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Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Mystikal, Agent Orange, Red Hot Chili Peppers and Beastie Boys. Those roots explain a lot about how Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Lil Scrappy, YoungBloodz, Ludacris, Yung Joc and Crime Mob, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Flo Rida, Ice Cube, Ying Yang Twins, Baby Bash and YoungBloodz, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 40 connections around Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz, reaching back through Mystikal and forward to Flo Rida. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Jonathan H. Smith, better known by his stage name Lil Jon, is an American rapper and record producer. Regarded as a progenitor of the club-oriented hip-hop subgenre crunk, his production and voice presence were instrumental in the genre's commercial breakthrough in the early 2000s. He was also the frontman of the group Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz, with whom he has released five albums.
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Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz connections
Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz grew out of Mystikal, Agent Orange, Red Hot Chili Peppers and Beastie Boys, shares an orbit with Lil Scrappy, YoungBloodz, Ludacris and Yung Joc, went on to shape Flo Rida, Ice Cube, Ying Yang Twins and Baby Bash. 40 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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