S: (n) rap, rap music, hip-hop (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)
S: (n) disco, disco music (popular dance music (especially in the late 1970s); melodic with a regular bass beat; intended mainly for dancing at discotheques)
S: (n) macumba (popular dance music of Brazil; derived from the practices of the macumba religious cult)
S: (n) pop music, pop (music of general appeal to teenagers; a bland watered-down version of rock'n'roll with more rhythm and harmony and an emphasis on romantic love)
S: (n) folk music, ethnic music, folk (the traditional and typically anonymous music that is an expression of the life of people in a community)
S: (n) jazz (a genre of popular music that originated in New Orleans around 1900 and developed through increasingly complex styles)
S: (n) rap, rap music, hip-hop (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)
S: (n) rhythm and blues, R and B (a combination of blues and jazz that was developed in the United States by Black musicians; an important precursor of rock 'n' roll)
S: (n) rockabilly (a fusion of black music and country music that was popular in the 1950s; sometimes described as blues with a country beat)
S: (n) reggae (popular music originating in the West Indies; repetitive bass riffs and regular chords played on the off beat by a guitar)
S: (n) skiffle (a style of popular music in the 1950s; based on American folk music and played on guitars and improvised percussion instruments)
S: (n) black music, African-American music (music created by African-American musicians; early forms were songs that had a melodic line and a strong rhythmic beat with repeated choruses)
S: (n) 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)
S: (n) 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"
S: (n) rap, rap music, hip-hop (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)
S: (n) rhythm and blues, R and B (a combination of blues and jazz that was developed in the United States by Black musicians; an important precursor of rock 'n' roll)