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We Are King

We Are King is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Phonte, Questlove, Erykah Badu and Prince. Those roots explain a lot about how We Are King arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Mac Ayres, Alex Isley, BLK ODYSSY, Jordan Rakei and Musiq, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Miles Davis, Coldplay, Robert Glasper, The Foreign Exchange and Sam Sparro, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 51 connections around We Are King, reaching back through Phonte and forward to Miles Davis. 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
We Are KingPhonteQuestloveErykah BaduPrinceMiles DavisColdplayRobert GlasperThe Foreign ExchangeSam SparroAlex IsleyLeon BridgesMoses SumneyMac AyresAlex IsleyBLK ODYSSYJordan RakeiMusiqBaby RoseJoyce WriceGabriel Garzón-Montano

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We Are King connections

We Are King grew out of Phonte, Questlove, Erykah Badu and Prince, shares an orbit with Mac Ayres, Alex Isley, BLK ODYSSY and Jordan Rakei, went on to shape Miles Davis, Coldplay, Robert Glasper and The Foreign Exchange. 51 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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