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11 \by the 2000s, you already had r&b and hip - hop moving a little closer together,\ says kelefa sanneh, author of major labels: a history of popular music in seven genres.
12 the early aughts were dominated by artists who blended the two, such as usher, alicia keys, and beyoncé. more change was on the way.
what is alt - r&b?
13 starting in the early 2010s, an alternative sound that combined r&b/hip - hop with elements of dance, electronic, or rock went from the fringes to the mainstream with the success of acts like frank ocean, the weeknd, and miguel. this gave rise to then - bubbling acts who all undeniably had rhythm and blues influences, but melodically and thematically were unlike what audiences had been taught r&b was. since that point, what classifies as an r&b song, and who qualifies as an r&b artist has shifted, leaving the genre in what the atlantic has specified as an \identity crisis\ for the better part of the last ten years.
14 on the vocal side, production was once laced with honey sweet, soulful voices, but it has been at least partially replaced by whispery, semi - nasal, autotune - heavy vocalizations and vocal inflections that speak to a new generation.
15 \starting in the early 2000s, the idea was if you wanted to get on the radio, you had to learn how to sound great over a beat and that meant making your voice a little smaller, sanneh observes. \singers have to figure out how to make space for the beat or how to sound good over a beat, and thats led to a lot of different things — its led to
a term used to talk about the years from 2000 to 2009
inflection (noun): a rise or fall in the sound of a persons voice; a change in the pitch or tone of a persons voice
analyzing text structure: how did hip - hop and r&b become one genre?
paragraph 12
- how does paragraph 12 contribute to the overall section \marys joints\?
complete the sentence starter in the space below.
this section summarizes... and paragraph 12 contributes to the overall section by...
The section focuses on the evolution of R&B and its sub - genre Alt - R&B. Paragraph 12 contributes by showing how early 2000s artists blended R&B and hip - hop. It sets the stage for the emergence of Alt - R&B in the 2010s. The overall section summarizes the convergence of R&B and hip - hop and the rise of Alt - R&B, while paragraph 12 contributes to the overall section by introducing the artists who started the blending trend in the early 2000s.
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This section summarizes the convergence of R&B and hip - hop and the rise of Alt - R&B, and paragraph 12 contributes to the overall section by introducing the artists who started the blending trend in the early 2000s.