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Rodney Jerkins

Contemporary R&B
Contemporary R&BDance-popElectronic

Rodney Jerkins is a Contemporary R&B and Dance-pop act. Their catalogue also touches Electronic, Gospel and Hip hop. Their sound grew out of Vanessa Bell Armstrong, Kirk Franklin and Teddy Riley. Those roots explain a lot about how Rodney Jerkins arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as James Fauntleroy, K-Young, Javier, Latif and TGT, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Mariah Carey, Kierra Sheard, Jax Jones, Blaque and Four Tet, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 36 connections around Rodney Jerkins, reaching back through Vanessa Bell Armstrong and forward to Mariah Carey. 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
Rodney JerkinsVanessa Bell ArmstrongKirk FranklinTeddy RileyMariah CareyKierra SheardJax JonesBlaqueFour TetTom AspaulAyumi HamasakiBrandyJames FauntleroyK-YoungJavierLatifTGTWayne BradyMashondaFrancisco

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Rodney Jerkins connections

Rodney Jerkins grew out of Vanessa Bell Armstrong, Kirk Franklin and Teddy Riley, shares an orbit with James Fauntleroy, K-Young, Javier and Latif, went on to shape Mariah Carey, Kierra Sheard, Jax Jones and Blaque. 36 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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