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Ini Kamoze

Dancehall
DancehallReggae

Ini Kamoze is a Dancehall and Reggae act. Their sound grew out of Wilson Pickett, Taana Gardner, Sly Dunbar, Chris Kenner and Fats Domino. Those roots explain a lot about how Ini Kamoze arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Wailing Souls, The Viceroys, Alborosie, Martin Campbell and Gregory Isaacs, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Stooshe, Nicky Jam, Damian Marley, Anthony B and Welcome to Jamrock, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 36 connections around Ini Kamoze, reaching back through Wilson Pickett and forward to Stooshe. 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
Ini KamozeWilson PickettTaana GardnerSly DunbarChris KennerFats DominoDiana KingSalaam RemiStoosheNicky JamDamian MarleyAnthony BWelcome to JamrockProtojeDoin' TimeWailing SoulsThe ViceroysAlborosieMartin CampbellGregory IsaacsSister NancySteel PulseDennis Brown

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Ini Kamoze grew out of Wilson Pickett, Taana Gardner, Sly Dunbar and Chris Kenner, shares an orbit with Wailing Souls, The Viceroys, Alborosie and Martin Campbell, went on to shape Stooshe, Nicky Jam, Damian Marley and Anthony B. 36 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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