◇ image via WikipediaLisa Lisa & Cult Jam
Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam is an act on the Starverb influence map. They run in the same orbit as Exposé, Mary Jane Girls, Paula Abdul, Will to Power and Club Nouveau, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Nina Sky, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 13 connections around Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam and forward to Nina Sky. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam were a United States urban contemporary band and one of the first freestyle music groups to emerge from New York City in the 1980s. Cult Jam consisted of vocalist Lisa Lisa, born Lisa Velez, guitarist/bassist Alex "Spanador" Moseley, and drummer/keyboardist Mike Hughes. They were assembled and initially produced by Full Force.
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Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam shares an orbit with Exposé, Mary Jane Girls, Paula Abdul and Will to Power, went on to shape Nina Sky. 13 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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