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J-Live is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of The Nextmen and DJ Nu-Mark. Those roots explain a lot about how J-Live arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as People Under the Stairs, Hieroglyphics, One Be Lo, Blackalicious and Large Professor, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Handsome Boy Modeling School, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 26 connections around J-Live, reaching back through The Nextmen and forward to Handsome Boy Modeling School. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Jean-Jacques Cadet, better known by his stage name J-Live, is an American rapper, DJ, and record producer.
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J-Live connections
J-Live grew out of The Nextmen and DJ Nu-Mark, shares an orbit with People Under the Stairs, Hieroglyphics, One Be Lo and Blackalicious, went on to shape Handsome Boy Modeling School. 26 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Artists similar to J-Live
Artists and scenes sharing an orbit with J-Live.
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- Pete Rockartist
- O.C.artist
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- The Beatnutsartist
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- Mr. Lifartist
- Ras Kassartist
- Zion Iartist
- Grand Pubaartist
- Company Flowartist
- Homeboy Sandmanartist
- Afu-Raartist
- DJ Jazzy Jeffartist
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