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  "slug": "amos-larkins-ii",
  "name": "Amos Larkins II",
  "description": "Amos Larkins II appears 2 times in our Miami Bass and Miami lists, placing as high as No. 3. Hand-curated, with a reason for every pick.",
  "updated": "2026-08-31",
  "url": "https://waxonia.com/artist/amos-larkins-ii/",
  "appearanceCount": 2,
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    "first": 1986,
    "last": 1986
  },
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  },
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      "title": "Planet Rock",
      "year": 1986,
      "label": null,
      "isrc": null,
      "whyItMatters": "Not the Bambaataa track — a Miami producer's own bass workout, and a good demonstration of how completely the city rewrote what it had inherited.",
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      "title": "Planet Rock",
      "year": 1986,
      "label": null,
      "isrc": null,
      "whyItMatters": "Not the Bambaataa record — a Miami producer's answer to it, and the single best demonstration of the criterion above. Everything received from New York has been thrown out except the drum machine, which has been retuned until it is the whole track.",
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