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Next

Next is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of My All, You're Still the One, Kurtis Blow, The Writing's on the Wall and Red Rat. Those roots explain a lot about how Next arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Dru Hill, Joe, Jaheim, Montell Jordan and Donell Jones, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Simon Webbe, Scott Walker and The Sensational Alex Harvey Band, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 32 connections around Next, reaching back through My All and forward to Simon Webbe. 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
NextMy AllYou're Still the OneKurtis BlowThe Writing's on the…Red RatImmatureIMxSimon WebbeScott WalkerThe Sensational Alex…Dru HillJoeJaheimMontell JordanDonell JonesKeith SweatBlackstreetTyrese

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Next connections

Next grew out of My All, You're Still the One, Kurtis Blow and The Writing's on the Wall, shares an orbit with Dru Hill, Joe, Jaheim and Montell Jordan, went on to shape Simon Webbe, Scott Walker and The Sensational Alex Harvey Band. 32 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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Roots7

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