◇ image via WikipediaBabyface
Babyface is a House and Rhythm and blues act. Their sound grew out of Bobby Brown, Leon Thomas III, Nathan East, Tamia and Jody Watley. Those roots explain a lot about how Babyface arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Toni Braxton, Boyz II Men, Ralph Tresvant, Brian McKnight and Joe, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into 98 Degrees, Whitney Houston, Boyz II Men, Madonna and Eric Clapton, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 64 connections around Babyface, reaching back through Bobby Brown and forward to 98 Degrees. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Babyface connections
Babyface grew out of Bobby Brown, Leon Thomas III, Nathan East and Tamia, shares an orbit with Toni Braxton, Boyz II Men, Ralph Tresvant and Brian McKnight, went on to shape 98 Degrees, Whitney Houston, Boyz II Men and Madonna. 64 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Who influenced Babyface
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