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Kurtis Blow

Hip hop
Hip hop

Kurtis Blow is a Hip hop act. Their sound grew out of Val Young, Trouble Funk, Goldie Boutilier, LL Cool J and Another One Bites the Dust. Those roots explain a lot about how Kurtis Blow arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Afrika Bambaataa, Boogie Down Productions, Eric B. & Rakim, Mantronix and Naughty By Nature, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Wyclef Jean, Remain in Light, Digital Underground, Fat Boys and Full Force, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 44 connections around Kurtis Blow, reaching back through Val Young and forward to Wyclef Jean. 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
Kurtis BlowVal YoungTrouble FunkGoldie BoutilierLL Cool JAnother One Bites th…Russell SimmonsWyclef JeanRemain in LightDigital UndergroundFat BoysFull ForceRussell SimmonsRené & AngelaRun–D.M.C.Afrika BambaataaBoogie Down Producti…Eric B. & RakimMantronixNaughty By NatureEPMDBiz MarkieHeavy D & The Boyz

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Kurtis Blow connections

Kurtis Blow grew out of Val Young, Trouble Funk, Goldie Boutilier and LL Cool J, shares an orbit with Afrika Bambaataa, Boogie Down Productions, Eric B. & Rakim and Mantronix, went on to shape Wyclef Jean, Remain in Light, Digital Underground and Fat Boys. 44 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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