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Common Market

Common Market is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Zion I, Common, Blue Scholars, Gang Starr and Guru. Those roots explain a lot about how Common Market arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Brother Ali, Heiruspecs, Eyedea & Abilities, Atmosphere and Deca, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Blake Lewis, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 38 connections around Common Market, reaching back through Zion I and forward to Blake Lewis. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

Common Market is an American hip hop duo based in Seattle, Washington, active from 2005 through 2009 and from 2019 to present. Both members, DJ/Producer Sabzi and MC RA Scion, had been active hip hop artists in the Pacific Northwest for three years before they combined their talents in 2005 to form Common Market. Together they have released two albums, three EPs, and have gone on several tours.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Common MarketZion ICommonBlue ScholarsGang StarrGuruThe CoupGhostface KillahKRS-OneBlake LewisBrother AliHeiruspecsEyedea & AbilitiesAtmosphereDecaDoomtreeJ-LiveSweatshop Union

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Common Market grew out of Zion I, Common, Blue Scholars and Gang Starr, shares an orbit with Brother Ali, Heiruspecs, Eyedea & Abilities and Atmosphere, went on to shape Blake Lewis. 38 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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