i feel like i can never tell if a song is rnb but somehow i just know it or maybe im wrong. i’m confused because i see the classic rnb songs by usher and then there is the frank ocean ones so i don’t really know how they are both rnb.
here is my playlist for you guys to check if im on the right track:
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It’s not RNB. It’s R&B which stands for rhythm and blues.
It was the name given to black music early in the 20th century to the predominantly black music based in blues, soul, gospel, and other black influenced styles.
Much of it was usurped by white musicians since and spawned such genres as rock and roll, big band, southern rock, and nearly every other popular music genres you can think of.
“R&B” stands for “Rhythm and Blues,” and it’s not a very well-defined term. For most of its history, it has essentially meant “music popular with African Americans.” This was the main way it was used in the 20th century, with the point being to separate it from “pop” or “rock and roll” music, which were considered whiter.
Following the rise of hip-hop in the 80s, R&B started to instead be thought of as “music popular with African Americans that isn’t hip-hop.” This is obviously not a very helpful definition, encompassing most popular Black artists who sing.
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