User:Bigskinny.band/sandbox

Big Skinny is an alternative hip hop group based in Austin, Texas. The primary members are rapper/singer Kid Due and singer/musician Preston Ashby. Other collaborators include Austin-based producer and multi-instrumentalist Lance Lane.

Style
Big Skinny’s style borrows elements from ‘90s and ‘00s hip hop as well as early ‘70s funk and R&B, with a diverse collection of influences such as Sly and the Family Stone, Kanye West, The Roots, Kid Cudi, Dr. Dre, Stevie Wonder and Ray Charles. In debut album, slated for release in 2021, Big Skinny uses classic funk instruments — like electric piano, electric guitar and bass guitar — along with old-school hip hop drum tones, sub-bass synths and song samples from a variety of genres. Production influences include Jake One, Ant, and Questlove. Big Skinny's analog sound and live instrumentation is similar to groups like Blackalicious, The Roots, Outkast, Lyrics Born, The Pharcyde, A Tribe Called Quest, and UGK.