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Black Violin is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Soul Khan, The Neptunes and Timbaland. Those roots explain a lot about how Black Violin arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as dead prez, Zion I, Blackalicious, Chali 2na and David Garrett, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Tom Petty, Alessia Cara, 2 Chainz, Lil Wayne and Kanye West, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 39 connections around Black Violin, reaching back through Soul Khan and forward to Tom Petty. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Black Violin is an American hip hop duo from Fort Lauderdale, Florida comprising two classically trained string instrumentalists, Kevin Sylvester and Wilner Baptiste, who go by the stage names Kev Marcus and Wil B. Kev Marcus plays the violin, and Wil B. plays the viola.
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Black Violin connections
Black Violin grew out of Soul Khan, The Neptunes and Timbaland, shares an orbit with dead prez, Zion I, Blackalicious and Chali 2na, went on to shape Tom Petty, Alessia Cara, 2 Chainz and Lil Wayne. 39 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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