◇ image via WikipediaMacklemore & Ryan Lewis
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Ray Dalton, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Foxy Shazam and Chance the Rapper. Those roots explain a lot about how Macklemore & Ryan Lewis arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Macklemore, Flo Rida, B.o.B, Pitbull and will.i.am, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Ab-Soul and Leon Bridges, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 27 connections around Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, reaching back through Ray Dalton and forward to Ab-Soul. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis were an American hip hop duo formed 2009 in Seattle, Washington, by rapper Macklemore and record producer Ryan Lewis. That same year they released their first collaborative effort, an EP titled VS. EP. They later followed up with VS. Redux (2010), the Grammy Award-winning album The Heist (2012) and This Unruly Mess I've Made (2016).
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Macklemore & Ryan Lewis connections
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis grew out of Ray Dalton, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Foxy Shazam and Chance the Rapper, shares an orbit with Macklemore, Flo Rida, B.o.B and Pitbull, went on to shape Ab-Soul and Leon Bridges. 27 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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