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Sounds Of Blackness

Sounds Of Blackness is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Roger Troutman, Roger and Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis. Those roots explain a lot about how Sounds Of Blackness arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as After 7, Eugene Wilde, Bebe & Cece Winans, Keith Sweat and Ralph Tresvant, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Ann Nesby, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 29 connections around Sounds Of Blackness, reaching back through Roger Troutman and forward to Ann Nesby. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Sounds Of BlacknessRoger TroutmanRogerJimmy Jam and Terry …Ann NesbyAfter 7Eugene WildeBebe & Cece WinansKeith SweatRalph TresvantBlackstreetMary MaryHarvey Mason

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Sounds Of Blackness connections

Sounds Of Blackness grew out of Roger Troutman, Roger and Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, shares an orbit with After 7, Eugene Wilde, Bebe & Cece Winans and Keith Sweat, went on to shape Ann Nesby. 29 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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