◇ image via WikipediaErick Sermon
Erick Sermon is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Marvin Gaye, Killah Priest and Daniel Merriweather. Those roots explain a lot about how Erick Sermon arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Keith Murray, Def Squad, EPMD, The Beatnuts and Smif-n-Wessun, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Busta Rhymes, Redman, Keith Murray, Mike Skinner and A-F-R-O, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 37 connections around Erick Sermon, reaching back through Marvin Gaye and forward to Busta Rhymes. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Erick Sermon is an American rapper and producer. He is best known as one-third—alongside Parrish Smith & DJ Scratch—of 1980s/1990s hip hop group EPMD and for his production work.
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Erick Sermon connections
Erick Sermon grew out of Marvin Gaye, Killah Priest and Daniel Merriweather, shares an orbit with Keith Murray, Def Squad, EPMD and The Beatnuts, went on to shape Busta Rhymes, Redman, Keith Murray and Mike Skinner. 37 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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