{{Short description|Music genre}} {{Infobox music genre | name = RnBass | stylistic_origins = {{hlist|Contemporary R&B|pop|ratchet music|hip hop|EDM|hyphy|trap}} | cultural_origins = Mid-2010s, San Francisco Bay Area, U.S. | instruments = {{hlist|Drum machine|drums|synthesizer}} }} '''RnBass''' (also spelled as '''R&Bass''', shortening of '''rhythm and bass''')<ref>{{Cite web|last=Stories|first=Local|title=Meet Jarred 'J Maine' Gazarian of RnBass in North Hollywood - Voyage LA Magazine|url=http://voyagela.com/interview/meet-jarred-j-maine-gazarian-rnbass/|access-date=2021-12-06|website=voyagela.com|language=en-US}}</ref> is a music genre that fuses contemporary R&B music with hip hop production style or music genre, known as ratchet music,<ref name="Pitchfork" /><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Ugwu |first=Reggie |date=2014-02-14 |title=DJ Mustard: How the Producer's 'Ratchet' Revolution Became the Sound of 2014 |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rb-hip-hop/dj-mustard-how-the-producers-ratchet-revolution-became-the-sound-5908369/ |access-date=2022-06-11 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref> coined by DJ Mustard.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ketchum III |first=William |date=2012-07-19 |title=Producer's Corner: DJ Mustard Explains The Ratchet Movement, The Weirdest Place He's Heard "Rack City" |url=https://hiphopdx.com/interviews/id.1931/title.producers-corner-dj-mustard-explains-the-ratchet-movement-the-weirdest-place-hes-heard-rack-city |access-date=2022-06-11 |website=HipHopDX}}</ref>
==Description== Described by ''Vibe'' magazine as a breath of fresh air for the R&B genre, RnBass consists of tonal singing, melodic harmonies, along with heavy 808's bass elements.<ref name="Vibe Magazine">{{cite web|last1=Robinson|first1=Jhaton|date=May 16, 2014|title=Producer J Maine Says He Wants To Change The Future Of R&B|url=http://www.vibe.com/2014/05/producer-j-maine-says-he-wants-change-future-rb/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160308080101/http://www.vibe.com/2014/05/producer-j-maine-says-he-wants-change-future-rb/|archive-date=March 8, 2016|website=Vibe}}</ref> There are also notable elements of EDM, with influences of 1990s–2000s music, as well as hyphy.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://activate.metroactive.com/2015/03/local-rbass-singer-molia-dropping-new-ep/|title=Local 'R&Bass' Singer, Molia, Dropping New EP |website=activate.metroactive.com|language=en-US|access-date=2017-02-14}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|title=Aisa - Notice Feat. Mickey Shiloh|url=https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/581393-aisa-notice-feat-mickey-shiloh-new-song|access-date=2017-02-14}}</ref> Coined by Bay Area producer J Maine,<ref>{{Cite web|last=Arnaud|first=Jourdan|date=2018-07-03|title=Q&A with RnBass Creator J Maine and Independent Artist Maurice Moore|url=https://www.lafilm.edu/blog/qa-with-rnbass/|access-date=2020-06-28|website=The Los Angeles Film School|language=en-US}}</ref> the RnBass musical style has garnered critical attention since the early-to-mid 2010s and has been popularized with urban audiences across America by Los Angeles producer DJ Mustard, by mixing pop music elements of ratchet with turn-up lyrics.<ref name="Pitchfork">{{cite web|last1=Turner|first1=David|date=October 14, 2014|title=Can I Take You to the Bay with Me?: An Intro to RnBass|url=https://pitchfork.com/thepitch/523-can-i-take-you-to-the-bay-with-me-an-intro-to-rnbass/|website=Pitchfork|accessdate=6 Dec 2021}}</ref> Despite originating in the West Coast, namely the Bay Area, RnBass producers and artists across the globe continue to develop R&B with the modern RnBass genre.
== Influence == YouTube producers like Starra and Skylark Beats have been heavily pushing the genre online with their various remixes, tutorials and RnBass instrumentals. Also, its cross-genre influence has spread into the mainstream.{{cn|date=March 2023}}
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Category:Contemporary R&B genres