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Rick Rubin

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Rick Rubin is a Country and Heavy metal act. Their catalogue also touches Hip hop and Rock. Their sound grew out of Flipper, Weezer, Audioslave, AC/DC and Aerosmith. Those roots explain a lot about how Rick Rubin arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Childish Gambino, Your Old Droog, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Princess Nokia and GoldLink, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into JPEGMAFIA, Devon Hendryx, Prince Paul and Ed Sheeran, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 31 connections around Rick Rubin, reaching back through Flipper and forward to JPEGMAFIA. 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
Rick RubinFlipperWeezerAudioslaveAC/DCAerosmithMix Master MikeLL Cool JBeastie BoysJPEGMAFIADevon HendryxPrince PaulEd SheeranChildish GambinoYour Old DroogMacklemore & Ryan Le…Princess NokiaGoldLinkIsaiah Rashad

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Rick Rubin connections

Rick Rubin grew out of Flipper, Weezer, Audioslave and AC/DC, shares an orbit with Childish Gambino, Your Old Droog, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis and Princess Nokia, went on to shape JPEGMAFIA, Devon Hendryx, Prince Paul and Ed Sheeran. 31 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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