Urban Music

Song Parade - Urban Music

The term urban music or urban contemporary was coined by New York DJ Frankie Crocker in the mid 1970s. Urban playlist is primarily a mix of hip hop, rap, contemporary R&B, and, sometimes, Caribbean music such as reggae, soca and reggaeton.

Although the term “urban contemporary” has become heavily associated with contemporary R&B, and is often used as a synonym to describe the genre which ic geared towards adult African-American audiences, and therefore, the artists that create this type of music are most often African-American themselves.

  • Top 10 Urban Songs

    1. Live Your Life (feat. Rihanna) - T.I.

    Live Your Life (feat. Rihanna) by T.I. from the album Paper Trail (Deluxe Version)

    2. Love Lockdown - Kanye West

    Love Lockdown by Kanye West from the album Love Lockdown - Single

    3. Heartless - Kanye West

    Heartless by Kanye West from the album Heartless - Single

    4. Whatever You Like - T.I.

    Whatever You Like by T.I. from the album Paper Trail (Deluxe Version)

    5. Live Your Life (feat. Rihanna) - T.I.

    Live Your Life (feat. Rihanna) by T.I. from the album Paper Trail (Deluxe Version)

    6. Mrs. Officer - Lil Wayne, Bobby Valentino & Kidd Kidd

    Mrs. Officer by Lil Wayne, Bobby Valentino & Kidd Kidd from the album Tha Carter III

    7. Krazy (feat. Lil Jon) - Pitbull

    Krazy (feat. Lil Jon) by Pitbull from the album Krazy (feat. Lil Jon) - Single

    8. Swing (feat. Soulja Boy Tell`em) - Savage & Soulja Boy Tell ‘Em

    Swing (feat. Soulja Boy Tell`em) by Savage & Soulja Boy Tell ‘Em from the album Swing (feat. Soulja Boy Tell`em) - Single

    9. Swagga Like Us (feat. Kanye West & Lil Wayne) - Jay-Z & T.I.

    Swagga Like Us (feat. Kanye West & Lil Wayne) by Jay-Z & T.I. from the album Swagga Like Us (feat. Kanye West & Lil Wayne) - Single

    10. Can’t Believe It (feat. Lil Wayne) - T-Pain

    Can’t Believe It (feat. Lil Wayne) by T-Pain from the album Can’t Believe It (feat. Lil Wayne) - Single

  • Top 10 Urban Albums

    1. DJ Khaled Presents Ace Hood Gutta - DJ Khaled Presents Ace Hood

    DJ Khaled Presents Ace Hood Gutta by DJ Khaled Presents Ace Hood

    2. Thr33 Ringz (Deluxe Version) - T-Pain

    Thr33 Ringz (Deluxe Version) by T-Pain

    3. Paper Trail (Deluxe Version) - T.I.

    Paper Trail (Deluxe Version) by T.I.

    4. The Renaissance - Q-Tip

    The Renaissance by Q-Tip

    5. Tha Carter III - Lil Wayne

    Tha Carter III by Lil Wayne

    6. The Alchemist’s Cookbook - EP - The Alchemist

    The Alchemist’s Cookbook - EP by The Alchemist

    7. The Recession (Bonus Track Version) - Young Jeezy

    The Recession (Bonus Track Version) by Young Jeezy

    8. Graduation - Kanye West

    Graduation by Kanye West

    9. Loved By Few Hated By Many (Bonus Track Version) - Lil’ Keke

    Loved By Few Hated By Many (Bonus Track Version) by Lil’ Keke

    10. Thr33 Ringz - T-Pain

    Thr33 Ringz by T-Pain

  • Top 10 Urban Artists

    Rihanna

    Talent and a dose of good luck got Barbados-born Rihanna signed to Def Jam when she was 16 years old. She was discovered by producer Evan Rogers, who was visiting Barbados in 2003, and went on to so impress Def Jam CEO Jay-Z that he grabbed her for a

    Chris Brown

    In 2005, a 16-year-old Chris Brown stormed the pop and R&B charts with his self-titled debut album (Number One R&B, Number Two Pop) and smash hit “Run It!” (Number One R&B, Number 1 Pop). The album presented trendy electronic production techniques an

    Mariah Carey

    Say what you may about her fashion sense or “diva-tude,” but there is no doubt that Mariah Carey defined 1990s urban pop music. Carey ruled the charts during the Clinton decade — her 1990 self-titled debut album alone spawned four No. 1 hit singles,

    Michael Jackson

    It doesn’t really matter if Michael Jackson bullied the world’s media into calling him the King of Pop in the early 1990s or if they just started using that sobriquet on their own. Either way, he earned it. Whether singing “I Want You Back” as the 11

    Van Morrison

    Part Celtic bard, part soulster, and part ecstatically scatting mystical visionary, Van Morrison is a painfully introverted figure who rarely gives interviews and is often at a loss to explain his own lyrics. In the studio, Van Morrison can sing like

    Usher

    By the time he entered puberty, Usher had a record deal and a gold album. By the time he graduated high school, he was one of the most visible artists in R&B. Armed with a smooth voice, Usher specializes in saccharine-sweet profusions of love and des

    Leona Lewis

    The age when televised talent contests were popular kingmakers has no better poster child than Leona Lewis, an English neo-soul singer and songwriter who won the third series of a British TV talent show called The X Factor and became a huge internati

    Stevie Wonder

    Groomed from an early age for Motown stardom, Stevie Wonder mastered that label’s distinctive fusion of pop and soul and then went on to compose far more idiosyncratic music &Number 8212; an ambitious hybrid of sophisticated Tin Pan Alley chord chang

    Alicia Keys

    Alicia Keys seemingly came out of nowhere in the summer of 2001, storming up the charts with her braids and heaping servings of soul. But Keys is no pre-fab diva; she’s been studying music since age five and began writing songs at age 14. She wrote (

    Pink

    If cultivating an iconoclast status is a career, then Pink is one serious go-getter. Since her 2000 debut, the husky-voiced singer has overhauled her sound several times, changed her hair color even more often, married motocross star Carey Hart and t

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Three Stabbed at 6th Annual Urban Music Awards in London - Urban Network

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'Bloodbath' at Urban Music Awards - Independent

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Nina Sky all set to light up Doha night - Gulf Times

Nina Sky all set to light up Doha nightGulf Times, Qatar - 5 hours agoSPECIAL guests Nina Sky will be performing at the launch of Global DJ’s new urban music night, USHEEK, at the Qube this evening. …

Dance Review | Urban Bush Women and Jant-Bi - New York Times

Dance Review | Urban Bush Women and Jant-BiNew York Times, United States - 4 hours ago… all-female troupe Urban Bush Women and the Senegalese male company Jant-Bi that opened at the Brooklyn Academy of Music on Wednesday night, arrives with …

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