Contemporary R&B
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Tameka CottleCottle's other accomplishments include an American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers award in the R&B and Pop Music categories for "No Scrubs", as well as the ASCAP Rap Award for her work on the Sporty Thievz track "No Pigeons." In this article: Xscape, R&B, Soul Train Music Award, No Scrubs, T.I., Jermaine Dupri, Tameka Cottle, and Tiny and Toya |
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PR Newswire | March 18, 2008
Sony Computer Entertainment America Continues to Grow PlayStation(R)2 Social Gaming Library With SingStar '90s
...by Sony Computer Entertainment Europe's Worldwide Studios, London Studio, SingStar '90s brings a hit list of Grunge, R&B, Rap and Pop music from artists that defined the decade including Paula Abdul, En Vogue, Vanilla Ice, Boyz II Men,...
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Root Magazine | July 13, 2009
The Trouble With Greatness
...in a negative way. I defend him even though I was not a big fan of his type of Pop Music, favoring more so what i felt were the true R&B and jazz artists sharing the spotlight with M.J through the years. Even the writer of this...
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Wikipedia | October 02, 2009
Freedom (Theme from Panther)
...D, "Freedom" reached the top twenty of the Billboard Hot 100 in 1995. The song featured female R&B singers, who at the time were popular acts in R&B and/or Pop music. The vocals were arranged by former Vertical Hold singer Angie Stone, and...
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WQHT
...Emmis Broadcasting purchased WAPP-FM and transformed it to Hot 103 in 1986. It played a variety of R&B, Pop music, Hip-Hop , Freestyle , House and Rock recordings. Hot 103 was the first radio station to play Latin Hip-Hop (Freestyle )...
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Alex Cartana
...her early years. Later on she would be utterly captivated by mainstream R&B , hip hop , trip hop, which in her own words has been described as "My childhood deprivation, which I had been longing to hear all my life! The missing part of...
In this article: Alex Cartana, Gloria Estefan, EMI, R&B, University of Westminster, Whitney Houston, and Big Brovaz
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Contemporary R&B (also known as R&B) is a music genre of western popular music. Although the acronym “R&B” originates from its association with traditional rhythm and blues music, the term R&B is today most often used to define a style of African American music originating after the demise of disco in the 1980s. This newer style combines elements of soul, funk, dance, and, from 1986 on with the advent of New Jack Swing branded R&B, hip hop.
The abbreviation R&B is almost always used instead of the full rhythm and blues term, although some sources refer to the style as urban contemporary (the name of the radio format that plays hip hop and contemporary R&B).
Contemporary R&B has a slick record production style, drum machine-backed rhythms, the occasional saxophone laced beat to give a jazz feel (mostly common in R&B songs prior to the year 1993), and a smooth, lush style of vocal arrangement. Uses of hip hop-inspired beats are typical, although the roughness and grit inherent in hip hop is may be reduced and smoothed out. R&B vocalists are often known for their use of melisma, popularized by vocalists such as Stevie Wonder, Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey.
- Name:
- Contemporary R&B
- Origin:
- Early 1980s North America; New York, Los Angeles, Montreal, Atlanta, Chicago, Toronto, Houston
- Subgenre:
- Quiet storm
- Instruments:
- Synthesizers - Keyboard - Drum machine - vocals (sometimes rapping)
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