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Tippa Irie

Tippa Irie is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Long Beach Dub All Stars, Peter Hunnigale and The Dirty Heads. Those roots explain a lot about how Tippa Irie arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Papa Levi, Admiral Bailey, Nitty Gritty, Burro Banton and Clint Eastwood & General Saint, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into The Bug, Alexander O'Neal, Long Beach Dub All Stars, The Skints and Chali 2na, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 37 connections around Tippa Irie, reaching back through Long Beach Dub All Stars and forward to The Bug. 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
Tippa IrieLong Beach Dub All S…Peter HunnigaleThe Dirty HeadsThe BugAlexander O'NealLong Beach Dub All S…The SkintsChali 2naSmiley CulturePapa LeviAdmiral BaileyNitty GrittyBurro BantonClint Eastwood & Gen…Peter MetroPad AnthonyGeneral Echo

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Tippa Irie connections

Tippa Irie grew out of Long Beach Dub All Stars, Peter Hunnigale and The Dirty Heads, shares an orbit with Papa Levi, Admiral Bailey, Nitty Gritty and Burro Banton, went on to shape The Bug, Alexander O'Neal, Long Beach Dub All Stars and The Skints. 37 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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