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C-Block is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Garcia, Snap!, C+C Music Factory and Eric B. & Rakim. 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 Nana, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Down Low and Nana, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 26 connections around C-Block, reaching back through Garcia and forward to Down Low. 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 Garcia, Snap!, C+C Music Factory and Eric B. & Rakim, shares an orbit with SASH!, Ice MC, Mr. President and Culture Beat, went on to shape Down Low and Nana. 26 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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