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Macy Gray

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HouseRhythm and blues

Macy Gray is a House and Rhythm and blues act. Their sound grew out of Austin Brown, Elephunk, Roy Hargrove, Arrested Development and Teedra Moses. Those roots explain a lot about how Macy Gray arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as India.Arie, En Vogue, Emeli Sandé, Mary J. Blige and CeeLo Green, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Nile Rodgers, Roy Hargrove, Femi Kuti, Zucchero and Jeff Beck, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 69 connections around Macy Gray, reaching back through Austin Brown and forward to Nile Rodgers. 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
Macy GrayAustin BrownElephunkRoy HargroveArrested DevelopmentTeedra MosesKid Creole & The Coc…AWOLNATION88-KeysNile RodgersRoy HargroveFemi KutiZuccheroJeff BeckQueen LatifahLil' KimMarcus MillerIndia.ArieEn VogueEmeli SandéMary J. BligeCeeLo GreenSheryl CrowAnnie LennoxToni Braxton

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Macy Gray grew out of Austin Brown, Elephunk, Roy Hargrove and Arrested Development, shares an orbit with India.Arie, En Vogue, Emeli Sandé and Mary J. Blige, went on to shape Nile Rodgers, Roy Hargrove, Femi Kuti and Zucchero. 69 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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