Contemporary R&B
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New Kerala | November 05, 2009
Kate Hudson Celebrates Yankees Win With Rodriguez's Family
...celebrities including her mother Goldie Hawn's longtime partner Kurt Russell, director Spike Lee, real estate mogul Donald Trump and R&B superstar Mary J. Blige, who sang the U.S. National Anthem before the game, at Yankees Stadium to cheer...
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Chicago Sun-Times | April 07, 2009
Quincy Jones honored for Apollo's 75th anniversary
...Pauletta, and Spike Lee and Tonya Lewis Lee. The lineup of performers for the evening include actor/comedian Jamie Foxx, singers Mariah Carey and Anita Baker, and the R&B group O'Jays. The Apollo has been a pioneer for aspiring black...
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boston.com - Latest theater and arts news | April 07, 2009
LaBelle, Jones to be honored at Apollo concert
...Washington and his wife, Pauletta, and Spike Lee and Tonya Lewis Lee. The lineup of performers for the evening include singer Anita Baker and the R&B group O'Jays. Actor/comedian Jamie Foxx and singer Mariah Carey will present the Apollo...
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Wikipedia | October 24, 2009
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Her second album 'Warrior Girl' dropped in 2006, blending many genres into an R&B sound and featuring guests such as Ya Kid K (Pump up the jam/Technotronic) and Coolio (multi grammy award winning and platnum selling artist). The first...
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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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