◇ image via WikipediaMike Ladd
Mike Ladd is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Funkadelic, Minor Threat, King Tubby and El-P. Those roots explain a lot about how Mike Ladd arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Jurassic 5, Jungle Brothers, Talib Kweli, Del Tha Funkee Homosapien and Antipop Consortium, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Blue Sky Black Death, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 33 connections around Mike Ladd, reaching back through Funkadelic and forward to Blue Sky Black Death. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Mike Ladd is an American alternative hip-hop artist. Based in Paris, France, The Guardian once described him as "the king of the hip-hop concept."
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Mike Ladd connections
Mike Ladd grew out of Funkadelic, Minor Threat, King Tubby and El-P, shares an orbit with Jurassic 5, Jungle Brothers, Talib Kweli and Del Tha Funkee Homosapien, went on to shape Blue Sky Black Death. 33 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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