Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis
Toolsproducers, songwriters
ESTFormed 1980 (partnership)
The LPJam & Lewis
VIBES r&b B.B. KingStevie WonderThe TemptationsThe SupremesSmokey RobinsonThe Four TopsEtta JamesBig Mama ThorntonRay CharlesSam CookeJackie WilsonAretha FranklinMarvin GayeAl GreenCurtis MayfieldWilson PickettBill WithersIsaac HayesBooker T. & the M.G.'sThe Staple SingersPrinceMichael JacksonWhitney HoustonErykah BaduD'AngeloLauryn HillMary J. BligeJanet JacksonLuther VandrossBeyonceSadeTina TurnerSister Rosetta TharpeSolomon BurkeBen E. KingSam & DaveFats DominoLittle RichardChuck BerryLouis JordanDinah WashingtonPatti LaBelleThe DelfonicsDonny HathawayRoberta FlackLionel RichieDiana RossMartha ReevesThe Jackson 5Alicia KeysUsherAnita BakerMaxwellJill ScottTLCDestiny's ChildGladys KnightMavis StaplesBig Joe TurnerJohnny OtisTeddy PendergrassBobby WomackLou RawlsRick JamesRuth BrownLaVern BakerR. KellyEarth Wind & FireKool & The GangThe Isley BrothersWarRufus & Chaka KhanChaka KhanBarry WhiteThe O'JaysGladys Knight & The PipsQuincy JonesThe MetersOhio PlayersTower of PowerMaurice WhiteThe Neville BrothersCameoThe Gap BandThe CommodoresSlaveLakesideHarold Melvin & The Blue NotesThe StylisticsThe SpinnersThe WhispersThe Chi-LitesThe DramaticsBlue MagicThe ManhattansThe Main IngredientMaze featuring Frankie BeverlyThe DellsDazz BandMidnight StarThe SOS BandBilly PrestonThe Brothers JohnsonCon Funk ShunRose RoycePatrice RushenPleasureHarold MelvinEddie LevertEddie KendricksDavid RuffinDennis EdwardsWilliam HartRussell Thompkins Jr.Candi StatonTyrone DavisClarence CarterBetty WrightMillie JacksonMelba MooreDeniece WilliamsAngela BofillStephanie MillsRandy CrawfordRegina BellePeabo BrysonFreddie JacksonAlexander O'NealCherrelleRufusAngie StoneRaphael SaadiqMint ConditionTony! Toni! Toné!JodeciBoyz II MenNew EditionBell Biv DeVoeEn VogueSWVXscapeSade AduToni BraxtonBabyfaceEugene RecordJohnnie TaylorEdwin StarrTammi TerrellMary WellsJunior WalkerLittle Willie JohnJoe TexArthur ConleyMaxine BrownTommy HuntDobie GrayJohnny MooreLloyd PriceBig MaybelleTeena MarieJackie MooreBrenda HollowayKim WestonBetty EverettTimmy ThomasBilly PaulJean CarnPhyllis HymanEvelyn Champagne KingShalamarMarilyn McCoo & Billy Davis Jr.Ashford & SimpsonNickolas AshfordValerie SimpsonJimmy Jam & Terry LewisGamble & HuffJohn OatesDaryl HallHall & OatesPointer SistersSister SledgeThe EmotionsThe Three DegreesFloetryMusiq SoulchildGinuwineAaliyahBrandyMonicaFaith EvansIndia ArieGoapeleLedisiLalah HathawayDianne ReevesGeorge BensonAl JarreauCannonball AdderleyJohnny "Guitar" WatsonBetty DavisMarvin Gaye & Tammi TerrellLyn CollinsProfessor LonghairThe ContoursThe IntrudersMcFadden & WhiteheadDenise LaSalleLatimoreDyke & the BlazersThe BlackbyrdsMarva WhitneyLoose EndsSoul II SoulMica ParisLisa StansfieldBilalDweleVan HuntThe Sweet InspirationsCissy HoustonDee Dee WarwickBobby CaldwellThe Jones GirlsBobbi HumphreyLabi SiffreArchie Bell & the DrellsMel & TimThe 8th DayJohn LegendAmy WinehouseBeBe Winans funk Stevie WonderCurtis MayfieldIsaac HayesPrinceMichael JacksonD'AngeloJanet JacksonSam & DavePatti LaBelleBobby WomackRick JamesJames BrownParliamentFunkadelicGeorge ClintonBootsy CollinsSly & The Family StoneEarth Wind & FireKool & The GangThe Isley BrothersWarRufus & Chaka KhanChaka KhanHerbie HancockRoy AyersGil Scott-HeronQuincy JonesThe MetersZapp & Roger TroutmanOhio PlayersTower of PowerLarry GrahamMaurice WhiteThe Neville BrothersCameoThe Gap BandThe CommodoresDr. JohnSlaveLakesideMaze featuring Frankie BeverlyDazz BandMidnight StarThe SOS BandThe TimeDonald ByrdBilly PrestonAverage White BandThe Brothers JohnsonCon Funk ShunHeatwaveRose RoyceLonnie Liston SmithMandrillGraham Central StationThe Last PoetsPatrice RushenCymandePleasureMillie JacksonRufusZappMorris DayRaphael SaadiqMint ConditionTeena MarieJackie MooreTimmy ThomasEvelyn Champagne KingShalamarJimmy Jam & Terry LewisPointer SistersGeorge BensonIncognitoBrand New HeaviesJamiroquaiMaceo ParkerFred WesleyJohnny "Guitar" WatsonThe J.B.'sSouliveLettuceDumpstaphunkThe New MastersoundsBreakestraThe Dap-KingsSharon JonesCharles BradleyLee FieldsBetty DavisSylvesterBudos BandLyn CollinsVickie AndersonRAMPEddie BoProfessor Longhair pop Jackie WilsonPrinceMichael JacksonWhitney HoustonJanet JacksonBeyonceSadeTina TurnerNat King ColeLionel RichieDiana RossThe Jackson 5Alicia KeysUsherTLCDestiny's ChildR. KellyKool & The GangChaka KhanThe CommodoresThe Main IngredientThe TimeBobbie GentryDeniece WilliamsPeabo BrysonMorris DayBoyz II MenNew EditionEn VogueSade AduToni BraxtonBabyfaceBetty EverettMarilyn McCoo & Billy Davis Jr.Jimmy Jam & Terry LewisJohn OatesDaryl HallHall & OatesPointer SistersGinuwineAaliyahBrandyMonicaAl JarreauJamiroquai
The architects of eighties and nineties r&b. From the Time to running the world. Human, Control, Rhythm Nation. They built the Minneapolis sound and changed pop music forever.
Played With
Janet JacksonAlexander O'Neal
Essential Listening
1Rhythm Nation