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Hip hop soul (or rap soul) is sub-genre of contemporary R&B which fuses R&B neo soul and dance elements with hip hop. The term did not originate until the promotion for Mary J. Blige’s debut album What’s the 411? in 1992 when Uptown Records proclaimed her to be the Queen of Hip Hop Soul and generally describes a style of music that blends soulful R&B singing and raw hip hop production.
