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INI

INI is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of JO1, Pete Rock and Large Professor. Those roots explain a lot about how INI arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Pete Rock, Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth, Slum Village, People Under the Stairs and Dilated Peoples, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into WANIMA, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 24 connections around INI, reaching back through JO1 and forward to WANIMA. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

INI is a Japanese boy band formed through the reality competition show Produce 101 Japan 2. The group is composed of eleven members: Masaya Kimura, Hiromu Takatsuka, Shogo Tajima, Kyosuke Fujimaki, Takumi Ozaki, Hiroto Nishi, Jin Matsuda, Fengfan Xu, Rihito Ikezaki, Yudai Sano and Takeru Goto. Like the winners of the first season of Produce 101 Japan, INI is intended to be a permanent group. The group is managed by Lapone Entertainment, a joint company between Yoshimoto Kogyo and CJ ENM.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
INIJO1Pete RockLarge ProfessorWANIMAPete RockPete Rock & C.L. Smo…Slum VillagePeople Under the Sta…Dilated PeoplesThe PharcydeSmif-n-WessunJ-Live

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INI connections

INI grew out of JO1, Pete Rock and Large Professor, shares an orbit with Pete Rock, Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth, Slum Village and People Under the Stairs, went on to shape WANIMA. 24 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

Who influenced INI

Roots3

Sounds and acts that shaped INI.

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Artists and scenes sharing an orbit with INI.

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Legacy1

Where the influence of INI travelled next.

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