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{{Short description|Rhythm and blues music genre}} | |||
{{For|the parent genre|Rhythm and blues}} | |||
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2012}} | |||
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| name = Contemporary R&B | |||
| stylistic_origins = {{hlist|[[Rhythm and blues]]|[[Pop music|pop]]|[[Soul music|soul]]|[[funk]]|[[Hip hop music|hip hop]]|[[Electronic music|electronic]]}} | |||
| cultural_origins = Late 1970s and early 1980s, [[North America]] | |||
| derivatives = {{hlist|[[Neo soul]]|[[nu-funk]]|[[2-step garage|2-step]]|[[alternative R&B]]|[[afroswing]]}} | |||
| subgenres = {{hlist|[[Hip hop soul]]|[[RnBass]]}} | |||
| fusiongenres = {{hlist|[[Crunk&B]]|[[Latin R&B]]|[[new jack swing]]|[[pluggnb]]|[[raï'n'B]]|[[Grime (music genre)#Rhythm & grime|rhythm & grime]]|[[snap&B]]}} | |||
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'''Contemporary R&B''' (or simply '''R&B''') is a [[popular music]] [[Music genre|genre]] that combines [[rhythm and blues]] with elements of [[Pop music|pop]], [[Soul music|soul]], [[funk]], [[Hip hop music|hip hop]], and [[electronic music]]. | |||
The genre features a distinctive [[Record producer|record production]] style and a smooth, lush style of vocal arrangement. [[Electronic music|Electronic]] influences and the use of hip hop or [[electronic dance music|dance]]-inspired [[beat (music)|beats]] are typical, although the roughness and grit inherent in hip hop may be reduced and smoothed out. Contemporary R&B vocalists often use [[melisma]], and since the mid-1980s, R&B rhythms have been combined with elements of hip hop culture and music, pop culture and pop music. | |||
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Contemporary R&B (or simply R&B) is a popular music genre that combines rhythm and blues with elements of pop, soul, funk, hip hop, and electronic music.
The genre features a distinctive record production style and a smooth, lush style of vocal arrangement. Electronic influences and the use of hip hop or dance-inspired beats are typical, although the roughness and grit inherent in hip hop may be reduced and smoothed out. Contemporary R&B vocalists often use melisma, and since the mid-1980s, R&B rhythms have been combined with elements of hip hop culture and music, pop culture and pop music.