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IAM is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Dee Nasty, Stevie Wonder, Wu-Tang Clan, Inspectah Deck and Manau. Those roots explain a lot about how IAM arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Fonky Family, MC Solaar, 113, Doc Gynéco and Kery James, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Dangerously in Love, L'Algérino, Bigflo & Oli, Disiz and Sexion d'Assaut, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 28 connections around IAM, reaching back through Dee Nasty and forward to Dangerously in Love. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
IAM is a French hip hop group from Marseille. Formed in 1989, it comprises Akhenaton, Shurik'n, Khéops, Imhotep and Kephren. IAM has several meanings, including Invasion Arrivée de Mars. Another meaning is Imperial Asian Man, while AKH often refers to L'homme Impérial Asiatique.
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IAM connections
IAM grew out of Dee Nasty, Stevie Wonder, Wu-Tang Clan and Inspectah Deck, shares an orbit with Fonky Family, MC Solaar, 113 and Doc Gynéco, went on to shape Dangerously in Love, L'Algérino, Bigflo & Oli and Disiz. 28 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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