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My Humps is a Electropop act. Their sound grew out of Paula Abdul, Neneh Cherry, Khia, Gwen Stefani and Ciara. Those roots explain a lot about how My Humps arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Say It Right, Shut Up and Drive, Stronger, Meet Me Halfway and You're Beautiful, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Alanis Morissette and Peaches, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 13 connections around My Humps, reaching back through Paula Abdul and forward to Alanis Morissette. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
"My Humps" is a song by American hip hop group the Black Eyed Peas, released on September 20, 2005 by A&M Records and Interscope Records. It was originally written by will.i.am for the American girl group the Pussycat Dolls, but was ultimately recorded for the Black Eyed Peas' fourth studio album, Monkey Business. A hip hop and dance song structured as a duet between will.i.am and Fergie, its lyrics center on Fergie using her breasts and buttocks to accomplish her goals.
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My Humps connections
My Humps grew out of Paula Abdul, Neneh Cherry, Khia and Gwen Stefani, shares an orbit with Say It Right, Shut Up and Drive, Stronger and Meet Me Halfway, went on to shape Alanis Morissette and Peaches. 13 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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