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Hotline Bling

Contemporary R&B
Contemporary R&B

Hotline Bling is a Contemporary R&B act. Their sound grew out of DRAM, Timmy Thomas, Sean Paul, The Police and Kendrick Lamar. Those roots explain a lot about how Hotline Bling arrange songs and choose their tones. Their influence carried into Justin Bieber, Keyshia Cole, Lil Wayne, Erykah Badu and Billie Eilish, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 11 connections around Hotline Bling, reaching back through DRAM and forward to Justin Bieber. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Hotline BlingDRAMTimmy ThomasSean PaulThe PoliceKendrick LamarJustin BieberKeyshia ColeLil WayneErykah BaduBillie EilishSufjan Stevens

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Hotline Bling connections

Hotline Bling grew out of DRAM, Timmy Thomas, Sean Paul and The Police, went on to shape Justin Bieber, Keyshia Cole, Lil Wayne and Erykah Badu. 11 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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