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Cities Aviv is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Jay Dee, 8Ball & MJG, Black Moon, James Brown and Throbbing Gristle. Those roots explain a lot about how Cities Aviv arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Devon Hendryx, Lil Ugly Mane, Navy Blue, JPEGMAFIA and Mach-Hommy, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Beach Fossils, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 29 connections around Cities Aviv, reaching back through Jay Dee and forward to Beach Fossils. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Wilbert Gavin Mays, better known by his stage name Cities Aviv, is an American rapper and record producer from Memphis, Tennessee. He is also the founder of the independent record label Total Works
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Cities Aviv connections
Cities Aviv grew out of Jay Dee, 8Ball & MJG, Black Moon and James Brown, shares an orbit with Devon Hendryx, Lil Ugly Mane, Navy Blue and JPEGMAFIA, went on to shape Beach Fossils. 29 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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