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Alexander O'Neal

Funk
FunkHouseSynth-pop

Alexander O'Neal is a Funk and House act. Their catalogue also touches Synth-pop. Their sound grew out of Rose Royce, Otis Redding, Donny Hathaway, Shalamar and Tippa Irie. Those roots explain a lot about how Alexander O'Neal arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as S.O.S. Band, Loose Ends, Kashif, Shalamar and Jeffrey Osborne, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Toro y Moi and Junior Jack, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 31 connections around Alexander O'Neal, reaching back through Rose Royce and forward to Toro y Moi. 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
Alexander O'NealRose RoyceOtis ReddingDonny HathawayShalamarTippa IrieJimmy Jam and Terry …Toro y MoiJunior JackS.O.S. BandLoose EndsKashifShalamarJeffrey OsborneChangeHoward HewettRalph Tresvant

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Alexander O'Neal connections

Alexander O'Neal grew out of Rose Royce, Otis Redding, Donny Hathaway and Shalamar, shares an orbit with S.O.S. Band, Loose Ends, Kashif and Shalamar, went on to shape Toro y Moi and Junior Jack. 31 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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