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Dilated Peoples

Dilated Peoples is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Looptroop Rockers, Questlove, Everlast, The Alchemist and Little Brother. Those roots explain a lot about how Dilated Peoples arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Talib Kweli, Afu-Ra, Brother Ali, Hieroglyphics and Jedi Mind Tricks, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into DJ Vadim, Epik High, Cor Veleno, Tha Alkaholiks and The Alchemist, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 42 connections around Dilated Peoples, reaching back through Looptroop Rockers and forward to DJ Vadim. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

Dilated Peoples is an American Los Angeles-based hip-hop trio, composed of rapper and record producer Evidence, rapper Rakaa, and Beat Junkies deejay and record producer DJ Babu. The group is better known in the UK, where they reached the Top 40 of the UK Singles Chart with two tracks, "This Way" and "Worst Comes to Worst". Their songs were featured in the 2003 video games Need for Speed: Underground and NBA Street Vol. 2, as well as MLB 06: The Show.

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Dilated PeoplesLooptroop RockersQuestloveEverlastThe AlchemistLittle BrotherJ RoccAsha PuthliMobb DeepDJ VadimEpik HighCor VelenoTha AlkaholiksThe AlchemistDraphtTalib KweliAfu-RaBrother AliHieroglyphicsJedi Mind TricksZion ISwollen MembersJeru the Damaja

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Dilated Peoples connections

Dilated Peoples grew out of Looptroop Rockers, Questlove, Everlast and The Alchemist, shares an orbit with Talib Kweli, Afu-Ra, Brother Ali and Hieroglyphics, went on to shape DJ Vadim, Epik High, Cor Veleno and Tha Alkaholiks. 42 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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