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I Look to You is a Contemporary R&B act. Their sound grew out of Leon Russell. Those roots explain a lot about how I Look to You arrange songs and choose their tones. Their influence carried into Janet Jackson, Kanye West, LL Cool J, Miley Cyrus and JAY-Z, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 8 connections around I Look to You, reaching back through Leon Russell and forward to Janet Jackson. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
I Look to You is the seventh and final studio album by American singer Whitney Houston. It was first released on August 28, 2009, through Sony Music in Europe, then August 31, 2009 with Arista Records in the United States before being released by RCA Records in the United Kingdom on October 19, 2009.
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I Look to You connections
I Look to You grew out of Leon Russell, went on to shape Janet Jackson, Kanye West, LL Cool J and Miley Cyrus. 8 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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