R&B Soul Testify
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R&B Soul Testify
By: Tex Johnson
R&B Soul music is one of the most popular forms of music to ever be developed. There are few people anywhere in the world who couldnt think of an R&B song they like. R&B has spawned countless other forms of music as well including rock and roll. Rhythm and blues is associated with black artists and producers and is known to be an expression of the black experience in America. But, it has grown and developed over the years into a musical form recognized and performed by all races.
In the 1940s and 1950s R&B Soul was ignited and has been popular ever since. Considered a broad category by musicians, R&B itself can mean many different types of music including electric blues, gospel and soul. Over the years different decades have meant different things for R&B. In the 70s rhythm and blues was used as a blanket term for soul and funk for instance. And, since the 1990s rhythm and blues has referred to primarily the pop music iteration of R&B including some forms of rap music.
