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Boogie Down Productions is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Prince Paul, Ali Shaheed Muhammad, MC Lyte, Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five and Melle Mel. Those roots explain a lot about how Boogie Down Productions arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as EPMD, Eric B. & Rakim, Brand Nubian, 3rd Bass and Ultramagnetic MC's, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into dead prez, Doug E. Fresh, Just-Ice, Heavy D and Biz Markie, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 61 connections around Boogie Down Productions, reaching back through Prince Paul and forward to dead prez. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Boogie Down Productions (BDP) was an American hip-hop group formed in the Bronx, New York City, in 1986. It originally consisted of KRS-One, D-Nice, and DJ Scott La Rock. DJ Scott La Rock was murdered on August 27, 1987. The name of the group, Boogie Down, derives from a nickname for the South Bronx.
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Boogie Down Productions connections
Boogie Down Productions grew out of Prince Paul, Ali Shaheed Muhammad, MC Lyte and Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, shares an orbit with EPMD, Eric B. & Rakim, Brand Nubian and 3rd Bass, went on to shape dead prez, Doug E. Fresh, Just-Ice and Heavy D. 61 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Who influenced Boogie Down Productions
Sounds and acts that shaped Boogie Down Productions.
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