RnB Genre

Rhythm and blues (also known as R&B, R'n'B or RnB) is the name given to a wide-ranging genre of popular music created by African Americans in the late 1940s and early 1950s. When urban, rock and jazz based music with heavy insistent beats were become more popular at them times, this is when RnB was introduced to modernise each genre to become a mix of all. The term had a wide variety of meanings. One of being ‘Rock & Roll’, this stated in the 1960’s, it was used mostly by white groups as it was also referred to having a music style of incorporated electric blues as well as gospel/soul music. Nowadays it is perceived as a contemporary view of soul/funk influenced pop music. Thus one of the reasons why my group and I are using both a Pop and RnB genre for our music video as they have similarities. Some of which I shall discuss within this blog. In the US, it was recognised as "race music", which originally came from within the black community, but was believed offensive in the post-war world. Instruments used frequently within the RnB genre were consisted of piano, one or two guitars, bass, drums, and sax, this reflecting the rhythm and blues viewpoint. In music videos, singers are emotionally engaged with the lyrics, often strongly so, they remain cool, relaxed, and in control, feeling their lyrics in order to make their audience to understand what they would want to lime out. Lyrics seem accepting and the music feels somehow to be expected, to evaluate what I just wrote this connotating the typical RnB flow of music which is portrayed as a combination with elements of soul, funk, dance, and labelled hip hop. The vocal arrangement of RnB usually consists of smooth, lush and calm manner of lyrical content mostly based on love, relationships with a member of the opposite sex, and deep emotions. Uses of hip hop beats are also used within this genre; Hip Hop is another genre within the music industry representing artists who may Mc, Rap or DJ. In addition to this, the culture is to express the reality of human association within each other and to free them from oppression that artists/bands may have had inside the past. Lyrics within the RnB genre seem laid back and the music feels somehow expected to have a certain concept such as talking about love hate relationships.
Nowadays males in the RnB music industry are being perceived as the most listened to gender as they have made a high comeback with their music. Both sexes tend to listen to these as they may relate to one’s relationship status or may give another pleasure.