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Saul Williams

Hip hop
Hip hopIndustrial

Saul Williams is a Hip hop and Industrial act. Their sound grew out of Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, Nine Inch Nails, The Mars Volta, Atticus Ross and The Kills. Those roots explain a lot about how Saul Williams arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Coup, Shabazz Palaces, Moor Mother, Kae Tempest and Dr. Octagon, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Ghosts I–IV, The Kills, Mongrel, Scroobius Pip and Miguel, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 41 connections around Saul Williams, reaching back through Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross and forward to Ghosts I–IV. 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
Saul WilliamsTrent Reznor and Att…Nine Inch NailsThe Mars VoltaAtticus RossThe KillsThe BugWarpaintTrent ReznorGhosts I–IVThe KillsMongrelScroobius PipMiguelThe CoupShabazz PalacesMoor MotherKae TempestDr. OctagonHandsome Boy Modelin…Blackaliciousclipping.

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Saul Williams connections

Saul Williams grew out of Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, Nine Inch Nails, The Mars Volta and Atticus Ross, shares an orbit with The Coup, Shabazz Palaces, Moor Mother and Kae Tempest, went on to shape Ghosts I–IV, The Kills, Mongrel and Scroobius Pip. 41 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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Roots15

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Artists and scenes sharing an orbit with Saul Williams.

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