said "If you can describe it, it ain't funky". However, we can tell you how it all began. So pull out your notebooks class, we goin' back to the REAL "old-school".
With a blend of tribal and gospel music, the "soul and blues" movement began. Soul and blues grew and out of the two genres, along with Jazz, rhythm & blues and urban music were created. These music genres are the political and social voice of inner city lower and middle class citizens. African-American citizens pioneered the culture of these music genres.