◇ image via WikipediaBig Pun
Big Pun is a Boom bap act. Their sound grew out of Brenda Russell, Tony Sunshine, Kool G Rap, Main Source and Show & A.G.. Those roots explain a lot about how Big Pun arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Big L, Mobb Deep, Kool G Rap, DMX and Method Man, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into The Beatnuts, Snow Tha Product, A$AP Twelvyy, Dave East and Nitty Scott, MC, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 44 connections around Big Pun, reaching back through Brenda Russell and forward to The Beatnuts. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Big Pun connections
Big Pun grew out of Brenda Russell, Tony Sunshine, Kool G Rap and Main Source, shares an orbit with Big L, Mobb Deep, Kool G Rap and DMX, went on to shape The Beatnuts, Snow Tha Product, A$AP Twelvyy and Dave East. 44 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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