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Roll Deep

UK garage
UK garage

Roll Deep is a UK garage act. Their sound grew out of Wookie, Alesha Dixon, Nothin' on You and So Solid Crew. Those roots explain a lot about how Roll Deep arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Lethal Bizzle, Ghetts, Giggs, P Money and Ocean Wisdom, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Tinchy Stryder, Dizzee Rascal and Wiley, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 21 connections around Roll Deep, reaching back through Wookie and forward to Tinchy Stryder. 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
Roll DeepWookieAlesha DixonNothin' on YouSo Solid CrewTinchy StryderDizzee RascalWileyLethal BizzleGhettsGiggsP MoneyOcean WisdomBugzy MaloneBashyAJ Tracey

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Roll Deep connections

Roll Deep grew out of Wookie, Alesha Dixon, Nothin' on You and So Solid Crew, shares an orbit with Lethal Bizzle, Ghetts, Giggs and P Money, went on to shape Tinchy Stryder, Dizzee Rascal and Wiley. 21 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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Roots4

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Kindred14

Artists and scenes sharing an orbit with Roll Deep.

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