In conjunction with the fourth annual VH1 Hip Hop Honors show, VH1 Soulwill pay homage to New Jack Swing, the hip hop genre created by two of this year’s VH1 Hip Hop Honors honorees, Teddy Riley and Andre Harrell. New Jack Swing rose in popularity in the 1980’s when R&B/Hip hop artist and producer Teddy Riley integrated hip hop rhythms, samples and production techniques with the urban sound of R&B. To celebrate the impact of this hip hop genre, VH1 Soul presents“New Jack Swing Weekend,” a special weekend full of signature programming to celebrate the New Jack Swing era of hip hop music.

“New Jack Swing Weekend” will premiere exclusively on VH1 Soul Saturday, October 6 beginning 6AM*. The weekend will be comprised of the following:

· New Jack Swing A to Z, a video marathon of every New Jack Swing video in alphabetical order starting from After 7 to Zhane

· Teddy Riley's Top 10: Best in Soul, an hour-long block hosted by Teddy Riley, featuring his Top 10 favorite "New Jack Swing" videos

· The BBC original documentary, "Urban Soul: Stories on the Making of Modern R&B” on Saturday, October 6 at 8PM*.

Making its U.S. premiere, Urban Soul takes an in-depth look at R&B music since the 1970’s, covering everything from the New Jack Swing movement, to hip hop soul, neo-soul and mainstream R&B. This two-hour documentary is a groundbreaking journey through contemporary American music culture with a combination of rare archival footage and thought-provoking interviews with the greatest performers, producers, musicians and commentators of the genre. Urban Soul boasts a stellar cast of interviewees which includes Beyoncé Knowles, Mary J Blige, Wyclef Jean, Bobby Brown, TLC and Chaka Khan.

VH1 Soul’s “New Jack Swing Weekend” is among the jam-packed assembly of Hip Hop programming in conjunction with the fourth annual VH1 Hip Hop Honors show. Taping at New York City’s famed Hammerstein Ballroom on Thursday, October 4, and premiering on VH1 and VH1 Soul on Monday, October 8 at 10PM.

* VH1 Hip Hop Honors will pay tribute to the hip hop luminaries who broke new ground and pioneered the genre into a true cultural phenomenon.

Hosted by Tracy Morgan, this year’s honorees include A Tribe Called Quest, Snoop Dogg, WHODINI, Missy Elliott, the film Wild Style and Teddy Riley and Andre Harrell for New Jack Swing. This year’s show will feature performances by the honorees, along with Ciara, Eve, Pharrell Williams, The Game, T.I., Timbaland,Bow Wow, Busta Rhymes, Common, T-Pain, Keyshia Cole and Nick Cannon as well as appearances by Chris Rock, Harvey Keitel, LL Cool J, Kerry Washingtonand Diddy.