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Omaar
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The timberlake thread got me thinking that this might be make an interesting spin-off thread; reading people's thoughts on who the key producers are in rnb now and how they're working got me thinking about who the seminal producers were when early contemporary rnb got rolling in the early '80s.
So, who were the producers that sparked the birth of modern RnB? I'm thinking of stuff like Jam and Lewis, Prince, Solar records people - What was it that defined this stuff - experimentation with new technologies and production techniques, or a different club scene? Are there seminal tracks that mark out the birth of this genre in contrast to what came before, or was it a fairly steady development in a continuum from soul, funk and disco? It seems that alot of this stuff developed as much out of a disco and funk heritage as anything else, a lot of the producers and artists must have been coming from work in this genre. But while the history of Hip hop and House get discussed alot, and both were born out of these same genres, rnb has had just as long a history, it doesn't seem to get the attention the other strains do, historically at least. Maybe people think it hasn't been as cutting edge or influential as these other strains, or hasn't matured as a form until recently- perhaps when hip hop and rnb became more closely linked?
I guess it's not a style or period too closely related to what's usually discussed here, but if anyone has some special knowledge in this area and feels like sharing ...
So, who were the producers that sparked the birth of modern RnB? I'm thinking of stuff like Jam and Lewis, Prince, Solar records people - What was it that defined this stuff - experimentation with new technologies and production techniques, or a different club scene? Are there seminal tracks that mark out the birth of this genre in contrast to what came before, or was it a fairly steady development in a continuum from soul, funk and disco? It seems that alot of this stuff developed as much out of a disco and funk heritage as anything else, a lot of the producers and artists must have been coming from work in this genre. But while the history of Hip hop and House get discussed alot, and both were born out of these same genres, rnb has had just as long a history, it doesn't seem to get the attention the other strains do, historically at least. Maybe people think it hasn't been as cutting edge or influential as these other strains, or hasn't matured as a form until recently- perhaps when hip hop and rnb became more closely linked?
I guess it's not a style or period too closely related to what's usually discussed here, but if anyone has some special knowledge in this area and feels like sharing ...