The theme of today is change and precedence. Go back to previous years and ask yourself if you could ever recognize the music as being from the same century, but still we see slow and steady progression.

In 1976, I played Stevie Wonder's Pastime Paradise.

In 1995, Coolio sampled Wonder's beat and rhythm to create Gangsta's Paradise.

And in 1996, we come full circle with Weird Al's controversial parody, Amish Paradise.

We will always build on what we know. Nothing comes into being without precedent. Especially not music.