For my final sub genre, I have decided to pick R&B as this is the genre that I'm most familiar with and listen to most.
R&B is an abbreviation of 'rhythm and blues' however, over the years this genre of music has really developed.
Before, a typical R&B sound would consist of saxophone, piano and a smooth vocal arrangement but now an R&B track is more likely to have Electronic influences with a typical hip hop/dance inspired beat and from this many successful artists such as Beyonce, Ne-Yo, Usher, Trey-Songz, Chris Brown and Mariah Carey have come about who's music is known and appreciated by many.
The target audience of R&B back in the 80's was for a more mature crowd around 20 years and over but now the target audience ranges from about 13-25
The Cultural Origins of R&B are Early 1980's North America, New York City, Atlanta, Chicago etc
Here is a clip of some R&B music from the 80's. When compared with the clip below
It is easy to spot the drastic change and development of the genre.
Chris Brown - Dont Wake Me Up
2012 R&B Music
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