Back هيب هوب سول Arabic Hip-hop soul Catalan Hip-hop soul Czech Hip hop soul Spanish Hip hop soul Croatian Hip hop soul Italian ヒップホップ・ソウル Japanese Hip hop soul Portuguese Hip hop soul Serbo-Croatian Hip hop soul SIMPLE
| Hip hop soul | |
|---|---|
| Stylistic origins | |
| Cultural origins | Early 1990s, U.S. |
| Derivative forms | Neo soul |
Hip hop soul is a subgenre of contemporary R&B music, most popular during the early and mid 1990s,[1] which fuses R&B or soul singing with hip hop musical production.[1] The subgenre had evolved from a previous R&B subgenre, new jack swing,[2] which had incorporated hip-hop influences into R&B music.[2] By contrast, hip hop soul is, as described in The Encyclopedia of African American Music, "quite literally soul singing over hip hop grooves".[1]
The genre was most popular during the mid and late 1990s[1] with artists such as Mary J. Blige (known as the "Queen of Hip-Hop Soul"), Jodeci, Faith Evans, TLC, and R. Kelly.[2] By the late 1990s, hip hop soul would lead to the creation of neo soul,[1][2] which retained the hip hop and R&B influences while also adding elements of classic 1970s soul music.[1]
- ^ a b c d e f Price, Emmett G. III; Kernodle, Tammy L.; Maxille, Horace J. Jr., eds. (2010). Encyclopedia of African American Music. ABC-CLIO. pp. 115, 902–903. ISBN 978-0313341991 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b c d Donaldson, Melvin Burke (2007). Hip Hop in American Cinema. Peter Lang. pp. 52–53. ISBN 978-082046345-2 – via Google Books.