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Run the Jewels

Hip hop
Hip hop

Run the Jewels is a Hip hop act. Their sound grew out of Cutty Ranks, Gangsta Boo, Until the Ribbon Breaks, Big Grams and Nas. Those roots explain a lot about how Run the Jewels arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Czarface, Pusha T, Brother Ali, Vince Staples and clipping., sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Rage Against the Machine, Wu-Tang Clan, Aigel, Algiers and BADBADNOTGOOD, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 49 connections around Run the Jewels, reaching back through Cutty Ranks and forward to Rage Against the Machine. 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
Run the JewelsCutty RanksGangsta BooUntil the Ribbon Bre…Big GramsNasJosh HommeEl-PKiller MikeRage Against the Mac…Wu-Tang ClanAigelAlgiersBADBADNOTGOODAutoluxTunde AdebimpeWhat So NotCzarfacePusha TBrother AliVince Staplesclipping.ScHoolboy QClipseA Tribe Called Quest

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Run the Jewels connections

Run the Jewels grew out of Cutty Ranks, Gangsta Boo, Until the Ribbon Breaks and Big Grams, shares an orbit with Czarface, Pusha T, Brother Ali and Vince Staples, went on to shape Rage Against the Machine, Wu-Tang Clan, Aigel and Algiers. 49 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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