Definition of R&B (singer, blues, country, drum)

Rainard Jalen · 02-06-2007, 05:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Moon Pix

We don't we really use R n' B as a term to classify music over here. All of that stuff gets filed under Urban which is a f***ing stupid name because the Velvet Underground were about as urbanised as you can get (they were from New York for christs sake!) yet theyre in the rock/pop section.

You never Dock Boggs and Woody Guthrie filed under the Rural section do you?

Yeah, well good points there. Urban is a difficult term, too. I guess it refers to urban more in the sense of music with "street" culture influences as opposed to suburban.

ryder · 02-06-2007, 10:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Rainard Jalen

Yeah, well good points there. Urban is a difficult term, too. I guess it refers to urban more in the sense of music with "street" culture influences as opposed to suburban.

i never thought when they use the term urban & got it confused with suburban. whoever thinks that is not to smart. ya can clearly tell urban has something to do with street. but you'll see some music classifid as it when it really isnt.

Moon Pix · 02-07-2007, 02:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Rainard Jalen

Yeah, well good points there. Urban is a difficult term, too. I guess it refers to urban more in the sense of music with "street" culture influences as opposed to suburban.

They did have "street" influences, they had a song about going uptown to score smack. Thats a bit of "street" reporting every bit as much as the rap stuff.

Rainard Jalen · 02-07-2007, 06:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Moon Pix

They did have "street" influences, they had a song about going uptown to score smack. Thats a bit of "street" reporting every bit as much as the rap stuff.

Going uptown to SCORE it = surburban
Going uptown to SELL it = urban

DontRunMeOver · 02-07-2007, 07:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Rainard Jalen

Going uptown to SELL it = urban

Is this true, Urban? Make much of a living pushing smack on the mean streets of St. Peter Port?

Rainard Jalen · 02-07-2007, 09:04 AM

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Originally Posted by DontRunMeOver

Is this true, Urban? Make much of a living pushing smack on the mean streets of St. Peter Port?

My only real point by that was that a song talking about going TO the city and buying drugs for recreational use sounds like more of a suburban sort of topic, or at least not specifically urban. In contrast to lyrics that reference drug-dealing, which are characteristically urban.