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GZA/Genius is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of The Isley Brothers, The O'Jays, Secret Weapon, Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five and Babe Ruth. Those roots explain a lot about how GZA/Genius arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Ol' Dirty Bastard, Method Man, Mobb Deep, Inspectah Deck and Big L, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Method Man, 50 Cent, DJ Tomekk, Ghostface Killah and RZA, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 35 connections around GZA/Genius, reaching back through The Isley Brothers and forward to Method Man. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Gary Eldridge Grice, better known by his stage names GZA and the Genius, is an American rapper. A founding member of the hip-hop group Wu-Tang Clan, GZA is the group's "spiritual head", being both the first member in the group to receive a record deal and being the oldest member. He has appeared on his fellow Wu-Tang members' solo projects, and has maintained a successful solo career starting with his second album Liquid Swords (1995).
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GZA/Genius connections
GZA/Genius grew out of The Isley Brothers, The O'Jays, Secret Weapon and Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, shares an orbit with Ol' Dirty Bastard, Method Man, Mobb Deep and Inspectah Deck, went on to shape Method Man, 50 Cent, DJ Tomekk and Ghostface Killah. 35 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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