- Amel Larrieux
- Angie Stone
- Blackstreet
- Chantay Savage
- Chrisette Michele
- Coolio
- Digital Underground
- E.U.
- Frankie Smith
- Full Flava feat Donna Gardier
- Grand Master Flash
- India Irie
- Jill Scott
- K-7
- Kelly Price
- Lauryn Hill
- Ready For The World
- Syleena Johnson
- Urban Mystic
- Vanity 6
- Yolanda Adams
- Young M C
Urban MIDI Files
Urban contemporary is a music radio format. The term was coined by the late New York DJ Frankie Crocker in the mid-1970s. Urban contemporary radio stations feature a playlist made up entirely of hip hop, R&B, electronic dance music such as dubstep and drum and bass (often with hip hop vocalists or rappers), and Caribbean music such as reggae, reggaeton, zouk, bouyon, and sometimes Soca (In Toronto, London, New York City, Boston and Miami). Urban contemporary was developed through the characteristics of genres such as R&B and soul. Virtually all Urban contemporary formatted radio stations are located in cities that have sizeable African-American populations, such as New York City, Atlanta, Chicago, Washington, D.C., Philadelphia, Detroit, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, Baltimore, Memphis, Boston, New Orleans, Oklahoma City, and Charlotte.
The term “urban contemporary” is heavily associated with African-American music, particularly for Contemporary R&B in African-American contexts. For the Latinos, the music is more Latin urban, such as Reggaeton, Latin hip hop, or bachata. Their playlists are dominated by singles by top-selling hip hop and R&B performers. On occasion, an urban contemporary station will play classic soul songs from the ’70s and early ’80s to satisfy the earlier end of the genre.
This excerpt is from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_music