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Mix Master Mike

Mix Master Mike is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Fela Kuti, Frank Zappa and Herbie Hancock. Those roots explain a lot about how Mix Master Mike arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Cut Chemist, Peanut Butter Wolf, D-Styles, DJ Jazzy Jeff and Dan the Automator, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Transplants, Cypress Hill, Lil Wayne, DJ QBert and Ozzy Osbourne, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 35 connections around Mix Master Mike, reaching back through Fela Kuti and forward to Transplants. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Mix Master MikeFela KutiFrank ZappaHerbie HancockTransplantsCypress HillLil WayneDJ QBertOzzy OsbourneTommy LeeRob ZombieJoss StoneCut ChemistPeanut Butter WolfD-StylesDJ Jazzy JeffDan the AutomatorBeastie BoysPublic EnemyScapegoat Wax

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Mix Master Mike connections

Mix Master Mike grew out of Fela Kuti, Frank Zappa and Herbie Hancock, shares an orbit with Cut Chemist, Peanut Butter Wolf, D-Styles and DJ Jazzy Jeff, went on to shape Transplants, Cypress Hill, Lil Wayne and DJ QBert. 35 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

Who influenced Mix Master Mike

Roots3

Sounds and acts that shaped Mix Master Mike.

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Legacy14

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