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Nate Ruess

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Rap

Nate Ruess is a Rap act. Their sound grew out of Janelle Monáe, Carl Wilson, The Beach Boys, Brian Wilson and Eminem. Those roots explain a lot about how Nate Ruess arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Format, A Great Big World, AJR, Rachel Platten and Jukebox the Ghost, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Anthony Green and The Marshall Mathers LP 2, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 38 connections around Nate Ruess, reaching back through Janelle Monáe and forward to Anthony Green. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Nate RuessJanelle MonáeCarl WilsonThe Beach BoysBrian WilsonEminemAnthony GreenP!nkKeshaAnthony GreenThe Marshall Mathers…The FormatA Great Big WorldAJRRachel PlattenJukebox the GhostAmerican AuthorsSmallpoolsCoin

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Nate Ruess connections

Nate Ruess grew out of Janelle Monáe, Carl Wilson, The Beach Boys and Brian Wilson, shares an orbit with The Format, A Great Big World, AJR and Rachel Platten, went on to shape Anthony Green and The Marshall Mathers LP 2. 38 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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