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Neo soul (sometimes called progressive soul) [1] is a genre of popular music. As a term, it was coined by music industry entrepreneur Kedar Massenburg during the late 1990s to market and describe a style of music that emerged from soul and contemporary R&B. Heavily based in soul music, neo soul is distinguished by a less conventional sound than ...
Mar 5, 2019 · Neo-soul is a musical genre that fuses contemporary R&B and 1970s-style soul with elements of hip-hop. As its name (new-soul) implies, Neo-Soul music is essentially modern-day soul music, with contemporary attitudes and sensibilities. It differs from contemporary R&B in that it's obviously more soulful, and it also tends to have deeper messages ...
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Neo soul artists entered the 1990s music scene when hardcore hip-hop and R&B were the two most popular and crossover forms of contemporary Black expression. Many of neo soul’s innovators were born in the 1970s to parents who grew up in the era of Black Power and soul music. Exposure to these Black Nationalist leanings and a broad range of ...
The Origins and Rise of Neo-Soul. In an era of mass redefinition, Neo Soul is one genre that took the best features of previous musical movements and left the rest behind. The term was coined first by Kedar Massenburg of Motown Recordings, an infamous Detroit-based record label. The likes of artists D'Angela, Erykah Badu, and Lauryn Hill, out ...
Neo soul, in its most simple definition, is modern soul, where the prefix ‘neo’ translates to new. While soul music is a bit more traditional and R&B can get very dance and hip-hop-influenced, neo-soul provides the perfect balance for listeners who want something more hip and soulful. Jazz is another genre that heavily influences the style ...
May 6, 2020 · The phrase ‘neo soul’ was originally coined by Kedar Massenburg in the 1990s to describe a particular style that was born out of soul and R&B. Far more eclectic in its influences, neo soul fused its soul roots with funk, jazz, fusion, hip hop, pop, and African music. It found its way into the mainstream through albums like Brown Sugar ...
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Neo-Soul. Though it's roughly analagous to contemporary R&B, Neo-Soul artists pay more devotion to the era of classic soul, often seeking a sound and a style of songwriting with few concessions to events in the music world post-1975. The work of Lauryn Hill, first in the Fugees and later with her 1998 solo debut The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill ...
