◇ image via WikipediaDJ Kool Herc
DJ Kool Herc is a Hip hop act. Their sound grew out of James Brown, Jimmy Castor, Booker T. & the M.G.'s and Babe Ruth. Those roots explain a lot about how DJ Kool Herc arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as DJ Z-Trip and Original Flavor, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Afrika Bambaataa, Grandmaster Flash, The Sugarhill Gang, Mr. Green and The Chemical Brothers, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 13 connections around DJ Kool Herc, reaching back through James Brown and forward to Afrika Bambaataa. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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DJ Kool Herc connections
DJ Kool Herc grew out of James Brown, Jimmy Castor, Booker T. & the M.G.'s and Babe Ruth, shares an orbit with DJ Z-Trip and Original Flavor, went on to shape Afrika Bambaataa, Grandmaster Flash, The Sugarhill Gang and Mr. Green. 13 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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