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Speech Debelle is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Louis La Roche, Mary J. Blige, Meshell Ndegeocello, Michael Jackson and Blackstreet. Those roots explain a lot about how Speech Debelle arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Beat Assailant, Kae Tempest, Guts, Sampa the Great and Chinese Man, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Tinchy Stryder, Dionne Bromfield, Bonobo and Roots Manuva, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 45 connections around Speech Debelle, reaching back through Louis La Roche and forward to Tinchy Stryder. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Corynne Elliot, better known as Speech Debelle, is a British rapper formerly signed to the Big Dada record label. She was the winner of the 2009 Mercury Prize for her debut album Speech Therapy.
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Speech Debelle connections
Speech Debelle grew out of Louis La Roche, Mary J. Blige, Meshell Ndegeocello and Michael Jackson, shares an orbit with Beat Assailant, Kae Tempest, Guts and Sampa the Great, went on to shape Tinchy Stryder, Dionne Bromfield, Bonobo and Roots Manuva. 45 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Who influenced Speech Debelle
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