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Gnarls Barkley

Contemporary R&B
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Gnarls Barkley is a Contemporary R&B and Electronic act. Their catalogue also touches Rap and Rhythm and blues. Their sound grew out of DANGERDOOM, Lewis Taylor, Res, Keith Mansfield and Natalie Jane. Those roots explain a lot about how Gnarls Barkley arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as CeeLo Green, Mark Ronson, Flea, OutKast and Nubiyan Twist, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Durand Bernarr, Tech N9ne, Daniela Andrade, Matt & Kim and Shayne Ward, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 55 connections around Gnarls Barkley, reaching back through DANGERDOOM and forward to Durand Bernarr. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Gnarls BarkleyDANGERDOOMLewis TaylorResKeith MansfieldNatalie JaneTonedeffSantanaGoodie MobDurand BernarrTech N9neDaniela AndradeMatt & KimShayne WardImani CoppolaBroken BellsThe RaconteursCeeLo GreenMark RonsonFleaOutKastNubiyan TwistTom MischArlo ParksTalib Kweli

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Gnarls Barkley connections

Gnarls Barkley grew out of DANGERDOOM, Lewis Taylor, Res and Keith Mansfield, shares an orbit with CeeLo Green, Mark Ronson, Flea and OutKast, went on to shape Durand Bernarr, Tech N9ne, Daniela Andrade and Matt & Kim. 55 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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