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D4L

D4L is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Dem Franchize Boyz and New Edition. Those roots explain a lot about how D4L arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Crime Mob, Dem Franchize Boyz, Yung Joc, Trillville and Shop Boyz, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Shawty Lo, Ghostface Killah, 50 Cent, Twista and Dem Franchize Boyz, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 33 connections around D4L, reaching back through Dem Franchize Boyz and forward to Shawty Lo. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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D4LDem Franchize BoyzNew EditionShawty LoGhostface Killah50 CentTwistaDem Franchize BoyzBusta RhymesCrime MobDem Franchize BoyzYung JocTrillvilleShop BoyzYoungBloodzShawty LoGorilla Zoe

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D4L connections

D4L grew out of Dem Franchize Boyz and New Edition, shares an orbit with Crime Mob, Dem Franchize Boyz, Yung Joc and Trillville, went on to shape Shawty Lo, Ghostface Killah, 50 Cent and Twista. 33 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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