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MC Shan is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Boogie Down Productions, Marley Marl, LL Cool J and KRS-One. Those roots explain a lot about how MC Shan arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Schoolly D, Boogie Down Productions, EPMD, Chubb Rock and Ultramagnetic MC's, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Sum 41, Cormega, Nature, Snow and Kool G Rap, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 38 connections around MC Shan, reaching back through Boogie Down Productions and forward to Sum 41. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Shawn Moltke, better known by his stage name MC Shan, is an American rapper, singer and record producer from the Queensbridge section of Queens, New York City. Beginning his career in the early-1980s, He is best known for his 1986 single "The Bridge," which was produced by Marley Marl and entered the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.
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MC Shan connections
MC Shan grew out of Boogie Down Productions, Marley Marl, LL Cool J and KRS-One, shares an orbit with Schoolly D, Boogie Down Productions, EPMD and Chubb Rock, went on to shape Sum 41, Cormega, Nature and Snow. 38 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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