R&B is a form of music that represents rhythm and blues
Hiphop is rap and hip-hop
Hip-Hop in the late 1970s and 1980s It originated among poor working-class minorities in New York. It brings together African music, North and South American music and art culture. At the beginning, the term Hip-Hop consisted of four major elements: DJ (mixing, cutting and scratching), MC (rap, rhythm, poetry and recitation), break dancing (twisting and spinning), graffiti (art, spray, draw and paint). The Hip-Hop of this period is called Old School Hip-Hop.
New-school Hip-Hop appeared in the early 1990s and is still popular today. Different from old-school Hip-Hop, this Hip-Hop features faster rhythms and more complex lyrics. The new hip-hop music has entered today's international popular series due to the achievements of musicians such as Jay-Z, 2 Pac and The Notorious B.I.G. Recently, rap superstars Will Smith and Eminem have been in the limelight, which has brought this craze to its peak.
When Hip-Hop became popular in the 1990s, many different styles emerged in the new era. Hip-Hop is not only a kind of music produced in urban slums, but also a voice that represents urban slums. Rap musicians began describing the hardships of their lives or the lives of those around them. The word "Hip-Hop" is an emerging music genre. Since its emergence and development, it has not only represented a single music category. Hip-Hop has developed into an emerging life style at the turn of the century in 2000. Synonymous with style, including: music, clothing, behavior, etc. It is called street culture! In the entire HIP-HOP culture, clothing is the most outstanding part. Typical attire includes: a large T-shirt with an exaggerated logo, the same wide and floppy board pants or sports pants with side zippers, basketball shoes or sneakers, golf or baseball caps, and turbans in various styles. , hair dyed and permed in different styles or braided. The corresponding accessories include: tattoos, silver earrings or nose rings, sunglasses, MD Walkman or MP3, skateboards, backpacks, etc. These sporadic pieces of clothing are put together to form the HIP-HOP fashion that has been popular in the United States for 20 years, and continues to grow and develop day by day, affecting people of every generation.
MC is simple. It is said to be the microphone controller. In the past, there was a host who promoted the atmosphere in the party. He talked to the rhythm, and everyone listened and found it very interesting. It gradually evolved into the current rap (Taiwan calls rap)
The full name of R&B is Rhythm&Blues, which is generally translated as "Rhythm & Blues". In a broad sense, R&B can be regarded as "black pop music". It originated from black blues music and is the basis of today's western pop and rock. Billboard magazine once defined R&B as all black music, except for Jazz and Blues. It can be classified as R&B, which shows how broad the scope of R&B is. HipHop and Rap, which have become very popular in the black music circle in recent years, both originate from R&B and retain many R&B elements.
The birth of rhythm and blues (R&B) can be traced back to the mid-1940s. Early R&B was called jump blues.
JumpBlues absorbs the horn-driven lineup performance of jazz and the rhythm of swing music, and also combines the basic overlapping singing method (riff) and string performance of blues music (Blues), becoming a A new form of music. It can also be said that JumpBlues is a combination of RhythmJazz and Blues.
Although JumpBlues largely absorbed the characteristics of Blues, it was rhythm jazz that finally laid its basic structure and formed a new musical style. But Jumpblues has a faster rhythm, rougher singing, and its use of instruments is also different from jazz and blues: the piano playing has a strong rhythm, and the most important SAX performance is sharper. Early JumpBlues was still black music: its singers and listeners were all black.
The singer in JumpBlues is called "Shouter". Many famous JumpBluesShouters are from big bands (Big-Band), such as Big Joe Turner, who is from Kansas City jazzbands. There were also some famous Shouters at that time, such as Wynonie Harris, Roy Brown, Roy Milton and Nappy Brown.
Louis Jordan has a very important influence in the history of JumpBlues. He often plays songs with witty lyrics. Since these songs are particularly suitable for dance music, more and more white teenagers like this song. Kind of music. Other black musicians such as Chuck Berry, Joe Liggins, Tiny Bradshaw, Amos Milburn, Camille Howard, etc. were also famous JumpBlues musicians at that time.
In the 1950s, thanks to the efforts of outstanding musicians, JumpBlues finally broke through racial boundaries and became a new music style accepted by the public. It was also in the 1950s that JumpBlues was renamed "Rhythm and Blues" (R&B)", which appeared on the Billboard chart.