◇ image via WikipediaRanking Joe
Ranking Joe is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Triston Palmer, Sugar Minott and U-Roy. Those roots explain a lot about how Ranking Joe arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as U Brown, Welton Irie, Triston Palmer, Jah Thomas and Tony Tuff, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Eek-A-Mouse, Smiley Culture, Burro Banton and Daddy Freddy, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 23 connections around Ranking Joe, reaching back through Triston Palmer and forward to Eek-A-Mouse. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Ranking Joe connections
Ranking Joe grew out of Triston Palmer, Sugar Minott and U-Roy, shares an orbit with U Brown, Welton Irie, Triston Palmer and Jah Thomas, went on to shape Eek-A-Mouse, Smiley Culture, Burro Banton and Daddy Freddy. 23 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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