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The Lonely Island

The Lonely Island is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Solange, Balkan Beat Box, The Joy Formidable, Joanna Newsom and Ying Yang Twins. Those roots explain a lot about how The Lonely Island arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Flight of the Conchords, Tenacious D, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Afroman and Example, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Lil Dicky, Justin Timberlake, Kiefer Sutherland, Ninja Sex Party and Robyn, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 26 connections around The Lonely Island, reaching back through Solange and forward to Lil Dicky. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

The Lonely Island is an American comedy trio formed by Andy Samberg, Jorma Taccone, and Akiva Schaffer in Berkeley, California in 2001. They have written for and starred in the American TV program Saturday Night Live (SNL).

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
The Lonely IslandSolangeBalkan Beat BoxThe Joy FormidableJoanna NewsomYing Yang TwinsJuicyDJ Nu-MarkAdam LevineLil DickyJustin TimberlakeKiefer SutherlandNinja Sex PartyRobynFlight of the Concho…Tenacious DMacklemore & Ryan Le…AfromanExamplePink GuyLudacrisGarfunkel and Oates

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The Lonely Island connections

The Lonely Island grew out of Solange, Balkan Beat Box, The Joy Formidable and Joanna Newsom, shares an orbit with Flight of the Conchords, Tenacious D, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis and Afroman, went on to shape Lil Dicky, Justin Timberlake, Kiefer Sutherland and Ninja Sex Party. 26 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

Who influenced The Lonely Island

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