◇ image via WikipediaDon Blackman
Don Blackman is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Lenny White, Weldon Irvine, Parliament-Funkadelic, Earth Wind and Fire and Roy Ayers. Those roots explain a lot about how Don Blackman arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Leon Ware, The Jones Girls, Pleasure, Sylvia Striplin and Brenda Russell, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Memphis Bleek, Snoop Dogg, JAY-Z and Master P, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 37 connections around Don Blackman, reaching back through Lenny White and forward to Memphis Bleek. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Don Blackman connections
Don Blackman grew out of Lenny White, Weldon Irvine, Parliament-Funkadelic and Earth Wind and Fire, shares an orbit with Leon Ware, The Jones Girls, Pleasure and Sylvia Striplin, went on to shape Memphis Bleek, Snoop Dogg, JAY-Z and Master P. 37 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Who influenced Don Blackman
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- Weldon Irvineartist
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- Jean Carnartist
- Roy Ayers Ubiquityartist
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