In broad terms, the R&B genre, as with any genre of music, is a set of elemental ideas pertaining to culture, instrumentation, melody and groove, that show it to be an expression in its own right. R&B could be basically described as soulful. However, artists of a particular genre have their own unique style or way of expressing these ideas, and contemporary R&B artists incorporate elements or collaborate with artists from different genres such as Hip Hop. And why not? Genres such as pop, urban, R&B, Hip Hop or Funk are all related by that superordinate element... popular!
Alicia Keys is an R&B artist who combines elements from the Soul genre into her style to emphasis the emotion she feels when she performs. The Alicia Keys style would have matured through the process of improvisation, which is commonly used by R&B artists, either whilst performing or during songwriting.
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R&B is a form of music that is closely related to pop, rap, and hip-hop. R&B is similar to rap except that instead of rapping, there is singing. But there is a beat in the back. Many times will an R&B siinger feature a rapper/hip-hop artist, and vice-versa. R&B can be relaxing, or sometimes it can be party music. It is a very nice form of music.
R. Kelly is a very popular R&B singer, that has often been featured in many rap songs, and he has featured many rappers as well.
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They say its "normal music" i say a poor attempt. its equalivent to noise in the morning.
They say its "normal music" i say a poor attempt. its equalivent to noise in the morning.
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2) The most pointless music ever, worse even than rap. Good example is usher, a third rate singer who has become famous for his "good" looks. people who listen to r&b are generally 13 year old girls or chavs. r&b is nothing like rhythm and blues, despite being named for it. Despite being officially classed as music, is nothing like iron maiden or rage against the machine
2) The most pointless music ever, worse even than rap. Good example is usher, a third rate singer who has become famous for his "good" looks. people who listen to r&b are generally 13 year old girls or chavs. r&b is nothing like rhythm and blues, despite being named for it. Despite being officially classed as music, is nothing like iron maiden or rage against the machine
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