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Ugly Duckling

Ugly Duckling is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Katalyst, Grand Puba and Dorothy Ashby. Those roots explain a lot about how Ugly Duckling arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Lyrics Born, People Under the Stairs, Blackalicious, Dilated Peoples and Chali 2na, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Left Boy and The Procussions, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 25 connections around Ugly Duckling, reaching back through Katalyst and forward to Left Boy. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Ugly DucklingKatalystGrand PubaDorothy AshbyLeft BoyThe ProcussionsLyrics BornPeople Under the Sta…BlackaliciousDilated PeoplesChali 2naHieroglyphicsJ-LiveLexicon

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Ugly Duckling connections

Ugly Duckling grew out of Katalyst, Grand Puba and Dorothy Ashby, shares an orbit with Lyrics Born, People Under the Stairs, Blackalicious and Dilated Peoples, went on to shape Left Boy and The Procussions. 25 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

Who influenced Ugly Duckling

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