◇ image via WikipediaGrandmaster Flash
Grandmaster Flash is a Funk and Hip hop act. Their sound grew out of Cymande, Chic, dälek, Downsyde and DJ Kool Herc. Those roots explain a lot about how Grandmaster Flash arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Eric B. & Rakim, Afrika Bambaataa, Boogie Down Productions, Public Enemy and Ultramagnetic MC's, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into West End Girls, Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, Midnight Juggernauts, DJ Premier and DJ Yella, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 53 connections around Grandmaster Flash, reaching back through Cymande and forward to West End Girls. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Grandmaster Flash connections
Grandmaster Flash grew out of Cymande, Chic, dälek and Downsyde, shares an orbit with Eric B. & Rakim, Afrika Bambaataa, Boogie Down Productions and Public Enemy, went on to shape West End Girls, Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, Midnight Juggernauts and DJ Premier. 53 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Who influenced Grandmaster Flash
Sounds and acts that shaped Grandmaster Flash.
Artists similar to Grandmaster Flash
Artists and scenes sharing an orbit with Grandmaster Flash.
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Bands Grandmaster Flash shaped
Where the influence of Grandmaster Flash travelled next.
- West End Girlsartist
- Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Fiveartist
- Midnight Juggernautsartist
- DJ Premierartist
- DJ Yellaartist
- May7venartist
- Tony Touchartist
- Liquid Liquidartist
- Princess Superstarartist
- DJ Cassidyartist
- DJ Tonkaartist
- Prince Paulartist
- Parazitiiartist
- Mantronixartist
- DJ Tomekkartist
- Positive Kartist
- Doug E. Freshartist
- DJ Kay Slayartist
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