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urban contemporary

urban contemporary noun: a category of music including hip-hop, R&B, and other primarily African-American genres.

Noun

urban contemporary (uncountable)

  1. A category of music including hip-hop, R&B, and other primarily African-American genres.

Origin of urban contemporary

Coined by the late New York DJ Frankie Crocker in the mid-1970s.

Questions about urban contemporary

What does urban contemporary mean?
Urban contemporary means a category of music including hip-hop, R&B, and other primarily African-American genres.
What part of speech is urban contemporary?
Urban contemporary is a noun.

Words near urban contemporary in the dictionary

  1. urban blights
  2. urban boarding
  3. urban boulevard
  4. urban boulevards
  5. urban canyon
  6. urban contemporary
  7. Urban Cowboy
  8. Urban Cowboys
  9. urban crawl
  10. urban death
  11. urban decay

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