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'''Rhythm and Blues''' (or simply R&B) is a genre of popular African-American music. The term was coined in the [[The Forties|1940s]] to describe the "black music" currently playing on the radio during that time in America. The music itself was a hodgepodge of [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|blues music and rhythmic interplay]], with gospel and jazz sounds thrown into the mix. 

Nowadays, '''R&B''' music pretty much envelops a lot of sounds from the traditional sounds to [[Funk]] and [[Soul]], and nowadays [[Hip Hop]] and [[Pop]]. The vocal quality of R&B singers is another important element, and most R&B fans aren't kind to thin-voiced singers. A singer, who need not be [[Aretha Franklin]], usually must be at least a little more than competent at carrying a tune. 

R&B is split into or encompasses these genres:
* [[Alternative R&B]]
* [[Contemporary R&B]]
* [[Neo Soul]]
* [[New Jack Swing]]
* [[Hip Hop Soul]]
* [[Soul Music|Soul]]
* [[Disco]]
* [[Funk]]
* [[Jazz]]
* [[Pop]]

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