Music genre akin to rhythm and blues (4)

I believe the answer is:

soul

(Other definitions for soul that I've seen before include "Individual; type of music" , "The immaterial part of a person" , "Deep feeling - music genre" , "Essential part" , "1 down" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times.

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