Links to other artists

Throughout the years of music it is a common process when another artists gets mentioned by another artists in their lyrics. Whether that mention is positive or negative it is done a lot by individual artists. Some artists may mention another music artists in their lyrics to slam down on their talent and prove they are the best artist, that is a common technique used in the music industry to get a rise out of some artists. In some situations an artists will mention other artists to give them some acknowledgement or appraise for the work they have created. Artists may do this when they look up to an artists. Smaller less known artists will sometimes do this to get more recognition themselves. There are many different reasons for this being done in the music industry.

A song I found that mentions at least 15-20 music artists throughout the lyrics was Gang Star Jazz thing, the music video is intercut with the film mo’better blues and was directed by spikley.

Some of the artists mentioned where each of these individuals had some attachment or link to the music industry and where very good at what they did.

max roach

john coltrane  

paul whiteman

billie holiday 

charlie parker 

scott joplin

bessie smith 

king oliver 

dizzy gillespie

thelonious monk

charls mingus

ornette coleman 

betty carter

Here is a clip of the music video gang star