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Babyface

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HouseRhythm and blues

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 After 7, Toni Braxton, Keith Sweat, Boyz II Men and Ralph Tresvant, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into 98 Degrees, TLC, Usher, Toni Braxton and Az Yet, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 70 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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BabyfaceBobby BrownLeon Thomas IIINathan EastTamiaJody WatleyManchildLeon ThomasRobbie Nevil98 DegreesTLCUsherToni BraxtonAz YetJon B.Whitney HoustonBoyz II MenAfter 7Toni BraxtonKeith SweatBoyz II MenRalph TresvantDru HillBrian McKnightJoe

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Babyface connections

Babyface grew out of Bobby Brown, Leon Thomas III, Nathan East and Tamia, shares an orbit with After 7, Toni Braxton, Keith Sweat and Boyz II Men, went on to shape 98 Degrees, TLC, Usher and Toni Braxton. 70 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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