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The Sequence is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Parliament and Sylvia Robinson. Those roots explain a lot about how The Sequence arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Grandmaster Melle Mel and Flight 409, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into The Sugarhill Gang, Angie Stone, Dr. Dre, En Vogue and Erykah Badu, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 13 connections around The Sequence, reaching back through Parliament and forward to The Sugarhill Gang. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
The Sequence was an American hip hop group formed in Columbia, South Carolina in 1979, that comprised Angie B., Blondy, and Cheryl the Pearl. The group rose to fame with the single, "Funk You Up" (1979), which was the first rap hit performed by women and one of the first commercially successful hip hop singles. Their debut album, Sugar Hill Presents The Sequence (1980), was released on Sugar Hill Records and was the first hip hop record on vinyl released by an all-female act.
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The Sequence connections
The Sequence grew out of Parliament and Sylvia Robinson, shares an orbit with Grandmaster Melle Mel and Flight 409, went on to shape The Sugarhill Gang, Angie Stone, Dr. Dre and En Vogue. 13 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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