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Boogie Down Productions is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Ali Shaheed Muhammad, MC Lyte, Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, Melle Mel and Jocelyn Brown. 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, 3rd Bass, Ultramagnetic MC's and Jungle Brothers, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Roxanne Shanté, London Posse, A Tribe Called Quest, DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince and Wait Your Turn, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 53 connections around Boogie Down Productions, reaching back through Ali Shaheed Muhammad and forward to Roxanne Shanté. 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 Ali Shaheed Muhammad, MC Lyte, Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five and Melle Mel, shares an orbit with EPMD, Eric B. & Rakim, 3rd Bass and Ultramagnetic MC's, went on to shape Roxanne Shanté, London Posse, A Tribe Called Quest and DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince. 53 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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