In partnership with Terry Lewis, Jimmy Jam became synonymous with the drum machine during the ‘80s, particularly through their work with Janet Jackson. In a new interview with Elmo Lovano, though, the producer suggests that things could have been very different if he’d listened to some of the negative voices around him rather than take inspiration from one in particular: Prince.
Jam, you see, began life as a drummer, and as drum machines started to rise to prominence in the early ‘80s, many drummers saw them as a threat rather than an opportunity. Jam, though, saw things differently.
