Rhythm and Blues
Published on Feb 08, 2016
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This week we're jumping back to modern day and considering 2 kinds of music that are often confused - pop music and rhythm and blues (R&B).
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In the early 1900s, rhythm and blues was originally used to describe gospel or "electric blues"...which is just the blues on electric guitar.
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Take 1 minute -
Before these kinds of music were called R&B, they were called
"race music". Why do you think that is?
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Then, with the rise of rock and roll, R&B was used to describe rock music that still drew heavily from gospel and blues traditions.
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Finally, the R&B label landed on a broad range of dance, funk, soul, and hip hop music.
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Famous R&B singers would be Michael Jackson...
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Stevie Wonder
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Mariah Carey
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and Beyonce.
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R&B often gets confused with another "genre" of music that has many styles lumped together - pop music.
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However, where R&B has a key trait - soulful singing about triumph and failure in relationships and love...
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Pop(ular) music has to be just that.
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Take 1 minute -
Can a R&B song be a pop song too? Does it have to be?
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