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Donell Jones is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Audio Two, Stevie Wonder, Mystic, P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing) and Omawumi. Those roots explain a lot about how Donell Jones arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Joe, Case, Jagged Edge, Musiq and Tyrese, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Britney Spears, David Banner, Jacquees, Jon B. and Usher, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 32 connections around Donell Jones, reaching back through Audio Two and forward to Britney Spears. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Donell Jones is an American R&B singer, songwriter, and record producer from Chicago, Illinois. He met record producer Eddie F in the mid-1990s and signed with his record label Untouchables Entertainment, beginning his career as a songwriter for its parent label, LaFace Records. He signed with the label as a recording artist to release his debut studio album, My Heart (1996), which was met with lukewarm commercial reception despite yielding his first Billboard Hot 100 entries with its singles "In the Hood", and his cover of Stevie Wonder's "Knocks Me Off My Feet."
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Donell Jones grew out of Audio Two, Stevie Wonder, Mystic and P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing), shares an orbit with Joe, Case, Jagged Edge and Musiq, went on to shape Britney Spears, David Banner, Jacquees and Jon B.. 32 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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