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Phife Dawg

Hip hop
Hip hop

Phife Dawg is a Hip hop act. Their sound grew out of Hi-Tek. Those roots explain a lot about how Phife Dawg arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as A Tribe Called Quest, Large Professor, Main Source, Little Brother and Jeru the Damaja, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Common, The Roots, Jill Scott, Q-Tip and Kanye West, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 28 connections around Phife Dawg, reaching back through Hi-Tek and forward to Common. 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
Phife DawgHi-TekCommonThe RootsJill ScottQ-TipKanye WestA Tribe Called QuestLarge ProfessorMain SourceLittle BrotherJeru the DamajaTalib KweliSlum VillageBig Punisher

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Phife Dawg connections

Phife Dawg grew out of Hi-Tek, shares an orbit with A Tribe Called Quest, Large Professor, Main Source and Little Brother, went on to shape Common, The Roots, Jill Scott and Q-Tip. 28 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

Who influenced Phife Dawg

Roots1

Sounds and acts that shaped Phife Dawg.

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Kindred22

Artists and scenes sharing an orbit with Phife Dawg.

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Legacy5

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