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Silk is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Keith Sweat, Blue Magic, Prince, Heatwave and Quincy Jones. Those roots explain a lot about how Silk arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Keith Sweat, Dru Hill, Jodeci, H-Town and Tyrese, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into LF System, Another Level and The Five Stairsteps, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 31 connections around Silk, reaching back through Keith Sweat and forward to LF System. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Silk connections
Silk grew out of Keith Sweat, Blue Magic, Prince and Heatwave, shares an orbit with Keith Sweat, Dru Hill, Jodeci and H-Town, went on to shape LF System, Another Level and The Five Stairsteps. 31 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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