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- As a term, it was coined by music industry entrepreneur Kedar Massenburg during the late 1990s to market and describe a style of music that emerged from soul and contemporary R&B. Heavily based in soul music, neo soul is distinguished by a less conventional sound than its contemporary R&B counterpart, with incorporated elements ranging from funk, jazz fusion, and hip hop, and to pop, rock, and electronic music.
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Mar 5, 2019 · Neo-soul is a musical genre that fuses contemporary R&B and 1970s-style soul with elements of hip-hop. As its name (new-soul) implies, Neo-Soul music is essentially modern-day soul music, with contemporary attitudes and sensibilities.
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Neo soul (sometimes called progressive soul) [1] is a genre of popular music. As a term, it was coined by music industry entrepreneur Kedar Massenburg during the late 1990s to market and describe a style of music that emerged from soul and contemporary R&B .
May 6, 2020 · The phrase ‘neo soul’ was originally coined by Kedar Massenburg in the 1990s to describe a particular style that was born out of soul and R&B. Far more eclectic in its influences, neo soul fused its soul roots with funk, jazz, fusion, hip hop, pop, and African music.
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What Is Neo-Soul? As one of my favorite genres to sing and write to, neo-soul combines R&B with soul music to make the perfect blend of smooth, silky, heartfelt, African-American musical magic. Neo soul, in its most simple definition, is modern soul, where the prefix ‘neo’ translates to new.
Neo-soul is a music genre that emerged in the late 1990s, combining elements of soul, R&B, jazz, and hip-hop to create a fresh sound characterized by its smooth melodies and introspective lyrics.
Neo-soul is a fresh, cool style of music that's all about mixing things up. It's like a fun, musical smoothie blending elements of soul, jazz, and R&B with a dash of hip-hop. Born in the late '90s, neo-soul takes the classic, feel-good vibes of old-school soul and adds a modern twist.
Neo soul artists entered the 1990s music scene when hardcore hip-hop and R&B were the two most popular and crossover forms of contemporary Black expression. Many of neo soul’s innovators were born in the 1970s to parents who grew up in the era of Black Power and soul music.
