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K-Klass

K-Klass is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of 808 State. Those roots explain a lot about how K-Klass arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Original, Todd Terry, Bomb the Bass, Black Box and Phats & Small, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into M People, Rihanna, Bobby Brown, Janet Jackson and Luther Vandross, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 24 connections around K-Klass, reaching back through 808 State and forward to M People. 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
K-Klass808 StateM PeopleRihannaBobby BrownJanet JacksonLuther VandrossNew OrderThe CorrsWhitney HoustonThe OriginalTodd TerryBomb the BassBlack BoxPhats & SmallArmand van HeldenShapeshiftersJoe Smooth

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K-Klass connections

K-Klass grew out of 808 State, shares an orbit with The Original, Todd Terry, Bomb the Bass and Black Box, went on to shape M People, Rihanna, Bobby Brown and Janet Jackson. 24 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

Who influenced K-Klass

Roots1

Sounds and acts that shaped K-Klass.

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