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X-Ecutioners is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Papa Roach. Those roots explain a lot about how X-Ecutioners arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Styles of Beyond, Swollen Members, Dilated Peoples, DJ QBert and Mike Shinoda, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into DJ QBert, Mike Patton, Static-X, Wayne Static and Linkin Park, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 34 connections around X-Ecutioners, reaching back through Papa Roach and forward to DJ QBert. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
The X-Ecutioners, originally known as X-Men, are a group of American hip-hop DJs/turntablists from New York City, New York. The group formed in 1989 and currently consists of three DJs, including Total Eclipse, DJ Boogie Blind, and DJ Precision. Original members of the group included Mista Sinista, Rob Swift, and Roc Raida. Rob Swift and Total Eclipse formed a side project called Ill Insanity releasing one album together in 2008 entitled Ground Xero.
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X-Ecutioners connections
X-Ecutioners grew out of Papa Roach, shares an orbit with Styles of Beyond, Swollen Members, Dilated Peoples and DJ QBert, went on to shape DJ QBert, Mike Patton, Static-X and Wayne Static. 34 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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