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Ms. Lauryn Hill

Ms. Lauryn Hill is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Curtis Mayfield, Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin, Gladys Knight and Marvin Gaye. Those roots explain a lot about how Ms. Lauryn Hill arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Erykah Badu, The Carters, Beyoncé, D'Angelo and Destiny's Child, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Mary J. Blige, Aretha Franklin, Whitney Houston, Santana and John Legend, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 41 connections around Ms. Lauryn Hill, reaching back through Curtis Mayfield and forward to Mary J. Blige. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

Lauryn Noelle Hill is an American rapper, singer, and songwriter. She is considered one of the most influential musicians of her time. A definitive figure in neo soul and a pioneer of rap-singing and melodic rap, The Telegraph credited Hill with the popularization of hip-hop. NPR named her one of the 50 Great Voices and stated that her "voice is the story of the hip-hop generation". She was the only woman named on the lists of "Greatest MCs of All Time" (2006) by MTV and 10 Greatest Rappers by Billboard, and appeared on Rolling Stone's 200 Greatest Singers and VH1's 100 Women in Music.

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Ms. Lauryn HillCurtis MayfieldStevie WonderAretha FranklinGladys KnightMarvin GayeSmokey RobinsonSalt-N-PepaMC LyteMary J. BligeAretha FranklinWhitney HoustonSantanaJohn LegendD'AngeloKanye WestNasErykah BaduThe CartersBeyoncéD'AngeloDestiny's ChildFrank OceanMary J. BligeIndia.Arie

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Ms. Lauryn Hill connections

Ms. Lauryn Hill grew out of Curtis Mayfield, Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin and Gladys Knight, shares an orbit with Erykah Badu, The Carters, Beyoncé and D'Angelo, went on to shape Mary J. Blige, Aretha Franklin, Whitney Houston and Santana. 41 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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