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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/rap, contemporary R&B, and, on occasion, Caribbean music such as reggae and reggaeton. Urban contemporary was developed through the characteristics of genres such as R&B and Soul. Read more…|Edit this Artist photo: Colby O'Donis ft. Akon

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Tuesday 11 September 2012
The Vibrators
PopsConcert 		The Uptown Nightclub
Oakland, San Francisco, United States
37.80861 -122.269533

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