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C-Block is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Eric B. & Rakim, Garcia, Snap! and C+C Music Factory. Those roots explain a lot about how C-Block arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as SASH!, Ice MC, Mr. President, Culture Beat and E-Rotic, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Nana and Down Low, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 21 connections around C-Block, reaching back through Eric B. & Rakim and forward to Nana. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
C-Block were a German hip-hop group, founded in 1995 by German music producers Frank Müller and Jörg Wagner. The group has been fronted by American rapper/singer Anthony "Red Dogg" Joseph and James "Mr.P" White.
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C-Block connections
C-Block grew out of Eric B. & Rakim, Garcia, Snap! and C+C Music Factory, shares an orbit with SASH!, Ice MC, Mr. President and Culture Beat, went on to shape Nana and Down Low. 21 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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