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Junior Reid

Reggae
Reggae

Junior Reid is a Reggae act. Their sound grew out of Hugh Mundell, Sugar Minott, Michael Rose, Cham and Tyrone Downie. Those roots explain a lot about how Junior Reid arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Leroy Smart, Garnett Silk, Tenor Saw, Half Pint and Jacob Miller, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Modern Vampires of the City, The Game, MIMS, Baby Cham and The Soup Dragons, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 61 connections around Junior Reid, reaching back through Hugh Mundell and forward to Modern Vampires of the City. 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
Junior ReidHugh MundellSugar MinottMichael RoseChamTyrone DownieLeroy SmartBlackoutSnowModern Vampires of t…The GameMIMSBaby ChamThe Soup DragonsVampire WeekendNinjamanMighty DiamondsLeroy SmartGarnett SilkTenor SawHalf PintJacob MillerDennis BrownLone RangerGregory Isaacs

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Junior Reid connections

Junior Reid grew out of Hugh Mundell, Sugar Minott, Michael Rose and Cham, shares an orbit with Leroy Smart, Garnett Silk, Tenor Saw and Half Pint, went on to shape Modern Vampires of the City, The Game, MIMS and Baby Cham. 61 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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