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In my head, rap and R&B are two separate things.
Rap is more based on the rhythm/rhyming of the words, so if there was no instrumentation/music behind it, you could still hear a 'full sound'. There doesn't need to be a hard structure to rap since it is based on the speech of the rapper (I've heard multiple rappers riff of the same 'theme' and they all approach it differently, I especially like it when they make random 'noises' with their mouth, not beat boxing, but something similar, as a space filler to get back to a certain point in the rhythm/rhyme).
R&B is something that I feel is a more 'complete' version of what a music piece is usually defined as. It usually has a theme/story of some type. Has a set chorus/verse/bridge/verse/chorus structure and majority of the time has instrumentation in the background.
Do I enjoy listening to them both? Yes. Which one do I enjoy more screaming while having a good time? Rap. Preferred music genre: opera.
I think everyone's taste is different, which allows so many different types of music/interpretation of what is considered 'good'.
Also, just on the subject of non-vocal vs. vocal, what about nonsense words? One of my favorite pieces of music doesn't involve any 'real' words and I think it's pretty legit:
Rap is more based on the rhythm/rhyming of the words, so if there was no instrumentation/music behind it, you could still hear a 'full sound'. There doesn't need to be a hard structure to rap since it is based on the speech of the rapper (I've heard multiple rappers riff of the same 'theme' and they all approach it differently, I especially like it when they make random 'noises' with their mouth, not beat boxing, but something similar, as a space filler to get back to a certain point in the rhythm/rhyme).
R&B is something that I feel is a more 'complete' version of what a music piece is usually defined as. It usually has a theme/story of some type. Has a set chorus/verse/bridge/verse/chorus structure and majority of the time has instrumentation in the background.
Do I enjoy listening to them both? Yes. Which one do I enjoy more screaming while having a good time? Rap. Preferred music genre: opera.
I think everyone's taste is different, which allows so many different types of music/interpretation of what is considered 'good'.
Also, just on the subject of non-vocal vs. vocal, what about nonsense words? One of my favorite pieces of music doesn't involve any 'real' words and I think it's pretty legit: