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Total is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Black Rob, P. Diddy, Puff Daddy, Sean Combs and Missy Elliott. Those roots explain a lot about how Total arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as SWV, Mary J. Blige, Fantasia, Kut Klose and Zhané, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Gang Starr, Timbaland, Yulia Savicheva, Mase and The Notorious B.I.G., where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 41 connections around Total, reaching back through Black Rob and forward to Gang Starr. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Total is an American R&B girl group and one of the signature acts of the Bad Boy Records imprint during the mid-1990s. The group consists of founding members Kima Raynor, Keisha Spivey, and Pamela Long. Total is best known for their feature on Mase's "What You Want", as well as their hits "Kissin' You", "Can't You See", and "What About Us?" and "Trippin'", both featuring Missy Elliott. Long also sung the chorus of The Notorious B.I.G.'s hit song "Hypnotize", although she was not officially credited. Total made their first appearance singing the hook on The Notorious B.I.G.'s debut single for Bad Boy Records, "Juicy", widely considered one of the greatest hip-hop songs of all time.
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Total connections
Total grew out of Black Rob, P. Diddy, Puff Daddy and Sean Combs, shares an orbit with SWV, Mary J. Blige, Fantasia and Kut Klose, went on to shape Gang Starr, Timbaland, Yulia Savicheva and Mase. 41 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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