Query: SZA's music does not combine elements from different genres.

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Soul music <=SEP=> Soul music ( often referred to simply as soul ) is a popular music genre that originated in the United States in the late 1950s and early 1960s . It combines elements of African-American gospel music , rhythm and blues and jazz . Soul music became popular for dancing and listening in the United States , where record labels such as Motown , Atlantic and Stax were influential during the Civil Rights Movement . Soul also became popular around the world , directly influencing rock music and the music of Africa .   According to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame , soul is `` music that arose out of the black experience in America through the transmutation of gospel and rhythm & blues into a form of funky , secular testifying '' . Catchy rhythms , stressed by handclaps and extemporaneous body moves , are an important feature of soul music . Other characteristics are a call and response between the lead vocalist and the chorus and an especially tense vocal sound . The style also occasionally uses improvisational additions , twirls and auxiliary sounds . Soul music reflected the African-American identity and it stressed the importance of an African-American culture . The new-found African-American consciousness led to new styles of music , which boasted pride in being black .   Soul music dominated the U.S. R&B chart in the 1960s , and many recordings crossed over into the pop charts in the U.S. , Britain and elsewhere . By 1968 , the soul music genre had begun to splinter . Some soul artists developed funk music , while other singers and groups developed slicker , more sophisticated , and in some cases more politically conscious varieties . By the early 1970s , soul music had been influenced by psychedelic rock and other genres , leading to psychedelic soul . The United States saw the development of neo soul around 1994 . There are also several other subgenres and offshoots of soul music .   The key subgenres of soul include the Detroit ( Motown ) style , a rhythmic music influenced by gospel ; deep soul and southern soul , driving , energetic soul styles combining R&B with southern gospel music sounds ; Memphis soul , a shimmering , sultry style ; New Orleans soul , which came out of the rhythm and blues style ; Chicago soul , a lighter gospel-influenced sound ; Philadelphia soul , a lush orchestral sound with doo-wop-inspired vocals ; Psychedelic soul , a blend of psychedelic rock and soul music ; as well as categories such as Blue-eyed soul , which is soul music performed by white artists ; British soul ; and Northern soul , rare soul music played by DJs at nightclubs in Northern England .

Neo soul <=SEP=> Neo soul is a genre of popular music . The term was coined by music industry entrepreneur Kedar Massenburg during the late 1990s to market and describe a style of music that emerged from soul and contemporary R&B . Heavily based in soul music , neo soul is distinguished by a less conventional sound than its contemporary R&B counterpart , with incorporated elements ranging from jazz , funk , and hip hop to pop , fusion , and African music . It has been noted by music writers for its traditional R&B influences , conscious-driven lyrics , and strong female presence .   Neo soul developed during the 1980s and early 1990s , in the United States and United Kingdom , as a soul revival movement . It earned mainstream success during the 1990s , with the commercial and critical breakthroughs of several artists , including D'Angelo , Erykah Badu , Lauryn Hill , and Maxwell . Their music was marketed as an alternative to the producer-driven , digitally approached R&B of the time .   Since its initial mainstream popularity and impact on the sound of contemporary R&B , neo soul has been expanded and diversified musically through the works of both African-American and international artists . Its mainstream presence declined during the 2000s , although newer artists emerged through more independent means of marketing their music . According to music journalist Mark Anthony Neal , `` neo-soul and its various incarnations has helped to redefine the boundaries and contours of black pop . ''

Witch house (music genre) <=SEP=> Witch house ( also known as drag or haunted house ) is an occult-themed dark electronic music genre and visual aesthetic that emerged in the early 2010s . The music is heavily influenced by chopped and screwed hip-hop soundscapes , industrial and noise experimentation , and features use of synthesizers , drum machines , obscure samples , droning repetition and heavily altered , ethereal , indiscernible vocals .   The witch house visual aesthetic includes occult , witchcraft , shamanism , terror and horror-inspired artworks , collages and photographs as well as significant use of typographic elements such as Unicode symbols and hidden messages . Many works by witch house visual artists incorporate themes from horror films such as The Blair Witch Project , the television series Twin Peaks , and mainstream pop culture celebrities . Common typographic elements in artist and track names include triangles , crosses , and other Unicode symbols , which are seen by some as a method of keeping the scene underground and harder to search for on the Internet as well as references to the television series Twin Peaks and Charmed .

Chillwave <=SEP=> Chillwave ( originally called `` glo-fi '' or `` hypnagogic pop '' ; also `` dream-beat '' ) is a style of music characterized by a faded or dreamy retro pop sound , mellow vocals , a low-to-moderate tempo , escapist lyrics about the beach or summertime , psychedelic or lo-fi textures , effects processing ( reverb especially ) , vintage synthesizers , and other attempts to loosely emulate 1980s electronic pop aesthetics as well as engage with notions of memory and nostalgia . Sometimes regarded as a `` made-up '' genre , the movement 's vanguard was represented by Neon Indian , Washed Out , and Toro y Moi , who gained critical attention through what was termed the 2009 `` Summer of Chillwave '' .   Coinciding with the economic turmoil of the late 2000s and early 2010s recession , chillwave was one of the first music genres to develop by being linked and defined through various outlets on the Internet rather than geographic location . The style draws from elements in dream pop and shoegaze , as well as the work of artists such as Panda Bear , Animal Collective , and lo-fi musician Ariel Pink . The term `` hypnagogic pop '' was coined at virtually the same time as `` chillwave '' to describe similar artists . Other elements related to drug-induced mind states and idyllic summer fantasies were drawn from the Beach Boys ' Brian Wilson . Washed Out 's 2009 track `` Feel It All Around '' remains the genre 's definitive and best-known song .   The term `` chillwave '' , which originated from the satirical blog Hipster Runoff in 2009 , was ultimately criticized for being nebulous and contrived . Some artists rejected the tag , while hundreds of others exploited the style 's low-budget simplicity , one of the major reasons for its decline . Media coverage usually derided the genre 's name , its reliance on nostalgia , and the ubiquitous mention of `` the summer '' in its writings . After chillwave was the subject of much discourse on websites like Gorilla vs. Bear and Pitchfork , the movement dissipated , and the style effectively fell out of vogue . The Internet-based microgenre vaporwave would be inspired by chillwave .

Rhythm and blues <=SEP=> Rhythm and blues , often abbreviated as R&B or RnB , is a genre of popular African-American music that originated in the 1940s . The term was originally used by record companies to describe recordings marketed predominantly to urban African Americans , at a time when `` urbane , rocking , jazz based music with a heavy , insistent beat '' was becoming more popular .  In the commercial rhythm and blues music typical of the 1950s through the 1970s , the bands usually consisted of piano , one or two guitars , bass , drums , saxophone , and sometimes background vocalists . R&B lyrical themes often encapsulate the African-American experience of pain and the quest for freedom and joy . The lyrics in this genre of music focus heavily on the themes of triumphs and failures in terms of relationships , freedom , economics , aspirations , and sex .   The term rhythm and blues has undergone a number of shifts in meaning . In the early 1950s it was frequently applied to blues records . Starting in the mid-1950s , after this style of music contributed to the development of rock and roll , the term `` R&B '' became used to refer to music styles that developed from and incorporated electric blues , as well as gospel and soul music . In the 1960s , several British rock bands such as the Rolling Stones , The Who and The Animals were referred to and promoted as being RnB bands ; posters for The Who 's residency at the Marquee Club in 1964 contained the slogan , `` Maximum R&B '' . This tangent of RnB is now known as `` British rhythm and blues '' . By the 1970s , the term rhythm and blues changed again and was used as a blanket term for soul and funk . In the 1980s , a newer style of R&B developed , becoming known as `` Contemporary R&B '' . It combines elements of rhythm and blues , soul , funk , pop , hip hop and dance . Popular R&B vocalists at the end of the 20th century included Michael Jackson , R. Kelly , Stevie Wonder , Whitney Houston , and Mariah Carey .

Hip hop <=SEP=> Hip hop is a subculture and art movement developed by African-Americans and Latinos from the South Bronx in New York City during the late 1970s . While people unfamiliar with hip hop culture often use the expression `` hip hop '' to refer exclusively to hip hop music ( also called `` rap '' ) , hip hop is characterized by anywhere from four to nine distinct elements or expressive realms , of which hip hop music is only one element . DJ Afrika Bambaataa of the hip hop collective Zulu Nation outlined the pillars of hip hop culture , coining the terms : `` rapping '' ( also called MCing or emceeing ) , a rhythmic vocal rhyming style ( orality ) ; DJing ( and turntablism ) , which is making music with record players and DJ mixers ( aural/sound and music creation ) ; b-boying/b-girling/breakdancing ( movement/dance ) ; and graffiti art , which he called `` aerosol writin ' '' ( visual art ) . Other elements of the hip hop subculture and arts movement beyond the main four are : hip hop culture and historical knowledge of the movement ( intellectual/philosophical ) ; beatboxing , a percussive vocal style ; street entrepreneurship ; African-American language and slang ; and hip hop fashion and style , among others .   The South Bronx hip hop scene emerged in the 1970s from neighbourhood block parties thrown by the Ghetto Brothers , a Puerto Rican group that has been described as being a gang , a club , and a music group . Members of the scene plugged in the amplifiers for their instruments and PA speakers into the lampposts on 163rd Street and Prospect Avenue and used their live music events to break down racial barriers between African-Americans , Puerto Ricans and other ethnic groups . Jamaican immigrant DJ Kool Herc also played a key role in developing hip hop music . At 1520 Sedgwick Avenue , Herc mixed samples of existing records and DJed percussion `` breaks '' , mixing this music with his own Jamaican-style `` toasting '' ( a style of chanting and boastful talking over a microphone ) to rev up the crowd and dancers . Kool Herc is credited as the `` father '' of hip hop for developing the key DJ techniques that , along with rapping , founded the hip hop music style by creating rhythmic beats by looping `` breaks '' ( small portions of songs emphasizing a percussive pattern ) on two turntables . This was later accompanied by `` rapping '' or `` MCing '' , a rhythmic style of chanting or speaking poetry/lyrics , and beatboxing , a percussive vocal technique used to create beats to go along with an MC or rappers ' rhymes . An original form of dancing called breakdancing , which later became accompanied by popping , locking and other dance moves , which was done to the accompaniment of hip hop songs played on boom boxes and particular styles of hip hop dress and hair also developed .   Art historian Robert Farris Thompson describes the youth from the South Bronx in the early 1970s as `` English-speaking blacks from Barbados '' like Grandmaster Flash , `` black Jamaicans '' like DJ Kool Herc who introduced the rhythms from Salsa ( music ) , as well as Afro conga and bongo drums , as well as many who emulated the sounds of Tito Puente and Willie Colón . These youths mixed these influences with existing musical styles associated with African Americans prior to the 1970s , from jazz to funk . Hip hop music became popular outside of the African-American community in the late 1980s , with the mainstream commercial success of gangsta rap . Critic Greg Tate described the hip hop movement as `` the only avant-garde still around , still delivering -LSB- a -RSB- shock '' of newness to the wealthy bourgeoisie . Ronald Savage , known by the nickname Bee-Stinger , who was a former member of the Zulu Nation , carved the term `` Six elements of the Hip Hop Movement '' . The `` Six Elements of the Hip Hop Movement '' are : Consciousness Awareness , Civil Rights Awareness , Activism Awareness , Justice , Political Awareness , and Community Awareness in music . Ronald Savage is known as the Son of The Hip Hop Movement . Hip Is The Culture and Hop is The Movement   Hip hop culture has spread to both urban and suburban communities throughout the United States and subsequently the world . These elements were adapted and developed considerably , particularly as the art forms spread to new continents and merged with local styles in the 1990s and subsequent decades . Even as the movement continues to expand globally and explore myriad styles and art forms , including hip hop theater and hip hop film , the four foundational elements provide coherence and a strong foundation for hip hop culture . Hip hop is simultaneously a new and old phenomenon ; the importance of sampling tracks , beats and basslines from old records to the art form means that much of the culture has revolved around the idea of updating classic recordings , attitudes , and experiences for modern audiences . Sampling older culture and re-using it in a new context or a new format is called `` flipping '' in hip hop culture . Hip hop music follows in the footsteps of earlier African-American-rooted musical genres such as blues , jazz , rag-time , funk , and disco to become one of the most practiced genres worldwide . In the 2000s , with the rise of new media platforms and Web 2.0 , fans discovered and downloaded or streamed hip hop music through social networking sites ( SNS ) beginning with Myspace , as well as from websites like YouTube , Worldstarhiphop , SoundCloud , and Spotify .

SZA (singer) <=SEP=> Solána Rowe ( born November 8 , 1990 ) , better known by her stage name SZA ( -LSB- ˈsɪzə -RSB- ) , is an American singer-songwriter . She was born in St. Louis , Missouri , later relocating to Maplewood , New Jersey . In October 2012 , Rowe self-released an extended play ( EP ) titled See.SZA.Run , which she then followed up with her second EP , titled S , in October 2013 . In July 2013 , it was revealed that she had signed to the hip hop record label Top Dawg Entertainment , through which she released Z , her third EP and first retail release , in April 2014 .   SZA is a Neo Soul singer whose music is described as Alternative R&B , with elements of soul , hip hop , minimalist R&B , cloud rap , ethereal R&B , witch house and chillwave . Rowe 's lyrics are described as `` unravelling '' , that revolve around themes of sexuality , nostalgia , and abandonment . Rowe cites a variety of artists as influences including Billie Holiday , Red Hot Chili Peppers , Björk , Jamiroquai , and Wu-Tang Clan . SZA also takes influence from non-musical artists including gymnasts , ice skaters , painters , and filmmakers , including Spike Lee .