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Easy Star All-Stars

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Reggae

Easy Star All-Stars is a Reggae act. Their sound grew out of Janelle Monáe, 10 Ft. Ganja Plant, Alchemist, Dreadzone and Morgan Heritage. Those roots explain a lot about how Easy Star All-Stars arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Dub Syndicate, Junior Murvin, Prince Jammy, Linton Kwesi Johnson and Fat Freddy's Drop, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into The Elovaters, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 44 connections around Easy Star All-Stars, reaching back through Janelle Monáe and forward to The Elovaters. 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
Easy Star All-StarsJanelle Monáe10 Ft. Ganja PlantAlchemistDreadzoneMorgan HeritageJason MrazKelly ClarksonSteel PulseThe ElovatersDub SyndicateJunior MurvinPrince JammyLinton Kwesi JohnsonFat Freddy's DropToots and the MaytalsLittle RoyMax Romeo

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Easy Star All-Stars connections

Easy Star All-Stars grew out of Janelle Monáe, 10 Ft. Ganja Plant, Alchemist and Dreadzone, shares an orbit with Dub Syndicate, Junior Murvin, Prince Jammy and Linton Kwesi Johnson, went on to shape The Elovaters. 44 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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