1 | Neo Soul is a music genre which is a {{Soul}}/ContemporaryRAndB mix, with more jazz/funk influences. The term was coined by record executive Kedar Massenburg sometime late in TheNineties to describe the breakthrough artists in this period, namely Music/LaurynHill, Music/ErykahBadu, Music/DAngelo, and Music/{{Maxwell}}. The label NeoSoul itself isn't exactly embraced by many of these artists, mainly due to the "neo" part, as if {{Soul}} died at some point. |
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3 | The music itself, while taking a page out of RAndB's mass appeal with the structure and sound, is still deeply rooted in Soul music. It is still subject to PopCultureIsolation, as it's almost exclusively played on urban/African-American radio and outlets and hasn't reached the same heights it did back in the late 1990s, though artists like Tyler the Creator, Frank Ocean, Kali Uchis, and Anderson .Paak have achieved substantial success playing the genre from the late 2010s onward. |
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5 | !!Artists generally under the NeoSoul label: |
6 | [[index]] |
7 | * Music/{{Adele}} (gradually moved towards more straightforward pop) |
8 | * Music/MarshaAmbrosius |
9 | * Music/RoyAyers (considered an UrExample) |
10 | * Music/ErykahBadu |
11 | ** 2000 - ''Music/MamasGun'' |
12 | * Music/{{Bilal}} |
13 | * Music/AloeBlacc |
14 | * Music/TevinCampbell |
15 | * Music/CodyChesnutt |
16 | ** 2002 - ''Music/TheHeadphoneMasterpiece'' |
17 | * Music/DAngelo |
18 | ** 1995 - ''Music/BrownSugar'' |
19 | ** 2000 - ''Music/{{Voodoo}}'' |
20 | ** 2014 - ''Music/BlackMessiah'' |
21 | * Music/CeeLoGreen (solo career) |
22 | * Music/AnthonyHamilton |
23 | * Music/HeatherHeadley |
24 | * Music/{{HER|Musician}} |
25 | * Music/LaurynHill |
26 | ** 1998 - ''Music/TheMiseducationOfLaurynHill'' |
27 | * {{Music/Christion}} |
28 | * Music/ChrisetteMichele |
29 | * Music/IndiaArie |
30 | * Music/JDilla |
31 | ** 2001 - ''Music/Welcome2Detroit'' |
32 | * Music/{{Kem}} |
33 | * Music/AliciaKeys |
34 | * Music/LennyKravitz |
35 | * Music/JohnLegend |
36 | * [[Music/OmarLyeFook Omar Lye-Fook]] (Considered to be [[UrExample one of the earliest progenitors]] of the genre) |
37 | * Music/{{Maxwell}} |
38 | * Music/MeshellNdegeocello |
39 | * Music/JanelleMonae (somewhere between this and [[Music/PrincesAssociates the Minneapolis Sound]]) |
40 | * Music/FrankOcean (''Channel Orange''; ''Blonde'' also has a lot of this, but is generally [[GenreBusting way too fucking weird]] to fit) |
41 | * Music/OutKast (also hip-hop, but leaned extremely heavily towards neo soul circa ''Aquemini'' and has always had elements of the genre) |
42 | * Music/GenesisOwusu (GenreBusting example, but this fits well enough) |
43 | * Anderson .Paak |
44 | * [[Music/ATribeCalledQuest Q-Tip]] (''Kamaal/The Abstract'') |
45 | * Music/CorinneBaileyRae |
46 | * Music/TheRoots (their late '90s-early '00s records (particularly ''Things Fall Apart'') would see them experimenting more with jazz and soul music, making them apart of the genre) |
47 | * Music/RaphaelSaadiq |
48 | * Res |
49 | ** 2001 - ''Music/HowIDo'' |
50 | * Music/EmeliSande |
51 | * Music/JillScott |
52 | * Music/{{Seal}} |
53 | * Music/GuySebastian |
54 | * Music/{{serpentwithfeet}} |
55 | ** 2018 - ''Music/{{soil}}'' |
56 | * Music/MusiqSoulchild |
57 | * Music/AngieStone |
58 | * Music/JossStone |
59 | * Music/JazmineSullivan |
60 | * Music/MosesSumney (this combined with ClassicalMusic, {{Jazz}} and AlternativeRAndB) |
61 | * Music/THEESatisfaction |
62 | * Music/JustinTimberlake |
63 | ** 2013 - "Music/{{Mirrors|JustinTimberlake}}" |
64 | * Tony! Toni! Toné! (''House of Music'', their earlier material is new jack swing, though neo soul started creeping in around ''Sons of Soul''. Also see Raphael Saadiq.) |
65 | * Music/TylerTheCreator (''Flower Boy'' onward) |
66 | ** 2019 - ''Music/{{Igor}}'' |
67 | * Music/KaliUchis (a bit of a GenreBusting example, but this is probably a good label) |
68 | * Music/JackVidgen |
69 | * Music/AmyWinehouse |
70 | ** 2003 - ''Music/{{Frank|Album}}'' |
71 | ** 2006 - ''Music/BackToBlack'' |
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