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Doug E. Fresh is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of The Five Stairsteps, Dallas Austin, Boogie Down Productions, Keni Burke and Stetsasonic. Those roots explain a lot about how Doug E. Fresh arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Chubb Rock, Fat Boys, Boogie Down Productions, Kid 'N Play and EPMD, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Zap Mama, Rock DJ, Living Colour, Mystikal and Black Rob, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 55 connections around Doug E. Fresh, reaching back through The Five Stairsteps and forward to Zap Mama. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Douglas Davis, known professionally as Doug E. Fresh, is a Barbadian-born American rapper, record producer, and beatboxer, also known as the "Human Beat Box". The pioneer of 20th-century American beatboxing, Fresh is able to accurately imitate drum machines and various special effects using only his mouth, lips, gums, throat, tongue and a microphone.
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Doug E. Fresh connections
Doug E. Fresh grew out of The Five Stairsteps, Dallas Austin, Boogie Down Productions and Keni Burke, shares an orbit with Chubb Rock, Fat Boys, Boogie Down Productions and Kid 'N Play, went on to shape Zap Mama, Rock DJ, Living Colour and Mystikal. 55 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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