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Ratking

Ratking is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Show Me the Body, Suicide, Wu-Tang Clan and Animal Collective. Those roots explain a lot about how Ratking arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Shabazz Palaces, E L U C I D, Company Flow, Bedwetter and Your Old Droog, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Wiki, Lil Ugly Mane and Antwon, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 28 connections around Ratking, reaching back through Show Me the Body and forward to Wiki. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

Ratking was an American hip hop group from New York City, which consisted of rappers Wiki and Hak, and producer Sporting Life. A leading force in the underground in the early 2010s, their music has been described as "stridently youthful", and the group themselves have stated they wished to reinvent rap music.

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RatkingShow Me the BodySuicideWu-Tang ClanAnimal CollectiveWikiLil Ugly ManeAntwonShabazz PalacesE L U C I DCompany FlowBedwetterYour Old DroogKool A.D.QuasimotoEdan

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Ratking connections

Ratking grew out of Show Me the Body, Suicide, Wu-Tang Clan and Animal Collective, shares an orbit with Shabazz Palaces, E L U C I D, Company Flow and Bedwetter, went on to shape Wiki, Lil Ugly Mane and Antwon. 28 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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