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cgod  ·  3869 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Two questions from my dinner with mk, b_b and ecib

NWA was more influenced by Gill Scott Heron I'd think from listening to interviews and judging from content and themes. Sugar Hill's influence is definetly there. Gill was heavily influenced by The Last Poets.

I'd also say that the producers at Motown had a bigger role than any one act, groups were defined by the sound not the other way around until way late in the Motown legacy.