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M People

Dance-pop
Dance-pop

M People is a Dance-pop act. Their sound grew out of A Certain Ratio, K-Klass, Dennis Edwards, Madness and Simply Red. Those roots explain a lot about how M People arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Lisa Stansfield, Wet Wet Wet, Adamski, Black Box and Ce Ce Peniston, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Alison Limerick, Joey Negro and Sting, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 27 connections around M People, reaching back through A Certain Ratio and forward to Alison Limerick. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
M PeopleA Certain RatioK-KlassDennis EdwardsMadnessSimply RedThe Doobie BrothersStatus QuoWill YoungAlison LimerickJoey NegroStingLisa StansfieldWet Wet WetAdamskiBlack BoxCe Ce PenistonWhigfieldWill YoungBelinda Carlisle

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M People connections

M People grew out of A Certain Ratio, K-Klass, Dennis Edwards and Madness, shares an orbit with Lisa Stansfield, Wet Wet Wet, Adamski and Black Box, went on to shape Alison Limerick, Joey Negro and Sting. 27 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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