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Urban

The term urban means cities and towns as distinct from rural areas.

In terms of music, urban music and urban radio are synonymous with the contemporary musical genres hip hop and R&B, and the associate hip hop culture which originated in New York City and is popular in urban areas (in these contexts the term "black music" has sometimes been used, and urban serves as a race-neutral replacement).

See:

[1]VIBE.com

[2]Chocolate Magazine

[3]Every Urban Thing

[4]The Situation

List of urban topics

Papal name

"Urban" is also a common papal name, derived from the concept of urbanity.

01-04-2007 01:30:44
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