House-R&B
tagStarted 1990Peak 1992-1998Last big hit 2001
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R&B vocalists riding full-tilt house production: insistent four-on-the-floor kicks, organ-bass stabs, piano vamps and diva-belted hooks pushed to 120-plus BPM. Where soulful house leans warm and jazzy, this is brighter and more pop-anthemic, soul singing fused to peak-time club drive for crossover dancefloors.
History
In the early '90s, R&B and house collided as singers fronted club tracks aimed at both radio and the floor. Robin S's 'Show Me Love,' Crystal Waters and CeCe Peniston scored crossover anthems, while Mary J. Blige's house remixes carried the vocal-R&B tradition into the rave era, defining a punchy diva-house lineage distinct from deeper soulful house.
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Essential listening
Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_S.
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_music
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CeCe_Peniston