Overview
Be ready to:
- Explain the use of the term "urban contemporary," it's positive and negative effects on categorizing music, and the current state regarding its continued use.
- Explain the phrase "Black-sounding" music as it relates to rhythm and blues and other label identifiers.
- Identify specific African American music styles, their representative performers, and their songs that were on the Hot Black music chart.
- Recall the term used to identify Black-sounding music after Hot Black and identify specific African American music styles, their representative performers, and their songs under this new music chart name.
- Define "neo-soul."
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Popular Songs That Appeared on the Hot R & B Chart in the 1990s
Song Title: "Diamonds and Pearls♫"
Artist: Prince, The New Power Generation
Style: Rhythm and Blues, Funk
Song Title: "Don't Take It Personal (Just One of Dem Days)♫"
Artist: Monica
Style: Rhythm and Blues, Hip-Hop
Song Title: "Let's Ride♫"
Artist: Montell Jordan, Silk "The Shocker" Friend, Master P
Style: Rhythm and Blues, Funk
Song Title: "Nobody's Supposed to Be Here♫"
Artist: Deborah Cox
Style: Rhythm and Blues, Gospel, jazz
Song Title: "What's It Gonna Be?!♫"
Artist: Busta Rhymes, Janet Jackson
Style: Rap, Rhythm and Blues, Funk
Frankie Crocker
May you live as long as you want, never want as long as you live, may you live to be 100, and me 100 but minus a day, so I'll never know nice people like you have passed away.
Earl Hines and His Orchestra
You were the sunshine, baby, whenever you smiled
But I call you Stormy today
All of a sudden that ole rain's fallin' down
And my world is cloudy and gray
You've gone away
Oh Stormy, oh Stormy
Bring back that sunny day