◇ image via WikipediaDJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince
DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince is a Disco and Funk act. Their catalogue also touches Hip hop and Rhythm and blues. Their sound grew out of Beastie Boys, Boogie Down Productions, Tone-Lōc, Young M.C. and Ice-T. Those roots explain a lot about how DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Will Smith, MC Hammer, Naughty By Nature, Kris Kross and Heavy D & The Boyz, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into People Under the Stairs, JAY-Z, Christopher Williams and Irv Gotti, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 49 connections around DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince, reaching back through Beastie Boys and forward to People Under the Stairs. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince connections
DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince grew out of Beastie Boys, Boogie Down Productions, Tone-Lōc and Young M.C., shares an orbit with Will Smith, MC Hammer, Naughty By Nature and Kris Kross, went on to shape People Under the Stairs, JAY-Z, Christopher Williams and Irv Gotti. 49 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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