What Is RnB Urban Music?

Answer 1

Rhythm and Blues Any of several closely related musical styles developed by African American artists. The various styles were based on a mingling of European influences with jazz rhythms and tonal inflections, particularly syncopation and the flatted blues chords. They grew out of the blues of the rural South, which blended work chants with songs of deep emotion, and were greatly influenced by Gospel Music. Three major forms were distinguishable. The earliest, called race, was the style of the "jump" band, which emphasized strong rhythm, solo work (especially by saxophones), and vocals in a shout-blues manner. A second form, often called Chicago blues, was exemplified by performers such as Muddy Waters and was typically played by a small group with amplified instruments. The third major form was primarily vocal, featuring close, gospel-influenced harmonies often backed by an orchestra. In the mid-1950s the term rhythm and blues was adopted by the music industry for music intended for the African American audience; with the gradual disappearance of racial barriers, the Chicago blues style began to seem less a vital form than a folk tradition, while the gospel style was transformed into the soul music of vast appeal. Rhythm and blues was the chief antecedent of rock music.

A style of popular music performed principally by African-Americans from the late 1940s to the early 1960s. The term replaced 'race music' and was supplanted by 'soul'. Rhythm-and-blues grew out of the blues and related styles but is played by an ensemble, typically of a lead singer or instrumentalist, a rhythm section (bass, drums and some combination of piano, electric organ and Electric Guitar) and a group consisting of voices, wind instruments, guitar or organ. Most rhythm-and-Blues Music is in the major mode (with 'blue notes'), uses forms based on the blues and Tin Pan Alley songs and is in quadruple metre with off-beats emphasized. Much is vocal; the lyrics range from those akin to mainstream popular music to the blues vision of the human condition.

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Answer 2

Rand B music is like rap with some hip hop in it.

R stands for rythym and b for blues... from the Africans in Africa getting sent to America, their music was adopted and changed to include old blues, blue grass and this evolved to the different Jazzes like New Orleans and Kansas City Blues. There are many types. This evolved to rythym which is soul music, which is much different than rock n roll. It has the African American flavor in it.

Answer 3

RnB stands for "Rhythm and Blues". Urban is contemporary radio format music.