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Originally Posted by Il Duce
i don't think so - some New Jack Swing is quite groovy, Guy for instance
the mere instant they used electronic drums and synth-basses in R n B, it had already lost it soul - this era would be the more electronic form of disco (Donna Summer's I Feel Love) rather than the earlier "funk-oriented" disco
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I always read where R&B/Soul genres have so called "Lost its soul" or originality. This is called genealogy of musical genres, the pattern of musical genres that have contributed to the development of new genres like contemporary R&B, neo soul, or new jack swing. It doesn't mean that the original R&B and soul genres no longer exist, or that R&B has lost its soul. Although it also at the same time does not mean that these new genres are better than the original ones they derived from. That would be a matter of individual taste.