◇ image via WikipediaIllmatic
Illmatic is a Boom bap act. Their sound grew out of Eko Fresh, MC Serch, Large Professor, Main Source and Rakim. Those roots explain a lot about how Illmatic arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as D-Flame, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Wu-Tang Clan and Cassandra Steen, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 16 connections around Illmatic, reaching back through Eko Fresh and forward to Wu-Tang Clan. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Illmatic connections
Illmatic grew out of Eko Fresh, MC Serch, Large Professor and Main Source, shares an orbit with D-Flame, went on to shape Wu-Tang Clan and Cassandra Steen. 16 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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