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Mateo is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of James Brown, Freddie King and Charles Brown. Those roots explain a lot about how Mateo arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Omarion, Jaheim, LeToya, MNEK and Tyrese, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Alicia Keys, Khalid, Charlie Wilson, Rihanna and Jazmine Sullivan, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 27 connections around Mateo, reaching back through James Brown and forward to Alicia Keys. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Mateo connections
Mateo grew out of James Brown, Freddie King and Charles Brown, shares an orbit with Omarion, Jaheim, LeToya and MNEK, went on to shape Alicia Keys, Khalid, Charlie Wilson and Rihanna. 27 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Who influenced Mateo
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