Bobby Brown recounts the origins of new jack swing and his hit “My Prerogative” in a new clip from the upcoming two-part documentary Biography: Bobby Brown. It airs May 30 and May 31 on A&E.

The summer of 1988 felt like the beginning of an era in R&B: New Jack Swing didn't sound like the smooth soul or the digital funk of your aunties and uncles. It sounded like what the kids were ...