GENRE · KNOWLEDGE GUIDE
Rhythm and Blues
- Genre family
- R&B / Soul
- 1990s recordings
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ORIGIN · SOUND · PEOPLE
Meet Rhythm and Blues
Rhythm and Blues is a branch of the R&B / Soul family, with its own performance and recording traditions.
The clearest way to understand Rhythm and Blues is to hear how its rhythm, timbre and performance language change across artists and recordings.
Begin with Wilson Pickett, The Isley Brothers and James Brown.
GENRE FAMILY
Its place in the genre family
Parent genreR&B / Soul
Current genreRhythm and Blues
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1990s · North America · Rhythm and Blues
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ESSENTIAL LISTENING
9 recordings1990s starting recordings
01Good Daddy Blues1997 · Rhythm and Blues · rhythm & bluesOpen in new tab 02Paradise1997 · Rhythm and Blues · rhythm & bluesOpen in new tab 03You're My Sweetness1998 · Rhythm and Blues · rhythm & bluesOpen in new tab 04America (We Need the Light)1998 · Rhythm and Blues · rhythm & bluesOpen in new tab 05All About Sex1999 · Rhythm and Blues · rhythm & bluesOpen in new tab 06What’s Under That Dress?1999 · Rhythm and Blues · rhythm & bluesOpen in new tab 07Back & Forth (Larry Blackmon mix)1999 · Rhythm and Blues · rhythm and bluesOpen in new tab 08Soul Survivor1999 · Rhythm and Blues · rhythm & bluesOpen in new tab 09Bad People1999 · Rhythm and Blues · rhythm & bluesOpen in new tab
KEY ARTISTS
1990s artists
ESSENTIAL ALBUMS
1990s albums
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