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Rock Your Body is a Contemporary R&B and Disco act. Their sound grew out of Michael Jackson and Stevie Wonder. Those roots explain a lot about how Rock Your Body arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as All the Things She Said and Kiss Me More, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Janet Jackson, Christina Aguilera and JAY-Z, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 7 connections around Rock Your Body, reaching back through Michael Jackson and forward to Janet Jackson. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
"Rock Your Body" is a song by American singer Justin Timberlake from his debut studio album, Justified (2002). The Neptunes wrote and produced the song. The song features background vocals by American singer Vanessa Marquez, who was signed to the Neptunes' Star Trak record label at the time. Jive Records released the track on March 17, 2003, as the third single from Justified. Originally intended to be featured on Michael Jackson's tenth studio album Invincible (2001), Jackson rejected the song along with several other tracks, which were instead given to Timberlake for his debut album. It is an uptempo, disco groove, soul infused song containing influences from Jackson and Stevie Wonder.
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Rock Your Body grew out of Michael Jackson and Stevie Wonder, shares an orbit with All the Things She Said and Kiss Me More, went on to shape Janet Jackson, Christina Aguilera and JAY-Z. 7 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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