User:Blkwmn/Neo soul

== Despite some ambivalence from artists, the term received widespread use by music critics and writers who wrote about artists and albums associated with the musical style. African American studies professor Mark Anthony Neal has described neo soul as "everything from avant-garde R&B to organic soul ... a product of trying to develop something outside of the norm in R&B." According to music writers, the genre's works are mostly album-oriented and distinguished by its musicianship and production, incorporating "organic" elements of classic soul music with the use of live instrumentation, in contrast to the more single-oriented, hip hop-based, and producer-driven sampling approach of contemporary R&B. Neo soul also incorporates elements of electronic music, jazz fusion, funk, rap, gospel, rock, reggae, and African music.Article Draft ==

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Neo Soul is a genre of music that comes from the 1900's. This form of music in combined with soul, r&b, funk, jazz, and hip hop. This form of music is known for its smooth and soulful sound. You may recognize artists such as D'Angelo, Erykah Badu , Lauryn Hill. Neo soul focuses on themes such as love, empowerment, spirituality, and social consciousess.

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Neo soul originates in the United Sates in the late 1900's. This genre was mainly in cities such as New York, Atlanta, and Philadelphia. Erykah Badu, Lauryn Hill and other artists played a significant role in creating and shaping Neo soul. They were inspired by 1960 to 1970 soul music when placed into their music writing.

The person to start Neo soul was Erykah Badu she was considered "the queen of Neo soul". The Godfather of Neo soul is Roy Ayers who was considered a giant in the jazz industries. Roy has popular songs such as "Everyone Loves the Sunshine", "Searching" and "Runnin Away".

There are current new Neo soul artists such as Sza, Ari Lennox , Jazmine Sullivan and Cleo Sol. Neo Soul artists mainly consists of women. There are men artists as well like Maxwell, D'Angelo, Musiq and other phenomenal artists.