R& B's full name is rhythm &; Blues, generally translated as "Rhythm Complaint Song". In a broad sense, R&; B can be regarded as "black pop music", which originated from the Blues music of black people and is the basis of the current westward pop and rock. Billboard magazine once defined R&: B is all black music, except Jazz and Blues, which can be classified as R&; B, visible R&; How extensive the scope of B is. HipHop and Rap, which are very popular in black music circles in recent years, both originated from R&; B, and at the R& time save a lot of r&; Component B.

r&b; The birth of b) can be traced back to the mid-194s, when the early R&; B is called Jumpblues.

JumpBlues has absorbed the rhythm of jazz musical instrument (Horn-drivenlineup) and Swing music, and also combined Blues basic overlapping singing (Riff) and string performance, which has become a brand-new musical form. It can also be said that JumpBlues is a combination of RhythmJazz and Blues.

Rap is a word in black slang, which is equivalent to "talking" and comes from poor black areas in new york. It is characterized by telling a series of rhyming poems quickly under the background of mechanical rhythm. One of the sources of this form is a fast, rhyming jargon language used by radio program hosts in the past to introduce records. Lepp's lyrics are humorous, witty and often sarcastic, which was especially popular among blacks in the 198s. The most representative band is "Public Enemy". Lepp is sometimes called "hip－hop". In fact, the meaning of Heep-Hope is wider, which refers to various elements of street culture in new york at that time. In addition to Lepp, there are also: (Lepp often uses) moving the records on the turntable of the phonograph back and forth by hand, making a rhythmic scratching sound; The DJ can't hear the technique of interruption when switching records and splicing music segments. Break dancing and so on.