◇ image via WikipediaGappy Ranks
Gappy Ranks is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Cutty Ranks, Lethal Bizzle and Freddie McGregor. Those roots explain a lot about how Gappy Ranks arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as I-Octane, Jah Vinci, Khago, Bugle and Da Professor, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Gyptian, Lady Chann, Twista, Delly Ranx and Collie Buddz, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 31 connections around Gappy Ranks, reaching back through Cutty Ranks and forward to Gyptian. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Jacob Lee Williams, better known as Gappy Ranks, is an English dancehall musician of Jamaican and Dominican descent, from Harlesden, London.
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Gappy Ranks connections
Gappy Ranks grew out of Cutty Ranks, Lethal Bizzle and Freddie McGregor, shares an orbit with I-Octane, Jah Vinci, Khago and Bugle, went on to shape Gyptian, Lady Chann, Twista and Delly Ranx. 31 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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