R&B Music Videos
I’ve chosen to write about music videos, specifically those for contemporary R&B music. Contemporary R&B, which today is just called R&B, uses a mixture of elements from various music...
View ArticleHistory of R&B Music Videos
Rhythm and Blues music, commonly referred to as R&B, rose in popularity in the late 1940s after World War II. R&B replaced the term “race music” as a less offensive marketing term to describe...
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In the 1950s and ‘60s, the videos have an unseen voice introducing the majority of them, and then show a live performance with very few cuts, if any at all. Some are in color, such as Nat King Cole’s...
View ArticleThe Future of R&B Music Videos
R&B music videos have evolved quite a bit since the slow, single shot performance based videos in the 1950s. Contemporary R&B music videos visually portray sexual lyrics through story based...
View ArticleContemporary R&B Music Videos: A Manifesto
Glitz. Glamour. Fashion. Fame. Sensuality. Contemporary R&B artists embody all of these things. Their music videos shape who they are as artists, and how they present themselves to the world. They...
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