Rhythm and Blues, often abbreviated to R&B and RnB, is a genre of popular african-american music. the term Rhythm and Blues, R&B, was first used by Billboard magazine in the late 1940's. R&B was an African-American urban sound that evolved from blues and jazz.
in the late 1940's R&B was described as rocking and jazz based with a heavy insistent beat. R&B was becoming popular because of it dance ability. By 1949 the term has been replaced Billboard's category Harlem Hit Parade.
The lyrics of R&B were about everybody life. The songs were about work and drinking. Concerts then would be hot and wild, sometimes shut down. By the 1950's R&B was starting to define the sound of Rock n Roll but by the 1960's rhythm and blues would include soul music. In the seventies disco was added to the R&B was defining music that included soul, funk, rock n roll and pop music.
By the 90's classic soul and vocal harmonies were being popularised by Mariah Carey, TLC, R.Kelly and Boys II Men. going into the 21st century R&B would include, New Jack Swing, Hip-hop, Neo-Soul, pop and funk, also known as contemporary R&B.
i researched into this genre of music, because this is the music i am interested in today. Since i am a fan of R&B music, i am going to use this genre of music for my magazine.
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