◇ image via WikipediaCraig David
Craig David is a House and Pop act. Their catalogue also touches Rhythm and blues. Their sound grew out of The Stylistics, Amerie, Re-Rewind, MNEK and JP Cooper. Those roots explain a lot about how Craig David arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Shola Ama, Joe, Ne-Yo, Boyz II Men and Omarion, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Janine, Kano, Tinchy Stryder, Rita Ora and Jay Sean, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 48 connections around Craig David, reaching back through The Stylistics and forward to Janine. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Craig David connections
Craig David grew out of The Stylistics, Amerie, Re-Rewind and MNEK, shares an orbit with Shola Ama, Joe, Ne-Yo and Boyz II Men, went on to shape Janine, Kano, Tinchy Stryder and Rita Ora. 48 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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