Genre: R&B
Evolving out of jump blues in the late '40s, R&B laid the groundwork for rock & roll. R&B kept the tempo and the drive of jump blues, but its instrumentation was sparer and the emphasis was on the song, not improvisation. It was blues chord changes played with an insistent backbeat. During the '50s, R&B was dominated by vocalists like Ray Charles and Ruth Brown, as well as vocal groups like the Drifters and the Coasters. (read more)
Related Genres
- Hip-Hop/Urban
- Alternative Rap
- Bass Music
- Comedy Rap
- Contemporary R&B
- Dirty Rap
- Dirty South
- East Coast Rap
- Foreign Language Rap
- G-Funk
- Gangsta Rap
- Golden Age
- Hardcore Rap
- Hip-Hop
- Jazz-Rap
- Latin Rap
- Left-Field Hip-Hop
- Midwest Rap
- New Jack Swing
- Old-School Rap
- Party Rap
- Political Rap
- Pop-Rap
- Quiet Storm
- Reggaeton
- Southern Rap
- Turntablism
- Underground Rap
- Urban
- West Coast Rap
- R&B/Soul
- Blaxploitation
- Blue-Eyed Soul
- Brown-Eyed Soul
- Chicago Soul
- Country-Soul
- Deep Funk
- Deep Funk Revival
- Deep Soul
- Disco
- Doo Wop
- Funk
- Latin Soul
- Memphis Soul
- Motown
- Neo-Soul
- New Orleans R&B
- Northern Soul
- Philly Soul
- Pop-Soul
- Psychedelic Soul
- R&B
- Retro-Soul
- Smooth Soul
- Soul
- Southern Soul
- Uptown Soul
- Urban
Albums
Featured Albums (view all R&B albums)
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Pressure Cooker, Thelma Houston: I've Got The Music In Me
1975 Sheffield Lab
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