GENRE · KNOWLEDGE GUIDE
Contemporary R&B
- Genre family
- R&B / Soul
ORIGIN · SOUND · PEOPLE
Meet Contemporary R&B
Contemporary R&B is a branch of the R&B / Soul family, with its own performance and recording traditions.
The clearest way to understand Contemporary R&B is to hear how its rhythm, timbre and performance language change across artists and recordings.
Begin with Avant and Charlie Wilson.
GENRE FAMILY
Its place in the genre family
Parent genreR&B / Soul
Current genreContemporary R&B
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CURRENT BROWSING SCOPE
2000s · North America · Contemporary R&B
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ESSENTIAL LISTENING
2000s starting recordings
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KEY ARTISTS
2000s artists
LOCAL GRAPH
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