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Roy Woods is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of OVO Sound, PARTYNEXTDOOR, 310babii, Michael Jackson and Drake. Those roots explain a lot about how Roy Woods arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as PARTYNEXTDOOR, Eli Sostre, THEY., Saint Jhn and 4batz, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Jack & Jack, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 28 connections around Roy Woods, reaching back through OVO Sound and forward to Jack & Jack. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Denzel Spencer, better known by his stage name Roy Woods, is a Canadian singer, rapper, and songwriter. He signed with Drake's record label OVO Sound, an imprint of Warner Records in 2014. His first two albums, Waking at Dawn (2016) and Say Less (2017), both moderately entered the Canadian Albums Chart and US Billboard 200. Woods has also founded his own collective, Unlock the Underground.
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Roy Woods connections
Roy Woods grew out of OVO Sound, PARTYNEXTDOOR, 310babii and Michael Jackson, shares an orbit with PARTYNEXTDOOR, Eli Sostre, THEY. and Saint Jhn, went on to shape Jack & Jack. 28 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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