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Bugzy Malone is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Dizzee Rascal, Wiley, Skepta and Rag'n'Bone Man. Those roots explain a lot about how Bugzy Malone arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as AJ Tracey, Stormzy, Hardy Caprio, Dave and Ocean Wisdom, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Chip, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 21 connections around Bugzy Malone, reaching back through Dizzee Rascal and forward to Chip. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Aaron Daniel Davies, known professionally as Bugzy Malone, is a British rapper and actor from Manchester, England. Malone has been described as one of the key artists instigating a "grime revival" moving the UK urban scene away from more commercially oriented music, and the first artist in the grime genre from Manchester to commercially succeed in the UK.
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Bugzy Malone connections
Bugzy Malone grew out of Dizzee Rascal, Wiley, Skepta and Rag'n'Bone Man, shares an orbit with AJ Tracey, Stormzy, Hardy Caprio and Dave, went on to shape Chip. 21 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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