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Jeru the Damaja is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Gang Starr, Bob James, O.S.T.R., Peja and Chubb Rock. Those roots explain a lot about how Jeru the Damaja arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Gang Starr, Smif-n-Wessun, Brand Nubian, O.C. and Lords of the Underground, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Afu-Ra and Illmatic, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 42 connections around Jeru the Damaja, reaching back through Gang Starr and forward to Afu-Ra. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Kendrick Jeru Davis, known as Jeru the Damaja, is an American rapper and record producer. He is known for his 1993 single "Come Clean" from his debut album, The Sun Rises in the East, ranked as one of the 100 greatest hip-hop albums of all time by the editors of About.com. He has worked extensively with Guru and DJ Premier of Gang Starr, whom he has known since he was in high school.
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Jeru the Damaja connections
Jeru the Damaja grew out of Gang Starr, Bob James, O.S.T.R. and Peja, shares an orbit with Gang Starr, Smif-n-Wessun, Brand Nubian and O.C., went on to shape Afu-Ra and Illmatic. 42 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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