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Jamila Woods is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Kiran Gandhi, Bonobo, rum.gold and Austin Brown. Those roots explain a lot about how Jamila Woods arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Madison McFerrin, Pip Millett, Sudan Archives, Izzy Bizu and Amber Mark, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Saba, Raphael Saadiq, rum.gold, duendita and Chance the Rapper, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 42 connections around Jamila Woods, reaching back through Kiran Gandhi and forward to Saba. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Jamila Abidemi Woods is an American singer, songwriter and poet based in Chicago, Illinois. Woods is a graduate of St. Ignatius College Prep and Brown University, where she received a BA in Africana Studies and Theater & Performance Studies. Her work focuses on themes of Black ancestry, Black feminism, and Black identity, with recurring emphases on self-love and the City of Chicago.
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Jamila Woods connections
Jamila Woods grew out of Kiran Gandhi, Bonobo, rum.gold and Austin Brown, shares an orbit with Madison McFerrin, Pip Millett, Sudan Archives and Izzy Bizu, went on to shape Saba, Raphael Saadiq, rum.gold and duendita. 42 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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