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Low Rider is a Funk and Mariachi act. Their influence carried into Beastie Boys, Exodus, Korn, Barry White and Ummet Ozcan, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 6 connections around Low Rider and forward to Beastie Boys. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
"Low Rider" is a song written by American funk band War and record producer Jerry Goldstein, which appeared on their seventh studio album Why Can't We Be Friends?, released in June 1975. It reached number one on the Billboard R&B singles chart, peaked at number seven on the Hot 100 singles chart on November 29, 1975, number six in Canada, and number 12 in the UK. The song was also used in the Cheech & Chong movie Up in Smoke (1978), and appeared as track 3 of the associated original soundtrack album. It was later used in the Richard Linklater film Dazed and Confused (1993).
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Low Rider went on to shape Beastie Boys, Exodus, Korn and Barry White. 6 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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