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Blaque

Blaque is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of TLC, Lil' Kim, 50 Cent, Missy Elliott and Linda Perry. Those roots explain a lot about how Blaque arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as 3LW, En Vogue, TLC, Destiny's Child and Aaliyah, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Mis-Teeq, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 28 connections around Blaque, reaching back through TLC and forward to Mis-Teeq. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

Blaque is an American girl group; they had songs chart from 1999 to 2004. Outside of the United States and Canada, they are known as Blaque Ivory. Their self-titled debut album Blaque sold more than 1 million copies and was certified Platinum. The group's debut included the platinum-selling lead single "808"; a second single, "I Do"; and the international pop hit "Bring It All to Me". In 1999, Billboard named Blaque the 4th Best New Artist of the year, with "Bring It All to Me" landing at number 30 on the 2000 Year End Chart. In 2002 and 2003, the group released three less successful singles, "Can't Get It Back", "Ugly", and "I'm Good", the latter appearing in the film Honey.

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BlaqueTLCLil' Kim50 CentMissy ElliottLinda PerryRodney JerkinsNellyB*WitchedMis-Teeq3LWEn VogueTLCDestiny's ChildAaliyahPaula DeAndaToni BraxtonMonifah

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Blaque connections

Blaque grew out of TLC, Lil' Kim, 50 Cent and Missy Elliott, shares an orbit with 3LW, En Vogue, TLC and Destiny's Child, went on to shape Mis-Teeq. 28 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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