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Jon B. is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Bootsy's Rubber Band, Coko, Lauryn Hill, Erykah Badu and D'Angelo. Those roots explain a lot about how Jon B. arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Donell Jones, Case, Jodeci, Tyrese and SWV, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into After 7, Toni Braxton, Michael Jackson, Color Me Badd and Tank, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 35 connections around Jon B., reaching back through Bootsy's Rubber Band and forward to After 7. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Jon B. connections
Jon B. grew out of Bootsy's Rubber Band, Coko, Lauryn Hill and Erykah Badu, shares an orbit with Donell Jones, Case, Jodeci and Tyrese, went on to shape After 7, Toni Braxton, Michael Jackson and Color Me Badd. 35 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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