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J Dilla

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J Dilla is a Hip hop and House act. Their sound grew out of Q-Tip, A Tribe Called Quest, Janet Jackson, The Pharcyde and De La Soul. Those roots explain a lot about how J Dilla arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Slum Village, Jay Dee, Pete Rock, Knxwledge and Madvillain, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Jim-E Stack, The Roots, De La Soul, Bilal and Ghostface Killah, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 130 connections around J Dilla, reaching back through Q-Tip and forward to Jim-E Stack. 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
J DillaQ-TipA Tribe Called QuestJanet JacksonThe PharcydeDe La SoulBusta RhymesRaphael SaadiqTony! Toni! Toné!Jim-E StackThe RootsDe La SoulBilalGhostface KillahMF DOOMDresRootsSlum VillageJay DeePete RockKnxwledgeMadvillainMF DOOMA Tribe Called QuestFlying Lotus

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J Dilla connections

J Dilla grew out of Q-Tip, A Tribe Called Quest, Janet Jackson and The Pharcyde, shares an orbit with Slum Village, Jay Dee, Pete Rock and Knxwledge, went on to shape Jim-E Stack, The Roots, De La Soul and Bilal. 130 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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