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Bobby Brown

Contemporary R&B
Contemporary R&BDance-popHip hop

Bobby Brown is a Contemporary R&B and Dance-pop act. Their catalogue also touches Hip hop and Rhythm and blues. Their sound grew out of James Brown, Babyface, Ja Rule, Glenn Medeiros and New Edition. Those roots explain a lot about how Bobby Brown arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Ralph Tresvant, Al B. Sure!, Keith Sweat, Bell Biv DeVoe and After 7, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Gym Class Heroes, Bell Biv DeVoe, Ralph Tresvant, Johnny Gill and The Spinners, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 68 connections around Bobby Brown, reaching back through James Brown and forward to Gym Class Heroes. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Bobby BrownJames BrownBabyfaceJa RuleGlenn MedeirosNew EditionShock GTeddy RileyVal YoungGym Class HeroesBell Biv DeVoeRalph TresvantJohnny GillThe SpinnersKeith SweatAvantEl DeBargeRalph TresvantAl B. Sure!Keith SweatBell Biv DeVoeAfter 7Color Me BaddBlackstreetPebbles

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Bobby Brown connections

Bobby Brown grew out of James Brown, Babyface, Ja Rule and Glenn Medeiros, shares an orbit with Ralph Tresvant, Al B. Sure!, Keith Sweat and Bell Biv DeVoe, went on to shape Gym Class Heroes, Bell Biv DeVoe, Ralph Tresvant and Johnny Gill. 68 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

Who influenced Bobby Brown

Roots18

Sounds and acts that shaped Bobby Brown.

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Kindred23

Artists and scenes sharing an orbit with Bobby Brown.

Bands Bobby Brown shaped

Legacy27

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