◇ image via WikipediaPrince Alla
Prince Alla is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Tapper Zukie, Earl "Chinna" Smith and The Revolutionaries. Those roots explain a lot about how Prince Alla arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as U-Roy, Yabby You, Leroy Smart, Wailing Souls and Gregory Isaacs, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Soul II Soul, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 23 connections around Prince Alla, reaching back through Tapper Zukie and forward to Soul II Soul. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Keith Lorenzo Blake, better known as Prince Alla is a Jamaican roots reggae singer whose career began in the 1960s, and has continued with a string of releases into the 2000s.
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Prince Alla connections
Prince Alla grew out of Tapper Zukie, Earl "Chinna" Smith and The Revolutionaries, shares an orbit with U-Roy, Yabby You, Leroy Smart and Wailing Souls, went on to shape Soul II Soul. 23 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Who influenced Prince Alla
Sounds and acts that shaped Prince Alla.
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