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Always Be My Baby

Contemporary R&B
Contemporary R&B

Always Be My Baby is a Contemporary R&B act. Their sound grew out of Wu-Tang Clan and Xscape. Those roots explain a lot about how Always Be My Baby arrange songs and choose their tones. Their influence carried into Madonna and Whitney Houston, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 4 connections around Always Be My Baby, reaching back through Wu-Tang Clan and forward to Madonna. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

"Always Be My Baby" is a song by American singer-songwriter Mariah Carey from her fifth studio album, Daydream (1995). Written by Carey, Jermaine Dupri and Manuel Seal, and produced by Carey and Dupri, It was released by Columbia Records on February 20, 1996, as the album's third single in the United States and fourth single internationally. A midtempo pop and R&B ballad, "Always Be My Baby" describes the attachment the singer feels towards an estranged lover, while confidently asserting that they will eventually reunite. Described by critics as both a love song and a breakup song, its composition is characterized by piano keyboards, drums, acoustic guitars, and layered background vocals.

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Always Be My BabyWu-Tang ClanXscapeMadonnaWhitney Houston

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Always Be My Baby grew out of Wu-Tang Clan and Xscape, went on to shape Madonna and Whitney Houston. 4 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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