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FU-Schnickens is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Das EFX, Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Main Source, Tenor Saw and Check It Out. Those roots explain a lot about how FU-Schnickens arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Brand Nubian, Lords of the Underground, Smif-n-Wessun, Craig Mack and Shaquille O'Neal, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Wu-Tang Clan, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 34 connections around FU-Schnickens, reaching back through Das EFX and forward to Wu-Tang Clan. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Fu-Schnickens were an American hip-hop trio from 1988 to 1995, based in Brooklyn, New York.
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FU-Schnickens connections
FU-Schnickens grew out of Das EFX, Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Main Source and Tenor Saw, shares an orbit with Brand Nubian, Lords of the Underground, Smif-n-Wessun and Craig Mack, went on to shape Wu-Tang Clan. 34 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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