◇ image via WikipediaShafiq Husayn
Shafiq Husayn is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Floating Points and Sun Ra. Those roots explain a lot about how Shafiq Husayn arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Georgia Anne Muldrow, Robert Glasper Experiment, Nick Hakim, Hiatus Kaiyote and Potatohead People, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Talib Kweli, Frank Ocean, JAY-Z, John Legend and Goapele, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 49 connections around Shafiq Husayn, reaching back through Floating Points and forward to Talib Kweli. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Shafiq Husayn connections
Shafiq Husayn grew out of Floating Points and Sun Ra, shares an orbit with Georgia Anne Muldrow, Robert Glasper Experiment, Nick Hakim and Hiatus Kaiyote, went on to shape Talib Kweli, Frank Ocean, JAY-Z and John Legend. 49 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Who influenced Shafiq Husayn
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