◇ image via WikipediaBlack Sheep
Black Sheep is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Show & A.G. and Salaam Remi. Those roots explain a lot about how Black Sheep arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as EPMD, Blackalicious, Jeru the Damaja, Jungle Brothers and Eric B. & Rakim, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into De La Soul, Hold Your Colour, Kidz in the Hall, Foreigner and Warrior, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 35 connections around Black Sheep, reaching back through Show & A.G. and forward to De La Soul. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Black Sheep connections
Black Sheep grew out of Show & A.G. and Salaam Remi, shares an orbit with EPMD, Blackalicious, Jeru the Damaja and Jungle Brothers, went on to shape De La Soul, Hold Your Colour, Kidz in the Hall and Foreigner. 35 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Who influenced Black Sheep
Sounds and acts that shaped Black Sheep.
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