what is R & B ?

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<p>several new artists (singers) keep saying that. Is it like a new Genre of Music? Thanks</p>

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<p>Actually its really old. It stands for Rhythm and Blues, and its what rock, rap and almost every other music genre originated from.</p>

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<p>rhythm and blues started in the 40’s. i believe it came from a combination of jazz and blues. i love it. most of the R&B you hear today is more of a “hip hop” type R&B. there’s still some genuine r&b artists out there, but radio R&B is more influenced by the rap scence at times.</p>

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<p>Do you live under a rock?.. oh wait youre in Egypt…</p>

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<p>R and B predates everyone on this message board.</p>

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<p>R&B is old, like Aretha Franklin was R&B. Today its morphed into like, hard to describe, but examples would be Usher, Destiny’s Child, TLC, Mariah Carey, Neyo, Mario, etc. </p>

<p>If you want to learn more: <a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%26B[/url]”>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%26B&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>okay. so it’s old. but I’ve never actually heard anyone say it til recently.</p>

<p>and yes i live in egypt…that doesn’t mean i don’t know what goes on in the world or that there are no cars here…etc
I think I’m just goig to have to get rid of the location thing. I get that kind of stuff all the time :)</p>

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<p>Obviously you don’t know what is going on in the world if you don’t know what R&B is.</p>

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<p>i said that i hadn’t heard anyone say it until recently. and just because I’m not as enlightened as everyone in the rhelm of music and musucians doesn’t mean i don’t know what is going on in the world.</p>