风格: R&B

Rhythm and blues, often abbreviated as R&B, is a genre of popular music that originated in African-American communities in the 1940s. The term was originally used by record companies to describe recordings marketed predominantly to urban African Americans, at a time when "urbane, rocking, jazz based music with a heavy, insistent beat" was becoming more popular. In the commercial rhythm and blues music typical of the 1950s through the 1970s, the bands usually consisted of piano, one or two guitars, bass, drums, one or more saxophones, and sometimes background vocalists. R&B lyrical themes often encapsulate the African-American experience of pain and the quest for freedom and joy, as well as triumphs and failures in terms of relationships, economics, and aspirations.

节奏布鲁斯,通常缩写为 R&B,是一种流行音乐类型,起源于 1940 年代的非裔美国人社区。 这个词最初被唱片公司用来描述主要面向城市非裔美国人销售的唱片,当时“带有沉重、持续节拍的温文尔雅、摇滚、爵士乐”正变得越来越流行。 在 1950 年代到 1970 年代典型的商业节奏和蓝调音乐中,乐队通常由钢琴、一两把吉他、贝斯、鼓、一个或多个萨克斯管组成,有时还有背景歌手。 R&B 抒情主题经常概括非裔美国人的痛苦经历和对自由和快乐的追求,以及在人际关系、经济和抱负方面的成功和失败。