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Soul
- Genre family
- R&B / Soul
- 2020s recordings
- 7
ORIGIN · SOUND · PEOPLE
Meet Soul
Soul is a branch of the R&B / Soul family, with its own performance and recording traditions.
The clearest way to understand Soul is to hear how its rhythm, timbre and performance language change across artists and recordings.
Begin with James Carr, Makaih Beats and Ben E. King.
GENRE FAMILY
Its place in the genre family
Parent genreR&B / Soul
Current genreSoul
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2020s · United States · Soul
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ESSENTIAL LISTENING
7 recordings2020s starting recordings
013052025 · Minneapolis Sound · popOpen in new tab 02Quotidian Fields2025 · Minneapolis Sound · popOpen in new tab 03Reflection2022 · UK Drill · instrumentalOpen in new tab 04What You Deserve2022 · UK Drill · soulOpen in new tab 05A Man Needs a Woman2024 · Southern Soul · soulOpen in new tab 06What’cha Gonna Do About It2024 · soul · funk soulOpen in new tab 07I Can’t Break the News to Myself2025 · Soul · soulOpen in new tab
KEY ARTISTS
2020s artists
ESSENTIAL ALBUMS
2020s albums
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