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Color Me Badd

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HouseRhythm and blues

Color Me Badd is a House and Rhythm and blues act. Their sound grew out of Christopher Williams, New Kids on the Block, Sam Cooke, The Temptations and Four Tops. Those roots explain a lot about how Color Me Badd arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as En Vogue, Shai, Paula Abdul, Boyz II Men and Jon B., sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Shai, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 32 connections around Color Me Badd, reaching back through Christopher Williams and forward to Shai. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Color Me BaddChristopher WilliamsNew Kids on the BlockSam CookeThe TemptationsFour TopsBell Biv DeVoeKeith SweatJon B.ShaiEn VogueShaiPaula AbdulBoyz II MenJon B.Al B. Sure!Heavy D & The BoyzPebbles

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Color Me Badd connections

Color Me Badd grew out of Christopher Williams, New Kids on the Block, Sam Cooke and The Temptations, shares an orbit with En Vogue, Shai, Paula Abdul and Boyz II Men, went on to shape Shai. 32 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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