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Memphis Bleek

Hip hop
Hip hop

Memphis Bleek is a Hip hop act. Their sound grew out of P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing), Zion, Carl Thomas, Don Blackman and JAY-Z. Those roots explain a lot about how Memphis Bleek arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Freeway, JAY-Z, Jadakiss, Juelz Santana and The Lox, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Rihanna, Chris Brown, Fabolous, Swizz Beatz and DAMN., where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 39 connections around Memphis Bleek, reaching back through P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing) and forward to Rihanna. 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
Memphis BleekP.Y.T. (Pretty Young…ZionCarl ThomasDon BlackmanJAY-ZJuelz SantanaRihannaChris BrownFabolousSwizz BeatzDAMN.Missy ElliottBenny the ButcherSmoke DZAFreewayJAY-ZJadakissJuelz SantanaThe LoxRuff RydersFabolousShyne

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Memphis Bleek connections

Memphis Bleek grew out of P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing), Zion, Carl Thomas and Don Blackman, shares an orbit with Freeway, JAY-Z, Jadakiss and Juelz Santana, went on to shape Rihanna, Chris Brown, Fabolous and Swizz Beatz. 39 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

Who influenced Memphis Bleek

Roots6

Sounds and acts that shaped Memphis Bleek.

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Kindred24

Artists and scenes sharing an orbit with Memphis Bleek.

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Legacy9

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