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Afrikan Boy

Afrobeat
Afrobeat

Afrikan Boy is a Afrobeat act. Their sound grew out of Noisettes and DJ Shadow. Those roots explain a lot about how Afrikan Boy arrange songs and choose their tones. Their influence carried into M.I.A., Rye Rye, DJ Shadow, Baaba Maal and Femi Kuti, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 9 connections around Afrikan Boy, reaching back through Noisettes and forward to M.I.A.. 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
Afrikan BoyNoisettesDJ ShadowM.I.A.Rye RyeDJ ShadowBaaba MaalFemi KutiDamon AlbarnFatoumata Diawara

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Afrikan Boy connections

Afrikan Boy grew out of Noisettes and DJ Shadow, went on to shape M.I.A., Rye Rye, DJ Shadow and Baaba Maal. 9 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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Roots2

Sounds and acts that shaped Afrikan Boy.

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