*preemptive hip-hop is electronic music*

Remember the whole notion of this is based on the 'accepted' notion that jazz was the classical of its era. What did that mean? Kind of hard to pin down. More or less it ties to compositional greatness. The great musical works of the era were composed in the realm of jazz in the same way that the great musical works of the previous era were composed in the realm of western classical. Now of course the latter part of that is debatable, as the world of music was so myopic at the time as to only include western music as a point of reference. By the time jazz came around the world was a bit more globalized and the influence of jazz was being felt all around the globe. Cultures from all four corners of the globe were using the palate of textures jazz was offering to express themselves. It fused with the local musics to become their own traditions under the umbrella. And unlike classical it was far more mutable in this regard as there were not strict confines of presentation which limited how it had to be interpreted. Jazz was the medium, perhaps the most powerful medium to date.

Fast forward a bit and there's a new medium. It's the medium of electronics. And just like jazz it is a global phenomena which is resulting in perhaps even a more diverse spectrum of sound and possibilities than its predecessor. All of the little pockets of the world pick up on it and induce their own local/cultural flavors into it to stand on their own merits under the umbrella. It ranges to the popest of pop, to the nichest of niche. There's instrumental and vocals. Small works, and grandiose 'operas'. And here's the kicker, after 50+ years of history its still just getting started. This era is great. We should all feel blessed.

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Heads Up:
Prince "The Gold Experience" Track #12
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