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Geto Boys is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Willie Tee, Syl Johnson and N.W.A. Those roots explain a lot about how Geto Boys arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Ice Cube, Boogie Down Productions, EPMD, Compton's Most Wanted and Too $hort, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into OutKast, JAY-Z, Lil Wayne, Rick Ross and Young Jeezy, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 48 connections around Geto Boys, reaching back through Willie Tee and forward to OutKast. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Geto Boys connections
Geto Boys grew out of Willie Tee, Syl Johnson and N.W.A, shares an orbit with Ice Cube, Boogie Down Productions, EPMD and Compton's Most Wanted, went on to shape OutKast, JAY-Z, Lil Wayne and Rick Ross. 48 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Who influenced Geto Boys
Sounds and acts that shaped Geto Boys.
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Artists and scenes sharing an orbit with Geto Boys.
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Bands Geto Boys shaped
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