Miles Davis fully embraced possibilities and delved into it. He was criticized heavily from the jazz side. He was supposed to be part of a tradition, but he didn't consider himself part of a tradition.

Celluloid also released a slew of 12" devoted to Hip-Hop becoming a pre-cursor to the popularity the form enjoyed starting in the mid-1980s. Remixes (released and unreleased) have been done for artists including Sting Nine Inch Nails Almamegretta Scorn Ozzy Osbourne and Tori Amos. Of those releases there was a DVD set a studio release and a live 2-disc set from Tabla Beat Science a project that revolves somewhat around the tabla virtuoso Zakir Hussain son of the late Alla Rakha.

Burroughs. Laswell ranks among the most prolific of modern musicians being involved in hundreds of recordings with many collaborators from all over the world. Laswell's music draws upon many different genres most notably funk various world music jazz dub and ambient styles.