Urban music, otherwise known as urban contemporary music emerged in New York City in the mid-1970s and is a style that incorporates the following genres of music: Hip Hop, rap, R & B, classic soul and even Caribbean and reggae music. The term urban music, and more specifically urban contemporary music has become synonymous with contemporary R & B over the years, even though the style describes a body of music that is more all-inclusive. Urban music stations often focus on popular music with R & B characteristics that include strong rhythms and rich vocal melodies and harmonies. Urban contemporary music and urban music has come to focus on the music released within the past five years and music that is the most popular among radio and music listeners. The urban music style has become attached to the Billboard Music charts and is more pop-centric than smaller genres that once made up the body of urban music, such as Hip Hop and soul.

Many producers and directors and other professionals looking to add urban music to their film and television soundtracks or the background music collection of youth-oriented businesses purchase their music for high fees from major music providers. Store owners and managers and other professionals can spend thousands of dollars per month just to satisfy copyright law and keep their collections up-to-date. Because urban music has become rooted in popular R & B music, individuals are often willing to pay high fees for pop music that everyone will recognize, but that does not necessarily give businesses and films the uniqueness they deserve. Royalty free music has become an important alternative for professionals across industries to popular music and that offered by major music providers. Royalty free urban music like that offered by RoyaltyFreeMusic.com features original tracks of royalty free music that can be incorporated into films and television programs as well as used as part of the music collections of boutiques and salons for young people. Royalty free music gives professionals with limited budgets or simply those looking for more original urban music the opportunity to grow large royalty free urban music collections with instrumental tracks of music at a fraction of the cost of other music providers. Innovative royalty free urban music tracks include synthesizer melodies, multi-tiered beats, guitar, bass and many other traditional R & B instruments working together to create original music that will fit seamlessly into film soundtracks or the background of stores and offices.

This page provides a comprehensive list of the royalty free music tracks that fall into the urban contemporary music category and can help direct professionals towards the perfect music for their distinctive projects. Royalty free urban music provides flexibility and richness that will add color to absolutely any endeavor.

Urban Albums

Beats    Brand New Stuff'06 vol.1    Brand New Stuff'06 vol.2    Club Mix    Dance Club    Digital Images    Electro Dance    Electronic Loops Vol. 2    Essential Agency Collection - 5 CDs    Essential Post Production Collection - 5 CDs    Fun Fresh & Funky    Hip Hop Nation    Hip-Hop / Urban    Industrial Shock    Media Essentials Kit - 5 CDs    Media Producer Kit - 10 CDs    Metamorphosis    Metamorphosis 2    News 6    Nu Skool Urban    Stingers Jazz, Groove, and Beats    Stingers Urban and Jazz    Trend Setters    Ultimate Agency Collection - 10 CDs    Ultimate Post Production Collection - 10 CDs    Urban Vision

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