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Blade is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of The Herbaliser. Those roots explain a lot about how Blade arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Dynamite, Mongrel, 100 Demons, Earth Crisis and Disembodied, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Eminem and DJ Vadim, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 22 connections around Blade, reaching back through The Herbaliser and forward to Eminem. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Blade is a British rapper who started his hip-hop career during the early 1980s. He is widely recognized as being the first British rapper to have released a double album on a fully independent label, being the first hip-hop artist selling records on the streets direct to fans, and using the crowdfunding method before the term existed.
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Blade connections
Blade grew out of The Herbaliser, shares an orbit with Dynamite, Mongrel, 100 Demons and Earth Crisis, went on to shape Eminem and DJ Vadim. 22 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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