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Akinyele is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Lord Finesse, Large Professor and Main Source. Those roots explain a lot about how Akinyele arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Beatnuts, Jeru the Damaja, Main Source, 3rd Bass and M.O.P., sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into N.Y. State of Mind and Funkoars, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 28 connections around Akinyele, reaching back through Lord Finesse and forward to N.Y. State of Mind. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Akinyele connections
Akinyele grew out of Lord Finesse, Large Professor and Main Source, shares an orbit with The Beatnuts, Jeru the Damaja, Main Source and 3rd Bass, went on to shape N.Y. State of Mind and Funkoars. 28 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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