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Syleena Johnson

Contemporary R&B
Contemporary R&BHouse

Syleena Johnson is a Contemporary R&B and House act. Their sound grew out of Musiq, Syl Johnson, Alicia Myers, Angela Winbush and Faith Evans. Those roots explain a lot about how Syleena Johnson arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Kindred The Family Soul, Raheem DeVaughn, Ledisi, India.Arie and Kelly Price, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into KRS-One, Kanye West, R. Kelly, Lauryn Hill and Twista, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 35 connections around Syleena Johnson, reaching back through Musiq and forward to KRS-One. 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
Syleena JohnsonMusiqSyl JohnsonAlicia MyersAngela WinbushFaith EvansKRS-OneKanye WestR. KellyLauryn HillTwistaKindred The Family S…Raheem DeVaughnLedisiIndia.ArieKelly PriceJaguar WrightJoeMary J. Blige

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Syleena Johnson connections

Syleena Johnson grew out of Musiq, Syl Johnson, Alicia Myers and Angela Winbush, shares an orbit with Kindred The Family Soul, Raheem DeVaughn, Ledisi and India.Arie, went on to shape KRS-One, Kanye West, R. Kelly and Lauryn Hill. 35 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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