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A music genre that combines elements of rhythm and blues, soul, funk, pop, hip hop and dance.
Feb 12, 2021 · Through its 60-year history, R&B/soul has always been a gold thread stitching Canada's musical landscape together, and we're celebrating its journey from the early years to today's golden era.
Dec 22, 2021 · Meta: Popular r&b acts of the 90s and 00s Source: Billboard. R&B, or “rhythm and blues,” as we know it today, is a soulful, expressive genre with laid back beats that serve as the background music for millions of couples around the world. The r&b genre really took off during the 1990s, giving us legendary icons like Lauryn Hill, Usher, and TLC.
Contemporary R&B developed after years of urban R&B. Like urban, contemporary R&B is slickly produced, but many of the musicians -- Maxwell, D'Angelo, Terence Trent D'Arby -- are obsessed with bringing the grit, spirit, and ambitiousness of classic soul (Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, Otis Redding) back to contemporary soul and R&B.
Nas is regarded as one of the greatest rappers of all time. [23]Hip hop dominated popular music in the early 2000s. [24] [25] Artists such as Eminem, Outkast, Black Eyed Peas, T.I., 50 Cent, Kanye West, Nelly, Common, Nas, Jay-Z, Busta Rhymes, Puff Daddy, Snoop Dogg, Missy Elliott, M.I.A., Lil' Kim, Gorillaz, Jeezy, Lil Wayne, Timbaland, The Game, Cam'ron and Ludacris were among the dominant ...
During the decade, dance-pop borrowed influences from funk (e.g. Michael Jackson and Whitney Houston), new jack swing (e.g. Janet Jackson and Paula Abdul), and contemporary R&B. Other prominent dance-pop artists and groups of the 1980s included the Pet Shop Boys, Mel and Kim, Samantha Fox, Debbie Gibson, and Tiffany. 1990s
Alternative R&B (also referred to as alt-R&B, indie R&B, and originally known as PBR&B, hipster R&B, emo R&B [5] [6] or R-Neg-B [7]) is a term used by music journalists to describe a stylistic alternative to contemporary R&B that began in the mid 2000s and came to prominence with musical artists such as Frank Ocean, Drake, the Weeknd, SZA, Khalid, Bryson Tiller, PartyNextDoor, Tory Lanez ...
