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R&B

noun

  1. rhythm and blues; music genre
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Wiktionary

noun

  1. Alternative form of R & B.

    (Inspiration) Comes from listenin' to Hip-Hop / (Inspiration) Comes from R&B / (Inspiration) Comes from listenin' to Jazz / (Inspiration) Comes from Jill, you hear me? (Love)

    Rock bands record classic albums, while pop stars create "guilty pleasure" singles. It's supposed to be self-evident: U2's entire oeuvre deserves respectful consideration, while a spookily seductive song by an R&B singer named Tweet can only be, in the smug words of a recent VH1 special, "awesomely bad."