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Wondagurls production on Travis Scotts 2013 debut mixtape "Owl Pharoah" drew me in. I was originally inspired by her drum sound selection which combined old-school hip-hop elements such as live snares and bouncy live hats, with hard kicks and distorted 808's. Her melodies are known to consist of jazz or old-school reggae samples that have been heavily chopped and edited down in a way that creates a dark feeling to the track. Her rise to fame started from a competition knows as “Battle of the Beatmakers”, a competition held annually in Toronto, Canada. Years later she went back to judge the competition (“Battle of the Beat Makers,” n.d.). Seeing her compete made me want to sign up to the competition in 2019, I placed top 40 in the world and was invited to Toronto to compete live. A technique that I learnt from her, that I use a lot now is 808 slides.

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Chicago Rapper Lucki is known for his “dark, emotionally heavy music.” (Lucki Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & More, n.d.). Lucki is great at lyrically expressing his troubles with drugs, depression, mental health problems etc. Songs like ‘Self Destruct’, ‘Feels like Death’ and ‘Mind games’ are songs that heavily inspired me to be more of a storyteller when it comes to writing my own lyrics. While Luckis songs can be quite depressing at times, he is also able to be versatile and create upbeat club hits such as his song with Future - ‘Kapitol Denim’. This is a trait I am always aiming to excel in. I enjoy creating a narrative, however Lucki inspires me to be versatile and create whatever I want.

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Producer BNYX is known for his moody, synth heavy beats. BNYX shaped the boundaries of hip-hop by creating catchy but abstract beats. His production ranges from super complex beats, with samples from alt rock bands such as ‘Deftones’ to simple beats with 2 chords and simple trap rhythms. BNYX also notoriously combines Hip-Hop with EDM in his beats.This combination is already common in Hip-Hop, for example the producer Ethereal and Playboi carti in 2016 had a very similar run. The difference in BNYX beats is the sound selection. His beats often include old school synths such as the Juno 60 or Jupiter 8. BNYX mentions in an interview “I like things familiar but things that are also very different” (BNYX Isn’t Interested in a Type-Beat Producing Career, n.d.). BNYX inspires me to always be comfortable in experimenting. Sometimes I’m not sure whether an idea will work, but through watching BNYX produce, I always try and finish the music I start.

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The name Wondagurl is a play on the Boi 1-da name.
Boi 1-da has been producing since 2006, over the years he has managed to bring a different sound repeatedly. In an interview with the Grammy Awards, he mentions how "There have been many times where I’ve created sounds and it gets emulated and everybody starts doing it," (Samuels, 2023). This is evidently true as he has produced some of the top hip hop hits year by year since 2006. Wondagurls percussion was heavily influenced by Boi 1-da.

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Songwriter, Timbaland is a respected hip-hop producer and “rhythm-and-blues performer” (Bauer, n.d.). He majorly contributed to the success of artists in the early 21st Century. Timbaland is known for keeping his music simple and catchy which is a reason why Wondagurl was influenced by him. Timbaland often programs a very basic beat with only a kick, hat, snare and 808 and a simple melody.

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Hit Boi has produced hits like “Ni**as in Paris” by Kanye West and “Sicko Mode” by Travis Scott. His style is very similar to Boi 1-Da. Wondagurl tried to show Hit Boi her beats, but she had no luck . Eventually a photographer introduced the two and they went on to collaborate.

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XXXTentacion has mentioned that he was getting sick of hearing rap so he went to rock and found Papa Roach. Papa Roach is a hardcore punk band, and influenced X to change up his style from the traditional boom bap music he made at the time.

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Kurt Cobain was famously part of the alt rock/punk band, Nirvana.  XXXTentacion has said in an interview with the mars files, “ Kurt Cobain is my only influence” (the mars files, 2019). Many X songs have the cadence and style of Kurt Cobain.

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One of the biggest artists in the world currently, The Weeknd, influenced XXXTentacion. XXXTentacion has said that he doesn’t like the current music The Weeknd makes. He was inspired by The Weeknds debut mixtape ‘The House of Balloons’.

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R&B Artist PartyNextDoor (also knows as PND) has featured on albums with Drake, Travis Scott and Kanye West.  BNYX has tweeted about being inspired by PND’s album ‘PND 2’. PartyNextDoor has a unique slow groove to his songs, his vocals feels moody. BNYX uses this style when producing his soul or R&B inspired tracks.

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2 Chainz was one of the biggest rap artist of the 2010’s. BNYX’s older brother encouraged him to start producing hip hop music after hearing BNYX’s metal and pop music (CALLENDER, 2022).. 2 Chainz was one of the first rappers BNYX enjoyed.

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When Yeat had around 20,000 followers, he met BNYX in a Discord server. BNYX was sick of making regular trap, because people wouldn't rap on his experimental beats. He was close to quitting the genre but when he started sending yeat beats, he would rap on every single one. That's how they made some of their biggest tracks together such as, '4ly' and 'hëy'.