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influences
Ahmad
Arrested Development
Billie Holiday
Blossom Dearie
Camp Lo
Carmen McRae
Charles Mingus
Chet Baker
Claude DeBussy
Common
Dave Brubeck
David Murray
De La Soul
Del Tha Funky Homosapien
Django Reinhardt
Don Byron
Duck Baker
Duke Ellington
Earth Wind and Fire
Edan
Ella Fitzgerald
The Fugees
George Benson
Hieroglyphics
Insight
James Brown
Jessica Williams
Jill Scott
John Legend
Julie London
Jungle Brothers
Jurassic 5
Kanye West
KRS-One
The Last Emperor
Lauryn Hill
Leo Cuypers
Lootpack
Lords of the Underground
Louis Armstrong
Lupe Fiasco
Mario
Marvin Gaye
Masterminds
MF Doom
Michael Jackson
Miles Davis
Misha Mengelberg
Mos Def
Motion Man
Mulatu Astatke
Musiq Soulchild
Nappy Roots
Nas
Nat King Cole
Naughty By Nature
Oliver Nelson
Outkast
Pat Donohue
Pete Rock
Pharoahe Monch
Pigeon John
Public Enemy
Raphael Saadiq
Ray Charles
Richie Spice
The Roots
Sabrina Malheiros
Salt 'N' Pepa
Sam Cooke
Sheila Jordan
Sizzla
Slick Rick
Snoop Dogg
Soul Position
Stephen Marley
Stevie Wonder
Thelonious Monk
A Tribe Called Quest
Vince Guaraldi
The Wiseguys
Wu-Tang Clan
Wyclef Jean
Zion-I
4th Avenue Jones