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Rhythm and Blues or R&B was a comercial term introduced in the USA , at the end of the 1940’s by very well-known Billboard Magazine.

It replaced the term “race music” which was considered a bit offensive.

Today, the rhythm and blues is ides to described any way of pop music that is mostly played and performed by black artists or inspired in tipically black music genres like soul and funk.

The early form of R&B was a black version of what would be later called rock music.

Rhythm and Blues was heavily influenced by jazz music, particularly by jump music (which was a version of jazz with higher predominance of the saxophone and low presence of the guitar element) as well as gospel.

R&B also had influence in some music genres: in jazz it reflected on the appearance of the hard bop genre.

There was actually little distinction made by musicians between jaz and R&B. musicians would record songs in both genres.

The 1960’s saw a huge increase of popularity for Rhythm and Blues, not only in the USA and but also in the UK . The fact is that, in the UK the social and racial connotation of R&B was not present like in America , and soon, bands like the Rolling Stones and The Animals started to incorporate this style in their rock songs and taking it to huge audiences throughout the world.
By the end of the 60’s and through the 70’s, the term Rhythm and Blues was replaced by the words Soul and Motown, but in the last years it was reborn as a way to designate black north American music that includes pop, hip hop, funk and even soul. In this context the term used is simply the abbreviation: R&B.

Today, R&B is all over the television, radios and dancefloors. It is often regarded as a glamorous style, apecially because of video clips, where beautiful girls covered with jewels and make –up dance around men also covered in heavy bling and designer clothes’.

Nevertheless it is a genre that since the 90’s has been inspired by albums and singles from a wide variety of other music styles.

Making R&B is something that many amateur producers desire, but is important to find the right r&b loops in order to achieve the perfect, sexy sound.

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