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Earl "Chinna" Smith

Reggae
Reggae

Earl "Chinna" Smith is a Reggae act. Their sound grew out of Dadawah, Ansel Collins, The Congos, Tyrone Downie and The Heptones. Those roots explain a lot about how Earl "Chinna" Smith arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as U Brown, Pablo Gad, The Itals, Mutabaruka and Tony Tuff, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Tyrone Downie, Kiddus I, Lauryn Hill, Amy Winehouse and Kamil Bednarek, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 34 connections around Earl "Chinna" Smith, reaching back through Dadawah and forward to Tyrone Downie. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Earl "Chinna" SmithDadawahAnsel CollinsThe CongosTyrone DownieThe HeptonesTyrone DownieKiddus ILauryn HillAmy WinehouseKamil BednarekBantuDavid ToopBob MarleyU BrownPablo GadThe ItalsMutabarukaTony TuffRockamovyaVin GordonTriston Palmer

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Earl "Chinna" Smith connections

Earl "Chinna" Smith grew out of Dadawah, Ansel Collins, The Congos and Tyrone Downie, shares an orbit with U Brown, Pablo Gad, The Itals and Mutabaruka, went on to shape Tyrone Downie, Kiddus I, Lauryn Hill and Amy Winehouse. 34 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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