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black music

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Noun1.black music - music created by African-American musiciansblack music - music created by African-American musicians; early forms were songs that had a melodic line and a strong rhythmic beat with repeated choruses
blues - a type of folksong that originated among Black Americans at the beginning of the 20th century; has a melancholy sound from repeated use of blue notes
soul - a secular form of gospel that was a major Black musical genre in the 1960s and 1970s; "soul was politically significant during the Civil Rights movement"
rap music, hip-hop, rap - genre of African-American music of the 1980s and 1990s in which rhyming lyrics are chanted to a musical accompaniment; several forms of rap have emerged
R and B, rhythm and blues - a combination of blues and jazz that was developed in the United States by Black musicians; an important precursor of rock 'n' roll
music genre, musical genre, musical style, genre - an expressive style of music


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To the black music of his roots -- soul, disco and the Motown funk of the Jackson Five -- the "King of Pop" added the white ingredients of pop and rock, fusing them to conquer audience with a brand new sound.
To the black music of his roots -- soul, disco and the Motown funk of the Jackson Five -- the "King of Pop" added the white ingredients of pop and rock, fusing them to conquer audience with a brand new sound.
 
 
 
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