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Ultramagnetic MC's is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of XL Recordings, Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, The Kingsmen, Joe Cocker and James Brown. Those roots explain a lot about how Ultramagnetic MC's arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as EPMD, Boogie Down Productions, Eric B. & Rakim, Dr. Octagon and MC Shan, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into No Tourists, Wu-Tang Clan, Prodigy, Brainpower and The Prodigy, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 36 connections around Ultramagnetic MC's, reaching back through XL Recordings and forward to No Tourists. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Ultramagnetic MCs are an American hip hop group based in the Bronx, New York City. Founded by Kool Keith, the group also includes Ced Gee, TR Love, and Moe Love. Big D was brought into the group by his cousin Kool Keith as a hype man in 1988. Tim Dog became an unofficial member in 1989. In 1990, DJ Jaycee was added as a road manager and backup DJ. A former member, Rooney Roon, was fired following an assault arrest. Beat-boxer Rahzel was a roadie for the group early in its career. The group's work was associated with unorthodox sampling, polysyllabic rhymes, and bizarre lyrical imagery.
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Ultramagnetic MC's connections
Ultramagnetic MC's grew out of XL Recordings, Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, The Kingsmen and Joe Cocker, shares an orbit with EPMD, Boogie Down Productions, Eric B. & Rakim and Dr. Octagon, went on to shape No Tourists, Wu-Tang Clan, Prodigy and Brainpower. 36 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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