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Big Boi

Funk
Funk

Big Boi is a Funk act. Their sound grew out of Kate Bush, LunchMoney Lewis, Sleepy Brown, YoungBloodz and Dreamers. Those roots explain a lot about how Big Boi arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Ludacris, OutKast, Big K.R.I.T., Talib Kweli and Young Jeezy, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Field Mob, CeeLo Green, Dangerously in Love, Yelawolf and Mind of Mine, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 43 connections around Big Boi, reaching back through Kate Bush and forward to Field Mob. 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
Big BoiKate BushLunchMoney LewisSleepy BrownYoungBloodzDreamersDee-1Missy ElliottWavvesField MobCeeLo GreenDangerously in LoveYelawolfMind of MineKiller MikeIsaiah RashadLudacrisOutKastBig K.R.I.T.Talib KweliYoung JeezyBun BTrick DaddyCurren$y

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Big Boi connections

Big Boi grew out of Kate Bush, LunchMoney Lewis, Sleepy Brown and YoungBloodz, shares an orbit with Ludacris, OutKast, Big K.R.I.T. and Talib Kweli, went on to shape Field Mob, CeeLo Green, Dangerously in Love and Yelawolf. 43 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

Who influenced Big Boi

Roots14

Sounds and acts that shaped Big Boi.

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Kindred22

Artists and scenes sharing an orbit with Big Boi.

Bands Big Boi shaped

Legacy7

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