow jam
A slow jam is music with rhythm and blues and soul influences. Slow jams are commonly R&B ballads or downtempo songs. Slow jams are mostly soft-sounding songs with heavily emotional or romantic lyrical content. An early use of the term is the 1983 Midnight Star recording "Slow Jam" on their album No Parking on the Dance Floor.
In 2009, Essence magazine compiled a list of the "25 Best Slow Jams of All Time", containing songs of the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s.
