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4 Non Blondes

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4 Non Blondes is a Rap act. Their sound grew out of Concrete Blonde, Led Zeppelin, The Carpenters, Van Halen and Interscope Records. Those roots explain a lot about how 4 Non Blondes arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Cranberries, Collective Soul, Crash Test Dummies, Hootie & The Blowfish and New Radicals, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Get the Party Started, Can't Take Me Home, Dolly Parton, Kelly Osbourne and Courtney Love, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 39 connections around 4 Non Blondes, reaching back through Concrete Blonde and forward to Get the Party Started. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
4 Non BlondesConcrete BlondeLed ZeppelinThe CarpentersVan HalenInterscope RecordsGet the Party StartedCan't Take Me HomeDolly PartonKelly OsbourneCourtney LoveGwen StefaniP!nkAlicia KeysThe CranberriesCollective SoulCrash Test DummiesHootie & The BlowfishNew RadicalsMeredith BrooksBetter Than EzraGin Blossoms

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4 Non Blondes connections

4 Non Blondes grew out of Concrete Blonde, Led Zeppelin, The Carpenters and Van Halen, shares an orbit with The Cranberries, Collective Soul, Crash Test Dummies and Hootie & The Blowfish, went on to shape Get the Party Started, Can't Take Me Home, Dolly Parton and Kelly Osbourne. 39 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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