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Looking 4 Myself is a House act. Their sound grew out of Empire of the Sun, Billy Joel, The Notorious B.I.G., Bruno Mars and André 3000. Those roots explain a lot about how Looking 4 Myself arrange songs and choose their tones. Their influence carried into Chris Brown and Michael Jackson, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 7 connections around Looking 4 Myself, reaching back through Empire of the Sun and forward to Chris Brown. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Looking 4 Myself is the seventh studio album by American singer Usher. Released on June 8, 2012, by RCA Records, it is his first album for RCA after the October 2011 merger of the Jive Records group that also included his label, LaFace Records; which resulted in both labels being consolidated into the RCA label group. Many producers worked on the songs, and the album features appearances from Luke Steele and ASAP Rocky. Inspired by the electronic duo Empire of the Sun and listening to music originating from several locations, Usher intended the album to contain a more experimental sound, that remained relevant to the music of its time. Defined as "revolutionary pop" by the singer, critics noted that Looking 4 Myself is a dance-pop and R&B album that incorporates the genres pop, hip hop, electronic, Europop, and dubstep. Critic Barry Walters has noted how elements of some of its R&B songs were inspired by the emerging alternative R&B genre.
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Looking 4 Myself grew out of Empire of the Sun, Billy Joel, The Notorious B.I.G. and Bruno Mars, went on to shape Chris Brown and Michael Jackson. 7 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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