Mango

4y

but it still somewhat a racial term.

Undisclosed

4y

“R&B has actually changed quite a bit over the decades of use, although it has generally (right or wrong) been associated with music made predominately by black artists and musicians.

Originally R&B was used in the 1940s as a replacement of the term "race music" to identify black artists . At the time musicians were also mixing jazz styles and blues together. One of the pronounced differences is in the locking together of the drums and bass into a tight rhythm feel (as opposed to Jazz where the bass is often loose).

Allan Freed took the term Rock & Roll from many R&B songs (The Trieners, Louis Jordan, Roy Brown), and turned the term into a name for white youth playing black R&B music.

R&B went on to be used in the eras of 60's soul (Stax and Motown), 70's Funk, Disco, and even at one time HipHop, before that became it's own break out genre. Today the Billboard Chart that used to be R&B is listed as R&B/Hip Hop.

The "60's British Invasion" was largely a result of White English musicians playing covers of 40s-50s Black American R&B.

Some have noted that R&B songs deal with emotions and themes of pain and suffering, the pursuit of freedom and happiness. But this is the human condition described in all genres of music, and even Country Music includes these metaphors, just with the imagery of Pick-up trucks, dogs, and women in Cowboy Boots.

So in the end R&B describes a style of music, but it still somewhat a racial term.”

SHAQUILLE

4y

Really makes you think

krsp

4y

Famous dex

Undisclosed

4y

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It does. Most people online seem to agree that “R&B music” tends to change generationally, so idk it could be a slippery slope to try and group it into one distinct category, you know?

SHAQUILLE

4y

That’s partly why I made this thread. I see a lot of people claim this and that isn’t r&b and it got me to thinking. No one says lil keed isn’t rap because he doesn’t sound like Krs one but the rules for r&b are much different

cole breezy

4y

Weeknd fans lowkey have push notifications on for whenever an r&b thread is made

Americana 2

4y

softer more mellow melodies and beats while still
having drums, longer verses than pop songs, better singing, lots of harmonizing/crooning

quadra

4y

His older stuff was R&B but he left that a while ago

DEL_5445

4y

MDM was RNB and After Hours first leg was RNB, rest is more pop

New NIGHTMAN

4y

from the so called "completely pop album"

DEL_5445

4y

That and the Future track

uncool

4y

this

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