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Russ has been one of my main inspirations in pursuing my own music career due to his come up being just a producer for his friend who was rapping until he was given the oppurtunity or more took it upon himself to start singing and rapping himself,(These are my own words) hes a self taught pro tools genius who had a dream and never once gave up on it releasing a new song every day for nearly a year before finally getting recognised

Russ's early inspirations were G-Unit, 50 Cent and Eminem. He produced beats for around six years before he attempted to record himself rapping. Russ is known for his songs being produced, mixed, mastered, engineered, written, and performed by himself. The only producer he has collaborated with is Scott Storch. Most of his songs contain hip hop and R&B elements, while combining rapping and singing on the hook. His style has been described by Uproxx as a "raspy, hardbody rap flow, and lilting, almost drunken singing voice"https://rapandhiphop.fandom.com/wiki/Russ#Musical_style_and_influences. artistry section

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Skrillex influences my music style in that he incorporates hip hop artists into his EDM deep/dark house style of music , he recently did a live DJ mix on you tube showcasing his most recent albumn which i am absolutely blown away by and one of my biggest goals is to one day produce music of a similar format .(Skrillex)“I’ve been deep into electronic music my entire life. The first records I ever owned were ‘Fat of Land’ by the Prodigy and ‘Come To Daddy’ by Aphex Twin,” raves Sonny Moore, better known as emerging electronic visionary SKRILLEX. “Marilyn Manson and Nine Inch Nails were also early influences. I’ve been dabbling in making electronic tracks on programs like Fruity Loops since I was 14 years old.”

SKRILLEX is part of a new generation of artists that refuse to be restricted by preconceived notions or outside expectations. “Genre has never been important to me,” he insists. “I’ve never thought about music that way.”OWSLA label founder

.Influences :Moore has cited Marilyn Manson, Nine Inch Nails[73] and the Doors[74] as early influences. Daft Punk, Moore said he was first exposed to electronic dance music after attending the duo's highly praised 2006 Coachella set.Electronic dance music producer Skrillex believes that a certain culture and aspect of the genre will go away because the ratio of businesspeople is trumping the ratio of actual artistry. Before making another album, Skrillex thinks that it is important to re-evaluate and start from the ground up of what it means to make and release music. Insights into collaborations are also given by Skrillex.inRolling Stone(n1261) (May 19 2016): 22(1

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Trent reznor and his group called the Nine inch nails was an early musical influence to skrillex i think mainly because of the style of grunge typre heavy metal that i think skrillex enjoyed himself , although skrillexes recent music does not resemble anything to NIN they were a favourite to him , as his earlier music being more along the dubstep genre they say that dubstep is a modern day heavy metal type. of genre and this is where that originates from somewhat

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Marylin mansons musical methods. are very upfront and in your face which is the way skrillex tends to be with his producing style, Although the band's music has often been labeled as shock rock by mainstream media,[221][273][274][275] Manson disputes the use of the label,[276] preferring instead to identify his band's music as rock and roll.[277] The band combined industrial, goth, shock rock and metal into a "creative bricolage".[278] AllMusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine wrote that the band "draws equally from schlock metal, progressive metal, new wave, goth rock, and industrial rock".[279] wikipedia musical. style article

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50 cents influence on russ was based on his charisma and style of rapping which russ enjoyed listening to and was inspired to attempt a similar style.

Rap singer Curtis James Jackson III, more popularly known as 50 Cent, executive-produced 'Power' because he prefers to have a hit show where he does not have to watch himself all the time. 'Power' is about Ghost St. Patrick, a nightclub owner who has a drug-dealing past. 50 Cent also shares his beliefs about power play on the streets and on the corporate level.Fear, D. (n.d.). The ‘Power’ of street knowledge.(50 Cent as a producer)(Summer TV / Preview)(Interview). Rolling Stone, 1211, 39.

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Scott storches influence on. russ would be his producing style with the piano keyboard use and technical use of programs to create the iconic storch sound we all know , Since then, the piano man has returned to the music industry with more drive and inspiration than ever, working with some of the most exciting names in modern rap, including Young Thug, Russ and Trippie Red.

In this public lecture at the Red Bull Music Festival Toronto 2018, Storch discussed his career and the stories behind hits for Dr. Dre, Fat Joe, the Roots and many others.

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Songwriter and producer Scott Storch is no stranger to success. After being drafted into hip-hop band the Roots in 1994 upon moving to Philadelphia, the group's first album Organix leaned heavily on Storch's distinctive use of the Fender Rhodes and would help define their sound. Storch's playing eventually lead him to Dr. Dre, for whom he came up with the classic piano riff that propels the 1999 hit "Still D.R.E." From there, Storch went on to feature in and produce hit records for the likes of Beyoncé, Fat Joe and Justin Timberlake, becoming one of the most sought after producers of the mid-'00s in the process. His meteoric rise in the industry had its downsides though, the party lifestyle eventually leading to Storch entering rehab in 2009 and filing for bankruptcy in 2015. Since then, the piano man has returned to the music industry with more drive and inspiration than ever, working with some of the most exciting names in modern rap, including Young Thug, Russ and Trippie Red.

In this public lecture at the Red Bull Music Festival Toronto 2018, Storch discussed his career and the stories behind hits for Dr. Dre, Fat Joe, the Roots and many others.

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Eminems music played a vital role in russes rise to fame being a white rapper aswell in a black dominated genre of music , Russ gained inspiration from em in that he realised he could do it to and indeed has , His influence on russ would be his fast style rapping and angry kind of lyrics about women etc(Ref. south pawers). Eminem being one of the first white rappers to really make an influence on the rap scene because of his outlandish and outspoken lyrics aswell as taking it upon himself to be a major part of the studio producing along side Dr.Dre. I originally got interested in rap and hip-hop via 50 Cent and Eminem. Then I got into, it was in high school, I was a freshman in high school in ’06 so, when Lil Wayne was going crazy. I just remember being in high school when freestyles were dropping and the mixtapes.

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Skrillex we have a lot of respect for. He’s said that he saw our live show with the pyramid in 2007 and it made him want to make music, but it feels like he’s not copying our formula. He might be the kid that breaks the cycle, but we don’t listen to a lot of electronic music. We never did.”I believe that in skrillexes early days of starting to produce the way daft punk pulled 3 small samples out of an old track and used them to make a whole iconic song, his use of sample sounds and vocal clips are a huge depiction of this influence ,

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As an aspiring music artist, ive done a lot of listening in the past 10 years but only now am I finally beginning to attempt to create my own music and really think hard about who's music I want to relate to and use as reference for the kind of tracks I want to create , My 2 favourite artists at this very moment in my life as far as lyrically and the hip hop rap genre I have selected Russ, a newly established artists who has taken the rap game by storm in my opinion relating some of the most unique and fresh music to date, Electronically ive selected none other than shrilled, his style of producing and especially his most recent album has produced some of my most favourite electronic songs , with his incorporation of various rap artists as well as female vocalists I have found I phenomenal amount of inspiration from these 2 artists