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Creators based in the Philippines working within the R&B tradition draw from a long, rich legacy of engagement with the genre, one that stretches back decades of circulation of rhythm and blues and soul recordings across Southeast Asia, and the parallel growth of local creative communities that reimagined those global lineages to fit the unique cultural contexts of the archipelago. This lineage has produced a distinct body of Philippine R&B that feels both firmly rooted in the core principles that have defined R&B across the world, and entirely its own, shaped by the communal values, creative exchange, and artistic experimentation that have defined music scenes in the country’s major creative hubs for generations.
