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B.U.G. Mafia is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Nicoleta Matei and N.W.A. Those roots explain a lot about how B.U.G. Mafia arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Spike, Guess Who and Doc, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into M&G and Parazitii, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 7 connections around B.U.G. Mafia, reaching back through Nicoleta Matei and forward to M&G. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
B.U.G. Mafia, is a Romanian hip hop group from Pantelimon, Bucharest, widely regarded as one of the seminal acts of gangsta rap in Romania. Founded in 1993 as Black Underground, its original lineup consisted of Vlad "Tataee" Irimia, Dragoș "Caddy" Vlad-Neagu and two other members, D.D. and Mr.Nobody, who, by the end of the year, had already departed from the group. Irimia and Vlad-Neagu, who were still teenage high school students at the time, had been working on amateur solo recordings and had little professional prospects on their own prior to their encounter. The group initially performed as a duo throughout Bucharest at local highschool proms and parties while considering their options for professional careers in music and, following a string of relatively unsuccessful attempts at promoting their music in English, they recruited Alin "Uzzi" Demeter in 1995 and eventually transitioned to writing in Romanian.
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B.U.G. Mafia connections
B.U.G. Mafia grew out of Nicoleta Matei and N.W.A, shares an orbit with Spike, Guess Who and Doc, went on to shape M&G and Parazitii. 7 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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