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In spite of and because of marginal status, a powerful, indigenous vernacular tradition has survived, not unbroken, but unbowed, a magnet, a focused energy, something with its own logic, rules and integrity connecting current developments to the past. An articulate, syncretizing force our artists have drawn upon, a force sustaining both individual talent and tradition.

—John Edgar Wideman

You criticize our methods Of how we make records You said it wasn’t art So now we’re gonna rip you apart

—Stetsasonic, “Talking All That Jazz”