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The Infamous is a Boom bap act. Their sound grew out of Nas, Large Professor, DJ Premier and Q-Tip. Those roots explain a lot about how The Infamous arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Bassjackers, Enmity, BlasterJaxx and Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Altogether the chart holds 8 connections around The Infamous, reaching back through Nas. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
The Infamous is the second studio album by the American hip hop duo Mobb Deep, released on April 25, 1995, by Loud Records. The album features guest appearances by Nas, Raekwon, Ghostface Killah, and Q-Tip. It was largely produced by group member Havoc, with Q-Tip also contributing production while serving as the mixing engineer. Most of the leftover songs from the album became bonus tracks for Mobb Deep's The Infamous Mobb Deep album (2014).
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The Infamous connections
The Infamous grew out of Nas, Large Professor, DJ Premier and Q-Tip, shares an orbit with Bassjackers, Enmity, BlasterJaxx and Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike. 8 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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