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Alternative R&B (often shortened to alt‑R&B or dubbed PBR&B) is a stylistic offshoot of contemporary R&B that fuses soul and hip hop vocal traditions with experimental electronic production and indie aesthetics.

Contemporary R&B is a popular music genre that evolved from rhythm and blues and soul in the late 1970s, largely among African‑American musicians. It blends traditional R&B vocal stylings with elements of pop, funk, hip hop, and electronic music.

Electronic is a broad umbrella genre defined by the primary use of electronically generated or electronically processed sound. It encompasses music made with synthesizers, drum machines, samplers, computers, and studio/tape techniques, as well as electroacoustic manipulation of recorded or…