You expect to see pretend George Washingtons and Abe Lincolns hawking mattresses and appliances in hardsell President's Day broadcast spots.
You don't expect to see the dynamic duo slow-jamming for an automaker, accompanied by a fife-and-drum trio.
Slow jam is smooth rhythm and blues--not raucous rock or in-your-face rap.
You can understand its lyrics. And its performers don't grab their crotches or flash gangsta signs.
President Obama and NBC News anchor Brian Williams both have slow-jammed the news with Jimmy Fallon on Late Night.
The spoken-word poetry for social and political commentary is accompanied by show- or moderate-tempo instrumental music. The slow-jamming musicians frequently pause to make short pithy statements.
Cool, dude. (24 FEBRUARY 2013)
