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Tone-Lōc is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Love Gun, The Blackbyrds, All-4-One, Think Tank and Frankie Smith. Those roots explain a lot about how Tone-Lōc arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Young M.C., MC Hammer, Rob Base & DJ EZ Rock, DJ Kool and 2 Live Crew, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Vanilla Ice, The Pharcyde, Fefe Dobson and DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 38 connections around Tone-Lōc, reaching back through Love Gun and forward to Vanilla Ice. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Anthony Terrell Smith, better known by his stage name Tone Loc, is an American rapper, voice artist, and actor. He is known for his raspy voice, his hit songs "Wild Thing" and "Funky Cold Medina", for which he was nominated for a Grammy Award, and for being featured in "We're All in the Same Gang", a collaborative single by the West Coast Rap All-Stars.
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Tone-Lōc connections
Tone-Lōc grew out of Love Gun, The Blackbyrds, All-4-One and Think Tank, shares an orbit with Young M.C., MC Hammer, Rob Base & DJ EZ Rock and DJ Kool, went on to shape Vanilla Ice, The Pharcyde, Fefe Dobson and DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince. 38 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Who influenced Tone-Lōc
Sounds and acts that shaped Tone-Lōc.
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- Run–D.M.C.artist
- Will Smithartist
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