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Little Brother is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of 9th Wonder, The Foreign Exchange, Teddy Pendergrass, TRI.BE and Public Enemy. Those roots explain a lot about how Little Brother arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Phonte, Slum Village, Blu & Exile, Talib Kweli and Pete Rock, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Kanye West, Evidence, Dilated Peoples, The Foreign Exchange and Nicolay, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 45 connections around Little Brother, reaching back through 9th Wonder and forward to Kanye West. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Little Brother was an American hip-hop duo from Durham, North Carolina, that consists of rappers Phonte and Big Pooh. DJ and producer 9th Wonder was an original member of the group but departed in 2007. The group has produced five acclaimed studio albums and six mixtapes. Little Brother is highly regarded among hip-hop fans and critics.
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Little Brother connections
Little Brother grew out of 9th Wonder, The Foreign Exchange, Teddy Pendergrass and TRI.BE, shares an orbit with Phonte, Slum Village, Blu & Exile and Talib Kweli, went on to shape Kanye West, Evidence, Dilated Peoples and The Foreign Exchange. 45 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Who influenced Little Brother
Sounds and acts that shaped Little Brother.
Artists similar to Little Brother
Artists and scenes sharing an orbit with Little Brother.
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- Slum Villageartist
- Blu & Exileartist
- Talib Kweliartist
- Pete Rockartist
- Q-Tipartist
- 9th Wonderartist
- Bluartist
- Pete Rock & C.L. Smoothartist
- Fashawnartist
- Dilated Peoplesartist
- Curren$yartist
- Big K.R.I.T.artist
- Your Old Droogartist
- People Under the Stairsartist
- Rapsodyartist
- Large Professorartist
- Jay Electronicaartist
- The Pharcydeartist
Bands Little Brother shaped
Where the influence of Little Brother travelled next.
- Kanye Westartist
- Evidenceartist
- Dilated Peoplesartist
- The Foreign Exchangeartist
- Nicolayartist
- Kendrick Lamarartist
- Waleartist
- Destiny's Childartist
- Sean Priceartist
- Rapsodyartist
- Jean Graeartist
- Mursartist
- Buckshotartist
- Nasartist
- Boot Camp Clikartist
- Isaiah Rashadartist
- JAY-Zartist
- Consequenceartist
- Young Jeezyartist
- Lil Wayneartist
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