The blues made it all possible. It's basically the foundation of modern Western music. If you're ever up for a deep dive or three, Polyphonic on YT and Nebula has done quite a bit of work digging into the cultural and technical history. Well worth the watch time.

There was was a panic around disco? Huh, TIL.

I also don’t know the difference between hip-hop and rap. Separated them out to be on the safe side.

I do know the difference between house and techno and get mildly annoyed when people use either of them as umbrella terms for dance music. It’d be fair for fans of hip-hop and rap to feel the same.

In case you’re interested (and very simplified): Techno started in Detroit and was influenced by early German and French synthesiser music, plus the car factories.

House started in Chicago and was influenced by soul, gospel and disco.

I will hear it in my head all day now...

Pump up the jam, pump it up...