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 | | New jack swing had its synthesizer-heavy rhythm tracks replaced by grittier East Coast hip hop-inspired backing tracks, resulting in a genre labeled hip hop soul by Sean "Puffy" Combs, producer for Mary J. Blige. |
 | | During the later part of the decade, neo soul, which added a 1970s soul music influence to the hip hop soul blend, arose, led by artists such as D'Angelo, Lauryn Hill, and Maxwell. |
 | | As of 2005, the most prominent RandB artists include Usher, Amerie, CoCo Lee, Beyoncé (formerly of Destiny's Child), and Mariah Carey, whose music often blurs the line between contemporary RandB and pop. |
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