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René & Angela

Funk
Funk

René & Angela is a Funk act. Their sound grew out of Kurtis Blow. Those roots explain a lot about how René & Angela arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Loose Ends, S.O.S. Band, Change, Teena Marie and Miki Howard, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Kenny Lattimore, Michael Jackson, Lalah Hathaway, Stephanie Mills and Sheena Easton, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 35 connections around René & Angela, reaching back through Kurtis Blow and forward to Kenny Lattimore. 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
René & AngelaKurtis BlowKenny LattimoreMichael JacksonLalah HathawayStephanie MillsSheena EastonAvantThe Isley BrothersLoose EndsS.O.S. BandChangeTeena MarieMiki HowardAshford & SimpsonAurraShalamar

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René & Angela connections

René & Angela grew out of Kurtis Blow, shares an orbit with Loose Ends, S.O.S. Band, Change and Teena Marie, went on to shape Kenny Lattimore, Michael Jackson, Lalah Hathaway and Stephanie Mills. 35 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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